Bengal florican in Manas National Park. Photo: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT GUWAHATI A natural process of change in grassland type, hastened by human interference, is robbing the critically endangered Bengal florican of its hiding and mating spaces in the best of its remaining few habitats in India, a new study said. Among the heaviest of the flying … Read more
Firearms seized by Odisha police in and around Similipal on display, in the presence of Odisha Director General of Police Sunil Bansal at Baripada on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In one of the biggest ever actions against poachers, the Odisha police have arrested 21 people and seized 165 illegal arms — including 158 … Read more
A road laid in the reserve forest area in Gangadhara Nellore Assembly constituency. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The decades-long ordeal of the residents of Vanadurgapuram to take 18-km detour that includes a stretch in the neighbouring Tamil Nadu to reach their nearest mandal headquarters of Palasamudram, just 3 km away from their habitation, appears … Read more
Two weeks after it removed rules restricting quarrying and mining in the eco-sensitive zones around ‘reserve forests’, the Tamil Nadu government on Friday said it would impose a “condition”, while granting licences, that such activities should not be undertaken within 60 metres from the boundaries of reserve forests. “In pursuant of the amendment dated December … Read more
January 05, 2023 11:03 pm | Updated January 06, 2023 04:04 pm IST – UDHAGAMANDALAM Human settlements hinder the movement of elephants, keeping them confined to hilly areas. File | Photo Credit: SATHYAMOORTHY M Elephants winding their way up the rocky green hills in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) make for pretty photographs. But a … Read more
A Yellowjack Sailer spotted during the survey conducted in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. Photo: Special arrangement The Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) not only provides a crucial habitat for a variety of endangered species of birds and mammals, but is also home to 175 species of butterflies, a survey conducted for the first time in the … Read more
This was to enable people to have confirmed tiger sightings while shooting for the TV programme ‘Man vs Wild’, said sources This was to enable people to have confirmed tiger sightings while shooting for the TV programme ‘Man vs Wild’, said sources The much-awaited tiger safari project of Uttarakhand government is under scanner after a … Read more