Jackal research and translocation project launched

PUNE: Wildlife SOS in collaboration with U P Forest Department and Archaeological Survey of India are launching a wildlife research project to study and eventually translocate about 30- 35 wild jackals from Akbar's Tomb in Sikandra, Agra to safe natural...

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BSF seizes 185 rare Asian Black Spotted turtles from India-Bangladesh border

KOLKATA:The Border Security Force (BSF) seized 185 rare Asian Black Spotted turtles close to the Indo-Bangla border late on Thursday. The turtles were being smuggled into Bangladesh near the Kalanchi Border Outpost in the Gaighata police station area...

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Ramsar site that even migratory birds shun

KAPURTHALA: Not only has least diversity in bird species been observed at Kanjhli - the smallest Ramsar site of Punjab - but the wetland has been found to be in a bad shape during the recent Asian Water-bird Census (AWC). Only one migratory bird species...

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SMC approves setting solar panels to produce 540 KW of solar power

SURAT: Standing committee of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) approved tenders of setting up solar panals on 12 different locations to produce 540 kilo watt of electricity at the cost of Rs 4.58 crore. Nirav Shah, chairman standing committee said...

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India's 1st fenced elephant sanctuary comes up near Bengaluru

NEW DELHI: The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) - an international animal rights and conservation group - and the Bannerghatta Biological Park, Karnataka have joined hands to create India's first elephant sanctuary in a fenced, forested...

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Most of Hawaii's coral recover from mass bleaching

HONOLULU: Coral rely on algae for food and their survival.So when the stress of higher-than-average ocean temperatures prompted many of Hawaii's corals to expel algae last year — a phenomenon called bleaching because coral lose their color when they...

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Germany commits 3 million Euro for Ganga cleaning

NEW DELHI: Germany will provide 3 million Euro to support India's ongoing Ganga rejuvenation plan and explore various options to develop the country's national river. One of the options is to explore an option of extending co-operation for Ganga rejuvenation...

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UNESCO releases global action programme on ‘education in sustainable development’

NAGOYA: As the world struggles to meet ambitious goals to slow down climate change, it has become imperative that planning and execution is not restricted to only policy but is practiced by every individual at community level. To that end, UNESCO recently...

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Ocean warming melting one of largest Antarctica glaciers

SYDNEY: One of the largest glaciers on the planet, Totten, is melting due to ocean warming, a phenomenon that demonstrates the vulnerability of East Antarctica and its role in increasing the level of the oceans.The Totten glacier, 120 km long and 30...

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Obama wants India to embrace cleaner fuels

NEW DELHI: Offering help in the adaptation of climate change, American President Barack Obama on Tuesday said unless countries like India embrace cleaner fuel world does not stand a chance against climate change."I know the argument made by some that...

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Sea sparkle: Why the magnificent blue glow of Hong Kong seas is as dangerous as it is gorgeous

Eerie fluorescent blue patches of water glimmering off Hong Kong's seashore are magnificent, disturbing and potentially toxic, marine biologists say.The glow is an indicator of a harmful algal bloom created by something called Noctiluca scintillans,...

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NGT asks West Bengal government to demolish illegal structures in Sunderbans

KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal has directed the West Bengal government to demolish illegal constructions coming up in the Sunderbans, habitat of the Royal Bengal tigers and the world's largest mangrove forest.The tribunal's East Zone bench directed...

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Endangered chimpanzee can disappear in our lifetime

NEW YORK: Climate change has threatened the population of the planet's most endangered chimpanzee sub-species, researchers report.The Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee is the most endangered of all chimpanzee sub-species in the world, with only about 6,000...

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6 tiger reserves worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore, says valuation study

NEW DELHI: In a first of its kind exercise, India has conducted economic valuation of six of its tiger reserves and placed their value at Rs 1,49,900 crore. The study has also noted that these six reserves have been generating annual monetary benefits...

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Leopard cub found dead in Amreli

RAJKOT: A six-month-old male leopard cub was found dead on a road near Umariya village in Amreli district on Monday morning.The animal's body was sent to Jasadhar animal care center for postmortem by the forest department officials from Tulsishyam forest...

