Tahrcountry Musings

Sexual attitude of Topi Antelope( Damaliscus lunatus jimela ) in Kenya is a reversal from our usual idea about sexuality. Here aggressive f...

A study by Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute has indicated that carbon emissions from UK homes could be reduced by up to 80...

Plastic snakes are being deployed in an effort to scare away tens of thousands of starlings that have descended on Tamworth in Australia. P...

A new study shows that queen honey bees can choose the sex of their offspring. The young queen goes on a flight spree and stores the spe...

Among primates, grooming is one of the most common altruistic behaviours. Interesting facts have come put of a recent study regarding gro...

According to recent assessments by the IUCN Bear Specialist Groups which has concluded a meeting in Monterrey, Mexico, on November 10 , s i...

Ms Angela Cropper of Trinidad and Tobago has been named as the Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director for the United Nat...

A new comprehensive genetic analysis shows that flying lemurs known as colugos is our closest nonprimate cousin. This is the result of a tw...

I guana the world’s only sea-feeding lizard has come up with a surprise for researchers. Scientists have noted that Iguanas recognizes and u...

In what could be termed only as ecological vandalism Fifty-eight endangered Red footed Falcons ( Falco vespertinus ) have been shot dead i...

The International Primatological Society is ringing the alarm bell for primates. The report says Almost a third of the world's primates...

A previously unknown population of Iberian lynx ( Lynx pardinus ) has been discovered in Spain.Iberian lynx is considered to be the world’...

Experts from 60 countries will gather for a conference at Loch Lomond , Scotland, United Kingdom from 22-25 October 2007, devising ways to ...

A new Memorandum of Understanding for the protection of the Eastern Atlantic Populations of the Mediterranean Monk Seal has been inked. Th...

315 million-year-old fossilised tracks of a reptile have been unearthed in Canada. The most likely track-maker was the Hylonomus lyelli rep...

Today is blog action day.Bloggers world wide will be writing about environmental issues. Here is a small piece from me. One thing that bot...

China's official Xinhua news agency reports that a rare South China tiger has been seen in the wild for the first time in decades. Chine...

Thousands of voices will speak out for the environment for the first-ever Blog Action Day on 15 October. This non-profit event, partnered by...

New research findings indicate that mammals use humans to shield against carnivores. This raise the possibility that redistribution has o...

African elephants are wary of bees. They have instinctive fear of the stings. The insects are able to inflict painful stings inside the anim...