Secret Japanese WWII Submarine Rusting on Kiska Island
Stretching in an arc across the far northern Pacific Ocean, from Alaska in the east to Kamchatka in the west, and demarcating the Bering Sea to the north, lies a chain of volcanic islands called the...
View ArticleU.S. Zoos Request Import of African Elephants Under False Pretenses (ALDF -...
(Source: ALDF - Animal Legal Defense Fund) Posted on November 24, 2015 Wild-Captured Elephants Would Be Imported for Profit, Not Conservation For immediate release: Contact: Natalia Lima,...
View ArticleShades of Shivamogga
“What’s there to see?” We were asked while leaving for Shivamogga. Well-meaning advisers felt that instead of staying in the city, we ought to travel 100 km further. After all, it was Jog Falls in...
View ArticleDisney Honors 22 Conservation Heroes From Around the World (The Walt Disney...
(Source: The Walt Disney Company) 'You've probably heard people talk about conservation. Well, conservation isn't just the business of a few people. It's a matter that concerns all of us.' According to...
View ArticleWild things return to Angkor Wat
Decades poachers stripped the forests surrounding Angkor Wat of large mammals, an innovative conservation group is bringing them back....
View ArticleJumbos skip waterholes in Karnataka sanctuaries
With the elephant population relatively stable and reaching saturation point in many reserves, the focus had shifted to habitat management – that is, creation of water and food sources within National...
View ArticleYellowstone bison marked for death could be spared by relocation plan
National park looking to adopt new strategy next year that will see bison placed in quarantine rather than be slaughtered...
View ArticleTiger killed outside Bandipur Reserve
Bengaluru: Two days after a tiger attacked and killed a villager outside the Bandipur Tiger Reserve (BTR), the combing team shot the tiger when it tried to attack a forester on Thursday. The deceased...
View ArticleSingapore Zoo has a new baby giraffe
SINGAPORE — This baby giraffe is the Singapore Zoo's newest addition. Yet to be named, the calf is just over a month old, and is the first giraffe born in the Singapore Zoo in 28 years. See...
View ArticleMP ‘bird areas’ rise to 19
Two new important bird areas (IBAs) — Sirpur Lake in Indore and Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve — have been added to the existing list of IBAs in Madhya Pradesh. Currently, there are 17 IBAs in the state...
View ArticleNEW NATURE LEAFLET AND INFORMATION BOARDS UNVEILED AT... (St Modwen...
(Source: St Modwen Properties plc) 10th November 2015 As the woodland at Branston Leas starts to take shape, a new set of information boards have been unveiled to help visitors visualise how the area...
View ArticleForest department mulling canteen in Tadoba core?
Nagpur: In order to provide more facilities to the visitors of TadobaAndhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), the forest department seems to be going into an overdrive and even flouting conservation norms in the...
View ArticleSand mafia threatens Painganga sanctuary
Nagpur: The 400 sq km Painganga Wildlife Sanctuary spread in Yavatmal and Nanded districts is facing sever threat from politically backed sand mafia. On Sunday, the sand mafia tried to run over three...
View ArticleParagliding at Hampi a likely threat to biodiversity
Questions are emerging about the effect of the newly ntroduced paragliding activity on the biodiversity of Hampi. The scheme was introduced for tourists by the Meghalaya Paragliding Association in...
View Article5 Remote Destinations For The Unconventional Island Hopper
Now that it’s getting nippy, our first instinct is to flee. An island vacation beckons, and some obvious destinations come to mind first: the Caribbean, Mexico, or even good old Florida, if you’re...
View Article'Forest department cannot charge entrance fee at Sajjangarh Palace':...
UDAIPUR: Cracking down on the commercial activities at protected sites, the archaeology department has registered its objection against the forest department for running cafeteria at Sajjangarh Palace,...
View ArticlePatrol training for Corbett National Park concludes
Nainital: The 10-day patrol training for Corbett National Park concluded on Tuesday in the Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary. A staff of more than 100 members took part in the...
View ArticleEntry into Jhalana forest may now come for a fee
JAIPUR: Tourists coming to Jaipur will now have more to look forward to besides forts and palaces. In a bid to give fillip to eco-tourism in the state, the forest department is planning to start a...
View ArticleKarnataka: Hunting wrong animals? Activists fume
Bengaluru/Mysuru: In the last fortnight, foresters and ‘sharp shooters’ in Sandur in Ballari district have embarked on a manhunt for a killer leopard which has claimed the lives of three people. The...
View ArticleWII initiates study on Climate Change in Bhagirathi region
DEHRADUN: The National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE) is one of the eight National missions which form the core of India's first NSatational Action Plan on Climate Change...
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