Tahrcountry Musings

All attempts to save the Thames whale failed. It died as marine specialists escorted it on a barge down the Thames toward the sea. The mamma...

A Northern Bottle-nosed Whale( Hyperoodon ampullatus ),which is usually found in deep-sea waters, has been seen in upstream Thames. The Whal...

The four “foundation” reports of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) have been released. These 500-800 page reports examine Current Sta...

The Japanese embassy in Berlin has received a 20-ton dead fin whale, compliments of Greenpeace. Greenpeace was protesting against whale hunt...

Twenty-seven new species of spiders, centipedes and scorpion-like creatures have been discovered in the dark, damp Cavesin Sequoia and Kings...

Canada’s protected area agenda had three major achievements this past three months. The protection of the world’s largest freshwater lake, t...

A severe drought is threatening Kenya's wildlife, which is straying out of protected areas in search of water, risking conflict with vil...

Well-known British environmentalist and wildlife photographer Joan Wenn Root was shot and killed on Friday at her home in Kenya's centra...

Whale sharks ( Rhincodon typus ), the world's largest fish are getting smaller according to researchers of Australian Institute of Marin...

I had a wonderful time in Periyar Tiger Reserve. Park - people interface through Ecodevelopment Committees is working wonders for the overal...

I will be out in the field in Periyar Tiger Reserve from 14th to 16th where I have no access to the internet. Consequently the next update w...

Forest fires, which have been blazing for nearly two weeks, have engulfed more than 4000 ha in New Caledonia. Several rare plant species hav...

Discovery of a small fossilised animal that walked like a platypus but looked like a shrew is providing important new clues to the evolution...

Professor Nigel Franks and Tom Richardson from Bristol University have come up with the first proof of teaching in non-human animals - ants ...

There is disturbing news for vultures in India. A study, led by Dr Deborah Pain on behalf of the British Royal Society for the Protection of...

The first ever-continental scale genetic survey of soil bacteria has come up with surprising results. The diversity of soil bacteria in the ...

VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland and the universities of Helsinki and Joensuu have developed a new fully recyclable paper from pota...

The United Nations General Assembly, meeting in New York, has proclaimed the year 2008 to be the United Nations International Year of Planet...

African Lions are in dire straits. Lions have lost 80 percent of their historic range in the last century. Threatened everywhere in Africa, ...

Madagascar, world's fourth largest island, is known to have at least 10,000 plant species, 316 reptiles and 109 bird species. Three quar...