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Former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh slams Centre for taking credit for Great Indian Bustard conservation in KutchA Great Indian Bustard chick hatched in Kutch after a decade. Former Minister Jairam Ramesh stated he initiated conservation efforts in 201...
Rare and elusive duck species visit Kashmir after 116 yearsWular Conservation and Management Authority (WUCMA) employee Showkat Ahmad first reported and captured the duck species on camera at the ic...
Mann Ki Baat: Prime Minister Modi talks about Guru Nanak, Dr Salim Ali and farmersThe Prime Minister also talked of Jonas Masetti, a foreigner, formerly a stockbroker who now teaches the Bhagavad Gita and practices yoga, ...
Vulture culture: Rescuing the big birdCaptive breeding, protected zones, safe drugs and even special ‘restaurants’ are among the steps being taken in India to conserve the scave...
2016: India's year of dancing tadpoles and sorting hat spidersIn April this year, researchers discovered a new tadpole that burrows through sand and live in complete darkness in streambeds in the Weste...
- 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...
- New bird species named after eminent ornithologist Dr Salim Ali
A new bird species, which is common in the eastern Himalayas but was overlooked till now, has been identified.
Assam conservationist Goutam Narayan first Indian to get Harry Messel awardThe award, instituted since 2004, is usually given at an interval of two to four years with 18 individuals and an organisation receiving th...
How the dearth of game animals in the US led to fowl smuggling from IndiaDenying eggs and banning meat does not promote vegetarianism — it simply leads to unhealthy children and resentments that increase the desi...
- Sarus Cranes chirp their way to Indore's Yeshwant Sagar Lake
Bird watchers in city have a reason to rejoice as large flocks of Sarus Cranes are winging their way to Yeshwant Sagar Lake, recognized as ...
Endangered Indian Skimmer finds new home in Satpura National ParkEndangered Indian Skimmer, which is fighting for its survival, seems to have found a new home at Satpura National Park. Around seven birds ...
- Indian Skimmer fighting for survival at last stronghold of Chambal river
Indian skimmer, an endangered species, is fighting for survival at its last stronghold, Chambal River, which is its only breeding ground.
The Indian House Crow slowly disappearing from BengaluruThe crow — the original pourakarmika (sanitary worker) of our cities, who cleaned up entire neighbourhoods of left-overs — is being seen le...
- Bird survey at Palamu Tiger Reserve throws up two new species
The three-day bird survey, which concluded on Wednesday, threw up quite a few surprises for the officials of Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR).
- Rock eagle owls now a rarity in Madurai
The numerous hillocks in Madurai have been home to a large number of Indian eagle owls, but their number has dwindled in the last decade du...
- Migratory birds flock to Danapur Cantonment area
The monsoon is in full bloom, with Bihar recording over five per cent surplus rainfall till June 30.
Sikkim wants RAMSAR inclusion of its wetlandsInclusion of well deserving high altitude lakes of tiny Indian Himalayan state Sikkim into the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Imp...
- More migratory bird species sighted at Pong dam wetlands
The variety of migratory birds wintering in Pong wetlands, a Ramsar site, is growing by the year with ornithologists sighting new species a...
- Ministry of Environment and Forests scraps radar installation project on Narcondam Island
Wildlife activists and conservation organizations have praised Ministry of Environment and Forests' (MoEF) move to reject a proposal by the...
- Five bird species in Maharashtra on the verge of extinction
The birds found in Maharashtra are White-rumped vulture, Indian vulture, Red-headed vulture, Forest owlet and Sociable lapwing.