Tahrcountry Musings

I have been at times flabbergasted by the alacrity with which the flies avoid the swat. If you have tried to swat flies you know how difficu...

It has become a routine to hear news about depredation of nature from developing countries. Any news that runs counter to this trend is welc...

Mysteries of nature are a source of constant wonder for me. Here is something that shows that our behavior is influenced by heavenly bodies....

I have seen Magpies preening before my motorbike mirror and pecking at their images several times. I had never given it any serious thought....

I was reading this paper “A cohort study of in utero polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposures in relation to secondary sex ratio” in BioMed ...

The first ever blog camp held in Kerala on 16th in a house boat cruising along the placid backwaters of Alappuzha, was a smashing success. T...

RED ALERT According to a new paper by Dr Samuel Wasser and associates, which has appeared in August Issue of Conservation Biology the eleph...

Environmentalists world wide hold the view that the Bush administration is not a green administration. Moves like going for oil in Alaska th...

The reintroduction of California Condors is one of the most ambitious reintroduction programme attempted in USA. The project is running in t...

Masai Mara is one Kenya’s best known wildlife reserves. People used to throng the park to have a glimpse of its magnificent wildlife. But co...

A census of critically endangered western lowland gorillas by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has come up with good news for conserv...

The adorable Orangutans (Pongo spp.) are facing an uncertain future. According to new findings published this month by Great Ape Trust of Io...

The first bloggers camp on a houseboat will be held on 16th August at Alappuzha in Kerala. The brain behind the meet is Kenny Jacob, a softw...

50 percent of man’s close relatives (monkeys, apes and other primates) are in danger of extinction according to a report of IUCN issued at t...

The Caprinae are a Subfamily that mainly consist of wild sheep and goats. This group of mammals has a very high economical and biological va...

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...