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Widest ever lion census in May 2015

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat's lion census will cover all of Saurashtra, barring Surendranagar, will be carried out over five days beginning on May 2. The last census was conducted in April 2010 and revealed that the lion population had increased by from 359...

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Winged visitors throng Bhitarkanika national park of Odisha

KENDRAPARA: With 66 per cent rise in the number of winter migratory birds, Bhitarkanika national park has re-established its status as one of the prominent avian habitats in Odisha.As per the latest census report released by the forest department, 1,13,226...

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Thamirabarani water bird census to begin on January 2

TIRUNELVELI: The fifth edition of the Thamirabarani water bird census will be held between January 24 and 26. The census will count the number of migratory birds in the Thamirabarani river basin, falling in Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts of Tamil...

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1,200 trees around Taj to be translocated

LUCKNOW: The expansion of roads the around Taj will not cost green trees their life. The trees along the stretch will not be felled but 'safely' translocated to another site to grow.The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has paid state government...

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White tigress mates with Royal Bengal tiger, delivers cubs

INDORE: A white tigress has given birth to cubs at Kamla Nehru Zoo here after successful breeding with a Royal Bengal tiger shifted here from Bhopal's Van Vihar National Park last year.The exact number of cubs born is, however, not yet known as the big...

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Tongan volcano creates new island: Officials

TONGA: A Tongan volcano has created a substantial new island since it began erupting last month, spewing out huge volumes of rock and dense ash that has killed nearby vegetation, officials said Friday.The volcano, about 65 kilometres (40 miles) southwest...

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1,509 birds rescued and 105 dead during uttarayan festival

AHMEDABAD: At least 1,509 birds were rescued and of these 105 died during the two days of Uttarayan festival across the state. In Ahmedabad alone, till 8pm on Thursday, the forest department received 927 rescue calls and 38 of inured birds rescued...

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Sea level rise getting faster, finds new study

NEW DELHI: Global sea levels are rising significantly faster than earlier thought, according to a new Harvard study.The study, co-authored by Carling Hay and Eric Morrow, of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS), shows that previous estimates...

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Pollution soars in Beijing amid winter smog

BEIJING: Pollution levels soared in Beijing on Thursday to readings more than 20 times WHO recommended limits, as an annual bout of intense smog returned to haunt the Chinese capital despite government vows to address the plague.Levels of PM2.5 particulates,...

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‘India key to Paris climate talks’

NEW DELHI: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday asked India to take a leadership role in reaching a "meaningful" climate change pact in Paris later this year."I count on the leadership of India in our ongoing efforts to address the climate change...

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EU vote gives governments the choice to grow or ban GM crops

BRUSSELS: Individual EU nations will be able to ban cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops under a compromise deal agreed on Tuesday that ends years of deadlock over the barbed issue and could actually boost GM farming.A list of GM products is...

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Rs 5,000 fine for throwing waste in Yamuna

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has announced a fine of Rs 5,000 on individuals spotted throwing waste and 'religious items' in river Yamuna.Yamuna, flowing through Mathura, Vrindavan and Agra, has been reduced to a sewer canal these days, choked...

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World lends helping hands to Australia's bushfire injured wildlife

SYDNEY: A call by an Australian wildlife welfare body for help in the recovery of animals injured in wildfires which ravaged parts of Australia last week has seen an unprecedented international response Tuesday, thanks to social media.The affected native...

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More birds visit Chilika Lake

BERHAMPUR (Odisha): The number of feathered guests to the famous Chilika lake in Odisha, the biggest waterfowl habitat in the country, increased this winter."Around 7.62 lakh birds of 172 species visited the blue lagoon this year. It was found during...

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Orangutan returns to Indonesian wild, but abandons son

JAKARTA: A once-blind female orangutan who regained her sight with surgery has returned to the rain forests of Indonesia's Sumatra island, but with only one of her young twins, an environment group said.Gober and her infants — Ginting, a female, and...

