Tahrcountry Musings

Even though I was hooked on to my passion for hiking, flying and skydiving during the course of my sojourn, I found enough time at nigh...

Here is a good paper on coming to terms with impact of social values on spatial conservation priorities. Impact of social values has a ver...

Poachers in Africa usually get away with light punishments.  Not anymore. The judiciary is pouncing on poachers. In a decision hailed...

My friends in UAE, has some exciting news regarding endangered arabian tahr. Management of Nature Conservation (MNC), has done some admira...

I will be travelling to areas with no internet connectivity for the next few days. Consequently there will be no update till 26th.

This is brilliant. Scientists from North Carolina State University and the University of Florida have combined cookies, citizen science an...

A survey by TRAFFIC has revealed a near trebling of the number of ivory items for sale in the past 18 months and a sharp rise in the numbe...

  Scientists from James Cook University, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Queensland, Stanford University, BirdLife...

                                               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...