Tahrcountry Musings

Wolong Nature Reserve in China which harbours Pandas was devastated in the recent earthquake. Five staff at the reserve were killed and seve...

The recently passed Indian forest rights act is mired in controversy with protagonists of wildlife and tribals taking diametrically opposite...

Dogs have always been man’s best friends from time immemorial. They have been used in hunting. But now they are chipping in with help in wil...

Here is an interesting press release that I came across while surfing. Umeå University Press Release The world’s oldest recorded tree is a...

It is a known fact that microbes can come up with simple responses to changes in their environment, such as acidity fluctuations, by alterin...

There is good news about Amur Leopard. 8 photos taken in Kedrovaya Pad reserve in the Primorisky Region of Russia by a camera trap during a ...

Professor John Downing, the lake scientist from US has come up with interesting facts about lakes. His research has established that ponds ...

Professor Daiqin Li, from the National University of Singapore and his team have discovered that male jumping spiders (Phintella vittata) ar...

The Earth's biodiversity is disappearing at an alarming rate. For people concerned about biodiversity here is something that is going to...

Caged tigers are often associated with dubious ancestry. They are treated like mongrels. But the latest analysis has come out with the fact ...

The world's first art gallery dedicated to botanical art works will be opened in London’s Kew Gardens today . Collections of the Royal...

The origins of the pygmy elephants of Borneo, found in a range extending from the northeast of the island into the Heart of Borneo, have bee...

IUCN and WWF have launched an exciting new monthly podcast called Wild Talk. This will usher in the latest news and features from the world ...

Analysis of chemical signatures preserved in fossil teeth of ancient ancestor of the elephants, which lived 37 million years ago, has come u...

A new EU-funded research project GEM-CON-BIO (Governance and Ecosystems Management for the Conservation of Biodiversity) shows how governanc...

Scientists have developed a new technique that pinpoints key biodiversity hotspots. The methodology identifies exact areas that support a w...

If you have a way with words and love nature here is an announcement from BBC you should read. Go through it and enter the competition D...

After a gap of nearly 100 years a Lynx (Lynx lynx) has appeared in Italian Alps. According to Italian authorities the Lynx has crossed over ...

Migrating moths have always puzzled scientists. They had no clue about how the moths avoid being blown away from their seasonal breeding gro...

New facts about bats are coming to light. A study by Margareta B Kalka, Adam R. Smit and Elisabeth K. V. Kalko has come up with the findi...