Tahrcountry Musings

                                               Pic credit:  Jane Mingay/Green Your Cup   British entrepreneur and engineer Martin...

Here is another use of technology to keep poachers at bay. Rainforest Connection (RFCx), a San Francisco-based non-profit startup, in part...

This blog usually does not deviate from wildlife affairs. Today I am going to make a departure. This is to eulogize the Prime Minister of...

Pete Bethune, founder of marine conservation organization,  Earthrace , is a well known figure in international conservation circles. Pete...

Here is a beautiful recording of Bumblebee hummingbird ( Atthis heloisa ) captured by by Roberto Pedraza Ruiz at the Sierra Gorda Mexico ...

While fishing in the Ussuri River, which acts as a border between Russia and China, two Chinese fishermen got a prize catch on their mobil...

Man proposes, God disposes. I had planned to be back on blogging scene on 15th, but one of my close friends from Calicut is in dire straits...

I am out, travelling for the next four days. Consequently there will not be any update for the next five days. If you are a new visitor and...

Conservationists are divided when it comes to biodiversity offsetting. Replacing nature lost in one area by planting in another area look...

The Brazilian three-banded armadillo ( Tolypeutes tricinctus ) is an armadillo species endemic to Brazil, where it is known as tat...

When it comes to most threatened group of fish in the world, the slot unfortunately goes to Sawfish. Sharks and rays regularly hog l...

                                             Pic credit;USFWS This is indeed heartwarming. This spring conservationists were delight...

French sculptor Pascal Chesneau has won the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation 2014 Wildlife Artist of the Year award for his creation...

Although the EU trumpets a lot about elephant conservation, recent figures show that the ivory trade is thriving. In 2012, ivory stood sec...

Sounds weird, but it is true. Natural World Safaris have launched a 111-day trip, for millionaires, for a cool $1million.  The package i...

Researchers at Columbia Engineering, led by Computer Science Professor Peter Belhumeur have developed Birdsnap, a new iPhone app which en...

                                          Pic Credit: : WWF-US / Steve Morello Nature throws up surprises at unexpected places. ...

                                                  Pic Credit: African Parks It was with great sadness that I learned of the passi...

                                                Photo Credit: Torres-Carvajal The species, named Alopoglossus viridiceps , is descri...

I am quite dismayed by the happenings in Eravikulam National Park. There have been reports of unauthorized trekking inside the park. To gi...