In our visual storytelling blog series titled the ‘Nature India Photo Story’, we feature photo stories that explore the realms of science, wildlife, environment, health or anything else that smells of science. Read more
In our visual storytelling blog series titled the ‘Nature India Photo Story‘, we feature photo stories that explore the realms of science, wildlife, environment, health or anything else that smells of science. Read more
Chuffed with the response to the annual Nature India Photo Contests (1, 2, 3), and humbled with the number of requests we get to publish photo stories, we are happy to start a blog series called the ‘Nature India Photo Story‘. The series will accept photo stories that explore the realms of science, wildlife, environment, health or anything that smells science. Read more
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) calls it the “first ever tangible evidence” of the existence of snow leopards in India’s hill state of Sikkim. And here are the first photos of the elusive, endangered cat captured at high altitude locations in North Sikkim: … Read more
First hear this amazing beatbox groove. Read more
Some years back, there was a lot of hue and cry over the number ’1411′ — it was a grim reminder of the number of tigers left in India’s many wildlife sanctuaries. Everyone seemed to have got concerned over the dwindling numbers — from the National Tiger Conservation Authority to a telecom company which came up with an innovative advertisement and a leading electronic media house that vowed to ‘save our tigers’. Read more
Here’s some more news on India’s national aquatic animal, the Gangetic dolphin. Read more
Films on environment and wildlife have come a long way in India in the last decade. Celluloid seems to be quite a medium of choice to take the message across. The film making format has also seen a change with many film makers changing over to new ways of storytelling. Read more
Taking the focus off its tiger-centric conservation efforts, India will host the 21st International Conference on Bear Research and Management in New Delhi next week. The conference is expected to see the launch of a national action plan for the conservation and welfare of the animal. Read more
Two every week – that’s the least number of leopards poached or illegally traded in India, according to a new study by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). And if one considers unreported incidents, this figure could go up to four every week, the report says. Like similar reports on other big cats, this one also rues that poaching and illegal trade are shamefully becoming the biggest threat to the survival of the ‘Prince of Cats’. Read more