Tahrcountry Musings

The latest issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences features interesting things about Malaysia's pen-tailed tree-shrew’...

Weird things are happening to the bumblebees of UK. Scientists have apprehensions that a lack of suitable flowers may be forcing bumblebees...

A used plastic water bottle thrown away carelessly is a big headache in tourist centres. I came across this new scheme launched in Italy re...

Environmental campaigners had always criticized the way World Bank doled out aid to developing countries. They have been consistently arguin...

A team of researchers led by Edward Louis of Henry Doorly Zoo, have discovered a new Population of critically endangered greater bamboo lemu...

One of the world's most intensive efforts to restore coastal mangrove forests was in Philippines where extensive tracts of mangroves wer...

A previously unknown species of mouse lemur has been discovered on the island of Madagascar. It was a joint effort of Senior Lecturer Dr. U...

Conversion of forests for oil palm, Logging, and hunting has spelled doom for 6 of 7 species of hornbills in Malaysia's Lambir Hills Nat...

The world congress on Mountain Ungulates is an event eagerly awaited by Caprinae wildlife biologists and wildlife mangers. Here is good news...

Reunion Island’s first National Park, which covers nearly 50 per cent of the islands interior was formally declared open yesterday. Set amid...

According to a new study by scientists from Syracuse University and the University of Sheffield published online in the July 7 issue of the ...

Eight new natural sites have been added to the World Heritage List. This follows IUCN’s recommendations. The new sites are Socotra Archipela...

The latest issue of journal science has some important info for the park managers. An analysis of 306 protected areas in 45 countries in Afr...

The news about tigers is not at all rosy in India. Conservationists are worried about the decline in population and are working overtime to ...

We are still in the process of making an inventory of the species of the earth .Innumerable species are lost for ever without going through ...

Climate change is a hotly debated topic round the globe. We have already started feeling its effect in our daily life. Worse is yet to come ...

Whales are fascinating animals. The acrobatics of the amiable whales in the sea have always fascinated me. Every time the whaling nations go...

I have always been fascinated by bird songs. During my hikes in the wilderness of Western Gha...

Hi guys, Till June 19th I am out in the wilderness with no access to internet. There won't be any updates during this per...

EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency) has come out with some shocking news about tigers in China. I nearly puked when I heard about it.EI...