Tahrcountry Musings

The secret world of bottlenose dolphins, killer whales, and 10 other cetacean species have been graphically described in the new IMAX film “...

A new study by Wildlife Conservation Society has found that jack rabbits living in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have disappeared. Accor...

University of Michigan engineers are studying birds, bats and insects as a step toward designing flapping-wing planes with small wingspans. ...

Scientists have developed a barcode that can distinguish majority of the plant species. A small gene, gene matK located in the chloroplast...

An upcoming issue of Geophysical Research Letters has very interesting observations about Salmon. Led by geomorphologist Marwan Hassan of t...

World’s second largest wetlands reserve has been declared in Congo. This declaration is in tune with Ramsar convention. Named Grand Affluent...

The BBC natural history team following Artic wolves ( Canis lupus arctos) has hit pay dirt after months of arduous work. The team has manag...

A study on reintroduction of captive-bred carnivores, which reviewed 45 cases involving 17 carnivore species, has come up with the finding...

A new genus of gigantic palm tree has been discovered in the Analalava district of Madagacar. The trunk of the tree towers over 18m high. Th...

Northern Bald Ibis is considered to be Middle East’s rarest bird. The bird was thought to be extinct in the Middle East in the 1990s. Fortun...

The latest issue of journal Science has fascinating facts about intricate web of life in Africa. Scientists report how elephants, giraffes ...

The journal Naturwissenschaften has come out with some amazing facts about behaviour of chimps. The researchers at Kibale National Park i...

A team of US researchers has discovered that ethanol derived from switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) delivers vast savings of carbon dioxide e...

Construction of a highway in Bukit Tigapuluh forest landscape, for logging trucks servicing one of the world’s largest paper companies (Asia...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN) in association with the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO) has launched i...

The latest issue of science has some interesting facts about relationship between butterflies and ants in Denmark. In parts of Denmark, the...

Happy New Year

Thailand right now has a population of 720 tigers. Wildlife experts say this could go up to 2000 with sagacious planning. The basis for this...

The fact that human beings, in their inexorable desire for development, drive out large mammals from their habitat is an accepted fact. Now ...

Returning of locally extinct wildlife back to original habitat is music to the ears of conservationists. Here is some music from Scotland. B...