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More birds visit Chilika Lake

BERHAMPUR (Odisha): The number of feathered guests to the famous Chilika lake in Odisha, the biggest waterfowl habitat in the country, increased this winter."Around 7.62 lakh birds of 172 species visited the blue lagoon this year. It was found during...

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Orangutan returns to Indonesian wild, but abandons son

JAKARTA: A once-blind female orangutan who regained her sight with surgery has returned to the rain forests of Indonesia's Sumatra island, but with only one of her young twins, an environment group said.Gober and her infants — Ginting, a female, and...

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More birds visit Chilika Lake

BERHAMPUR (Odisha): The number of feathered guests to the famous Chilika lake in Odisha, the biggest waterfowl habitat in the country, increased this winter."Around 7.62 lakh birds of 172 species visited the blue lagoon this year. It was found during...

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Orangutan returns to Indonesian wild, but abandons son

JAKARTA: A once-blind female orangutan who regained her sight with surgery has returned to the rain forests of Indonesia's Sumatra island, but with only one of her young twins, an environment group said.Gober and her infants — Ginting, a female, and...

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After 21 years of SC monitoring, Yamuna still stinks like a sewer

NEW DELHI: Central Pollution Control Board on Thursday told the Supreme Court why the Yamuna in its 22-km course through Delhi mostly stinks like a sewer drain - as against the norm of 5,000 MPN coliform per 100 ml of water, Yamuna water in Delhi had...

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Karnataka sets up panel to declare eco-zones near national parks

BENGALURU: The cabinet set up a committee to identify and declare by January 31 eco-sensitive zones around eco-sensitive zones and wildlife sanctuaries. Eco-sensitive zones are designated to be protected from industrial pollution and unregulated development...

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‘Fears of man-made global warming exaggerated’

MUMBAI: Two of three scientists at a session on climate change and society at the Indian Science Congress on Tuesday felt fears of man-made global warming were greatly exaggerated. Their presence at the conference was particularly significant in light...

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Gadkari promises digitalized, eco-friendly roadways

NEW DELHI: Union minister for road transport and highways and shipping Nitin Gadkari has promised the digitalization of the roadways and to make it more eco-friendly for the citizens.Gadkari made the comments at the launch of a web portal for online...

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High-level panel suggests single window system for green nods

NEW DELHI: Observing that corporates seek "short cuts" to get clearance for their environment projects, a high level committee has suggested setting up of a 'single window' clearance system for green projects to significantly reduce the processing time.After...

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Snakes may not have evolved as previously thought: Study

NEW YORK: Researchers have found that snakes may not have evolved the way it was thought previously as they found that their vertebral bones are similar to those found in the backbone of four-legged lizards."Our findings turn the sequence of evolutionary...

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Now, take a virtual tour of Vadodara's Kamatibaug

VADODARA: Did you know that 12,000 litres of water is used daily at Kamatibaug to give a cool environ to animals and birds? Or there are two swan ponds in the sprawling garden? Citizens can now catch up with interesting facts about Kamatibaug with just...

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Pregnant elephant found dead in TN wildlife sanctuary

MADURAI: A 26-year-old pregnant elephant was found dead in the Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary in Srivilliputhur on Monday.The female elephant was apparently attacked by a male elephant, according to wildlife officials at the sanctuary. There were...

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Gujarat forest dept ropes in BSF, FSL experts to curb poaching

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat government has reconstituted its Wildlife Crime Cell by roping in experts from BSF and Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for effective implementation of anti-poaching operations in the state.The cell was constituted in 2007 in...

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Nagpur birder sights rare king vulture in Bor Reserve

NAGPUR: In a rare sighting, a king vulture, also known as red headed vulture, was sighted in Bor Tiger Reserve, 60km from here in Wardha district on Saturday.At a time when vulture numbers have dwindled to almost a point of no return in the last 15 years,...

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Eight species of birds on the verge of extinction, says study

INDORE: Eight species of birds like francolins and quails are on the verge of extinction in the Malwa region, a recent study has revealed.The study carried out by the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department, has found shrinking habitat of these birds due to...

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