by The Third Pole | May 1, 2018 | Biodiversity, Home, News, Wildlife
The smallest member of pig family (pygmy hog or porcula salvania) is an endangered species. It was once found in a thin strip of wet grassland plains in the Himalayan foothills: from Uttar Pradesh to Assam and through Nepal’s terai areas and Bengal’s duars. It was...
by Muqbil Ahmar | Apr 23, 2018 | Civil society, Home, News, Pollution Watch, Sustainable Living, Wildlife
Bollywood celebrities such as Dia Mirza, Anushka Sharma, Richa Chadha, Yuvraj Singh, Juhi Chawla, and many others came together on the occasion of Earth Day 2018 and sent out a strong message that everyone should do their best to make planet Earth a better place to...
by Urmi Bhattacharjee | Apr 18, 2018 | Biodiversity, Home, News, Wildlife
A leading animal and wildlife protection group has expressed dismay over the killing of the Lalgarh tiger spotted in Lalgarh in West Bengal, which was reportedly by local hunters who used spears, bows, and arrows to kill the cornered creature on 13 April. The Lalgarh...
by SANDRP | Mar 27, 2018 | Biodiversity, Climate Change, Home, Rivers, Sustainable Living, Wildlife
The fact that most civilizations of the world flourished on river banks is more or less uncontested. The examples of early river-valley civilizations range from Indus Civilization near the Indus River to Mesopotamia along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, Egypt on the...
by Urmi Bhattacharjee | Mar 26, 2018 | Biodiversity, Home, News, Wildlife
A couple of years back, Philip, a month-old elephant calf and his mother, were injured. As they walked through the hills of Assam’s Ouguri Range, which is east of Guwahati, the elephant calf lost his footing and slid down the hill. He then fell into a shaft and was...
by De Biswajit | Mar 6, 2018 | Biodiversity, Home, Photos, Wildlife
Australasian Darter Perth: Photo poem of wildlife birds in Australia Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae Anhingidae Because of its long and slender neck, the Australasian Darter is sometimes called the snakebird. Usually inhabiting freshwater wetlands, darters...
