Railway minister comes to aid of wild elephants in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : While railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal may have disappointed the people of Uttarakhand as there was no mention of the much…
Wildlife
Crocodile Tears For Wildlife in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : This small state of Uttarakhand boasts of a rich wildlife in its national parks, sanctuaries and forests, but the manner in…
Efforts now to conserve Great Indian Bustard
byDehra Dun: The union ministry of forest and environment has asked the Wild Life Institute here to undertake the conservation of the Great Indian…
P – Pi — Pin — Ping —- Pong!
byEach winter when those marvelous, majestic birds descend, Quietly or with flutter, they seem to know beforehand From distant lands fleeing freezing and harsh…
Assam for CBI probe into Rhino poaching
byGuwahati: Assam has asked the central government to hand over to the CBI the cases of rhino poaching in the state, an official said. The…
Migratory 123,000 waterfowl winter at Pong Dam wetland
bySpecies of migratory birds wintering in Pong Wetland, a Ramsar Site, is growing by the year with ornithologists sighting new species at the annual…
Freezing water bodies in Kashmir valley drive migratory birds away
bySrinagar: As shallow water bodies within the migratory birds’ reserves in the Kashmir Valley remain frozen, flocks of geese, mallards, teals, gadwalls and pochards have…
Whooper Swan sighted in Himachal Wetland after 113 years.
byPong Wetland (Himachal Pradesh): The Whooper (pronounced hooper) swan, a long distance migratory bird from subarctic Eurasia has been sighted and photographed at the…
Over 27,000 bar headed geese winter in Pong Dam backwaters
byPong Dam (Himachal Pradesh): Over 27,000 bar-headed geese, the world’s highest-altitude migrant bird species, are “holidaying” in Himachal Pradesh’s Pong Dam wetlands along with around…