Tahrcountry Musings

Scientists have discovered that if you call your cow by name lovingly she will give you more milk. Dairy farmers who address their cows by n...

Nature throws up amazing things in the process of man’s pursuit of ecological mysteries. It never ceases to surprise me. I am overawed and h...

Mathematical modeling of Antarctic by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) has brought to light the grave danger posed to Emperor pengu...

Many people have requested me to put the second circular of the 5th world congress on mountain ungulates here. In deference to their views ...

Alarm bells are ringing about the unscientific ways of harvesting wildlife including fish and plants. According to a new study by evolutiona...

This blog usually confines itself to wildlife and environmental affairs. But I thought this piece of information about Vicks VapoRub passed ...

My Australian contacts have sent me this inspiring story from Tasmania. Tasmania's Upper Florentine Valley saw some dramatic events yest...

The recent Smithsonian’s Symposium: “Will the rainforests survive? New Threats and Realities in the Tropical Extinction Crisis” had some int...

Human-made light sources are altering the natural light cycles impacting wildlife. Polarized light has been found to trigger animal behavior...

All of us are familiar with leading indicators used by economists to asses economy. Geologists use seismic indicators to try to predict eart...

Species banking is a comparatively new initiative meant for species credit trading as an effective tool for the conservation of threatened a...

The proof of the pudding lies in eating it. The effectiveness of underpass to help migrating wildlife was proved recently in Wyoming US. The...

I was reading this disturbing news in Chicago Tribune about Canadian forests now pumping out more climate-changing carbon dioxide than they ...

The National Trust of UK has come up with a study, which shows the impact of climate change on UK’s wildlife. According to the trust UK wild...

Tahrcountry wishes all its readers a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year

Are you keen about of pets and their welfare? Then have a look at Anamigo.com a new online community for pet lovers and their pets. You have...

World Wildlife Fund has released its annual list of some of the most threatened species of the world. The list includes polar bears, tigers,...

The prints that we use regularly use paper and lots of ink. Sprang creative communications, (Utrecht, The Netherlands) has developed a new f...

According to a report published on Wednesday by watchdogs at the UN climate change talks, the NGOs Germanwatch and Climate Action Network (C...

Changwan Seo of the University of Seoul, South Korea, and his colleagues think that we are overestimating the wildlife habitat. They attribu...