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The 2019 Indo-Pakistani heat wave across north India and Pakistan( Credit: NASA Earth observatory/ Wikimedia Commons)Harikrishnan BAccording
to a study conducted by the researchers fro… Read More
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A blog about research and news updates about wildlife and biodiversity conservation in India and the neighboring countries.
2019-09-04 11:23
Flowers of Calanthe davidii (Image Credit:Ashutosh Sharma/JOTT)
A rare orchid, Calanthe davidii, which has been eluding Indian botanists for decades, has been reported from Kullu distr… Read More
2019-07-24 07:30
Yellow-legged gull chicks in their nest (image credit: Contando Estrelas)
Birds and animals emanating alarm calls to warn
their offspring about possible predator presence is a comm… Read More
2019-07-23 10:19
Indian Long-billed vultures in Orcha, Madhya Pradesh (Image Credit: Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons)
Despite conservation efforts, the population of
the critically endangered, Long-bille… Read More
2019-06-26 13:45
Boats at Varanasi Ghats in Banaras, Uttar Pradesh, India
(Image credit: Jorge Royan/Wikimedia commons)
By Melbin Thomas
Large vessel movement through the
Ganga River as part of the… Read More
2018-05-29 06:06
2018-05-28 20:37
2018-05-15 14:43
A patch of agricultural field bordering forest land in Southern Western Ghats in Kerala.
(Image Credit: Indian Biodiversity Talks) Read More
2018-05-13 18:38
An Indus Dolphin spotted near Dhunda in River Beas during the population survey (Image Credit: WWF-India)
The first ever organized population survey of the endangered Indus River Dolphin in… Read More
2018-04-07 22:12
Vernal Hanging Parrot (Loriculus vernalis), also known as Indian Hanging Parrot or the Green Hanging Parrot is the smallest of the resident parrots in India. Distributed across North E… Read More
2016-11-22 12:14
A tiger under captivity in a zoo in Mangalore, Karnataka
India’s borders with Nepal and Bangladesh have turned out to be the most active hot spots of illegal t… Read More
2016-07-09 19:25
Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) (Image courtesy by Bernard Landgraf CC BY-SA 3.0)
Among the South Asian countries, India recorded the most number of otter skin seizures i… Read More
2015-09-15 10:57
Veined Labyrinth is a Satyrine butterfly
found in Asia. In India, it is recorded from the Himalayas – both from Western
Himalayas and Eastern Himalayas. We have
recorded this but… Read More
2015-08-25 11:30
Scaly bellied woodpecker (Picus squamatus) is a beautiful woodpecker you will encounter in the foothills of Western Himalayas. The male of this species is noticeable with its red forehead an… Read More
2015-08-19 06:33
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Cycas nayagarhensis is a new cycad species discovered from Nayagarh district of Odisha
(Image courtesy: R. Singh/P. Radha/J.S. Khuraij… Read More
2015-08-12 08:54
Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) is the fastest running antelope in India. Here you may watch a herd of female and young blackbucks at Ranebennur Blackbuck Sanctuary in Haveri district of the… Read More
2015-08-04 11:09
Netravali Leaping Frog (Indirana salelkari) [Image Courtesy: Vivek Kale]
Goa may be known for its beautiful beaches, but now it is home to a rare frog species yet unknown to the scientific… Read More
2015-07-11 09:26
Banded Tit (Hypolycaena narada) specimens at the Research Collections Facility, National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore [Image Courtesy: Krushnamegh Kunte/LR… Read More
2015-07-09 07:43
Restricted to the Western Ghats of India and parts of
Central Sri Lanka, Hump Nosed Pit Viper loves spending day in the leaf litter
on the forest floor. This snake is a perfect example… Read More
2015-06-27 19:03
A wild Asian Elephant in Western Ghats, South India
Veerappan may be long gone, but poaching still tops the list as the major reason for elephant mortality during the last three decades… Read More
2015-06-10 07:41
Himalayan Red Admiral (Vanessa indica indica) is a sub species of the Indian Red Admiral butterfly found mainly in the Himalayan region of India. In southern parts of India, its close… Read More
2015-06-05 04:38
We would like to share a hope with our readers on this Environment Day,
that this mystic tree of life - our planet - sustain for long.
Lets pray that humans may someday turn more sensible a… Read More
2015-05-29 06:45
We have recently spotted two himalayan bulbul chicks right out of their nest trying to fly for the first time. Apparently, their nest was inside a bathroom near a house. So when the mother b… Read More
2015-04-06 10:01
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2015-03-18 06:16
70 percent of the wild tigers remaining in the world are found in India
Though the latest tiger population estimates in India point to an increase in the population of striped cats in the… Read More
2015-03-06 10:37
Commander is one of the most beautiful butterflies in India. You may spot this vividly coloured butterfly right from Southern Western Ghats to North Eastern regions. The brilliant reddish br… Read More
2015-02-24 07:40
An Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca) spotted at Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary during the annual population survey (Image Credit: Malabar Natural History Society)
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2015-02-19 07:35
Yellow Coster is one of the 212 species of butterflies documented at the village of Chizmi
Chizmi may give the impression of any other typical village in North-East India- scenic with lus… Read More
2015-02-15 01:30
Streaked Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron lineatum) is a passerine seen in North India, especially in the Himalayas. It is a common bird you will find in the hilly areas of Himachal Pradesh. I… Read More
2015-02-08 10:13
A mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) under captivity in an Indian Zoo.
The idea of using live human babies as crocodile bait may sound horrific, but the 19… Read More
2015-02-02 09:55
Comic Oakblue (Arhopala comica) and Tawny Emporer (Chitoria ulupi ulupi)Image Credit: Tshetsholo Naro/North East Network/JOTT
Butterfly enthusi… Read More
2015-01-20 11:31
A tiger under captivity in a zoo in Mangalore, Karnataka.
As per the latest estimates released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests… Read More
2015-01-13 08:58
One among the only two species belonging to the Pyrrhocorax genus, Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) will redraw the popular Indian idea of black crow. Though a member of the crow… Read More
2015-01-08 12:36
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2014-08-21 07:43
Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha), one of the most beautiful birds in Himachal Pradesh.It is known to have five subspecies, among which the one found in HP is occipitalis. The… Read More
2014-07-09 18:31
Citron Barb (Pethia lutea), a new barb species discovered from Western Ghat Rivers of Maharashtra
(Image Courtesy: Ralf Britz/JOTT)
Researchers studying the fish diversity
in Wester… Read More
2014-06-05 10:37
A Himalayan #Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys) nesting inside a bathroom in Dramman near #Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India. Happy #Environment Day 2014 ! &hell…Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Travancore tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica)
(Photo Credit: Arun Kanagavel)
Cochin forest cane turtle (Vijayachelys silvatica) and Travancore tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica)… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Natural History of Indian Mammalia - Cover
Accounts of the past, when visited after
hundreds of years, give a new reading every time. The methods will be obsolete
by now, the facts ir… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Red-bellied
Piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri)(Image Credits: Gregory Moine/ WikiMedia Commons under CC by 2.0)
Native fish fauna of Indian rivers gets yet
another threat to their… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Well, it is a cat snake and looks like a Beddome's Cat Snake (Boiga beddomei). But not very sure. If anybody can help in exact identification, that will be great help.
It came right into th… Read More
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