With over 400 species of birds, the Dudhwa National Park is a twitcher's delightYou can chance upon species like the drongos, silver-bill munia, baya weaver, cattle egret, cinnamon bittern, falcons, kites, owls and phea...
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...
- 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...
HC to resume hearing on pharma cos' pleas against Centre's orderThe companies have contended that the decision was taken by the government without issuing them a show cause notice or granting them a hear...
Delhi HC stays ban on drugs of Wockhardt, Glaxo and GriffonThe court also issued notice to the government on the companies' pleas challenging the notification and listed the petitions for hearing on...
- 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.
US Telephonics Corporation to hike stake in Mahindra defence JV to 49 per centTelephonics, part of US-listed Griffon Company , will pump in about $10 million in the next one year, SP Shukla, group president for aerosp...
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 ...
11th Hovercraft for Coast Guard inducted into serviceMadras High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul formally commissioned the Hovercraft, also called the Air Cushion vehicle.
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...
- Four vulture species found at Orcha in MP
In the first-ever vulture census in Orchha Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh, 125 vultures of four species and their nests have been found.
- 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...
Gentle giantsA stunning limestone frieze of griffons greets us at Kanaganahalli in Karnataka. Unknown artists carved them for Satvahana patrons two thou...