Delhi's annual butterfly census has documented a total of 75 butterfly species in the city's seven biodiversity parks. Notably, the census ...

"The proposed Aravalli park would be five times more this size and it would include a large herpetarium (a zoological exhibition space for ...

The purpose of mowing in a natural grassland should be to mimic grazing by animals.

With the discovery in Uttarakhand recently, the total number of varieties of butterflies found in the hill state is 453. Of the three new v...

Bhimtal-based butterfly expert on Indian species Peter Smetacek has come up with a catalogue of the butterflies of India. The catalogue fea...

After finding encouraging results from their studies on butterflies in Alagar Hills in the district, American College in Madurai has succee...

Trips to Vandalur Zoo will get more colourful for nature lovers as a butterfly park, spread over 2.5 hectares, is now officially open.

Parasitic 'vampire' plants that attach onto and derive nutrients from another living plant could benefit the abundance and diversity of sur...

Using mobile applications as part of a citizen science project, they are trying to engage around 3,000 students across 40 schools in the ci...

A total of 152 volunteers, including scientists, naturalists and students, participated in one of the largest butterfly surveys in the tige...

A national biodiversity garden, exhibiting rare flora and fauna of Western Ghats, will soon come up in the hill station of Munnar, a busy t...

Bird lovers can soon catch a glimpse of the Paradise Flycatcher or the Serpent Eagle at the Sahyadri Tiger Teserve (STR) as the forest depa...

In late August, Rajendra Ovalekar was giving visitors a tour of his butterfly park in Thane. While enthusiasts were busy admiring common bu...

Kolkata is home to three highly endangered and an endangered species of animals. But the rate at which the city is losing its green cover a...

The valley is situated inside the Numaligarh Refinery township, spread over an area of 30 acres amidst a backdrop of verdant green and surr...

Butterfly lovers identified and photo documented 183 species of 'flying beauties' in the buffer area of the Namdhapa national park in Aruna...

They have no education to boast of and are simple housewives from poor backgrounds. But they are women on a mission -- protecting the fring...