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UP: Highly toxic pesticide behind vulture deaths in Dudhwa reserve buffer zone, says lab reportScientists at IVRI Bareilly have identified the pesticide 'carbofuran' as the cause of death for 25 vultures in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve bu...
Government bans popular painkiller to save vulturesThe Centre has banned the manufacture, sale, and distribution of Nimesulide due to its toxicity to vultures. Studies showed that the drug c...
New nest? Himalayan vultures found in ChambalThe UP forest department recently rescued a baby Himalayan griffon, also known as the Himalayan vulture, from Lavedi area of the Chambal re...
How to vacation in the wild for less than Rs 50,000 this summerA summer break in a forest reserve with your family need not burn a hole in your pocket. Here are 4 budget forest reserve vacation options.
Pack your bags for Tungareshwar, Conoor and make the most of the upcoming month's extended weekends!Tungareshwar is a mountain plateau situated between Virar and Vasai, an hour's drive from Mumbai.
Traveler's diary: Camp at the picturesque Ladakh & experience the Onam festivalOnam is when Kerala has a great time. Boat races, song and dance & lots of good food. Ladakh's amazing landscape is natures own sculpture ...
- Himalayan vulture sighted in Nilgiris
N Raveendran, a Madurai-based naturalist, expected to see when he participated in the vulture census in the forests of the Nilgiris was a H...
- 5 vulture species spotted at 1 spot in Bhavnagar
Wildlife conservationists have recorded an extremely rare sighting -that of five species of the critically endangered vultures scavenging t...
- In Pinjore, dwindling vultures get a cautious, fighting chance
A narrow road off the Chandigarh-Shimla highway leads to Jatayu Vulture Breeding Centre in Pinjore, Haryana.
Punjab, Haryana to carve out Vulture Safe ZonePunjab and Haryana have decided to create a Vulture Safe Zone over 100 km radius where birds bred in captivity at country's first Jatayu (v...
Himalayan vulture makes a comeback in the AravalisThe Himalayan griffon vulture, a threatened species was recently spotted in the Aravalis along Gurgaon-Faridabad highway, near Mangar Bani ...
Bored by city life? Go for a trek to Hampta Pass in the HimalayasA writer takes a break from the jet-set city life and feels humbled by the grandeur of the mighty Himalayas.
173 bird species threatened in India: ReportOver 170 species of birds in the country are threatened, with eight new species added to the 2014 Red List prepared by the International Un...
- Banned painkiller behind death of 21 endangered vultures?
The death of 21 highly endangered Himalayan Griffon vultures in a Haldwani village has come as "very shocking news" for the Uttarakhand wil...
Golden Eagle spotted at Desert National ParkThere's good news for bird watchers and wildlife enthusiasts. The Golden Eagle, generally found in the Himalayan region, for the first time...
- Madhya Pradesh conducts vulture population estimation in Panna Tiger Reserve
The Vulture Population Estimation-2013 has been concluded in the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, the state government said on Wednes...
- Rare vultures spotted in Arunachal forest
Researchers from Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), near here claimed they spotted three endangered species of vultures at Dying Ering Wildlife...
- Rare rumped vultures spotted in Hamirpur
At a time when efforts are being made for conservation of endangered vultures by setting up breeding centres, spotting of nearly 100 vultur...