1+ week, 4+ day ago   (83+ words) According to the non-profit Wildlife SOS, hyenas are the mounts of witches in the folklore of certain cultures, and these beliefs hamper efforts to conserve the striped hyena. Reframing cultural narratives in superstitious communities without hurting people’s sentiments is not…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (427+ words) Published - September 08, 2026 02:33 pm IST - Balasore (Odisha) At least five orangutans, which are not indigenous to India, were rescued in a forest in Odisha’s Balasore district, prompting the authorities to suspect that wildlife smugglers might be behind the animals' sudden appearance…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (441+ words) Updated - September 08, 2026 05:58 pm IST - Bhubaneswar The Odisha Forest Department on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) rescued five young orangutans after they were found abandoned in a casuarina plantation in the Udayapur-Talsari forest area of Balasore district. The orangutans, which are not native to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (314+ words) Published - September 03, 2026 07:00 am IST - MALAPPURAM A flock of more than 30 Fulvous whistling ducks (Dendrocygna bicolor), a species rarely recorded in Kerala, has been spotted at the Venjali wetlands at Cherumukku near Tirurangadi in Malappuram district. This is the first reported…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (327+ words) Published - August 25, 2026 08:59 pm IST - SIVAGANGA At Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary in Sivaganga district, thousands of migratory and foreign birds arriving for their annual breeding season are instead met with a harsh, parched landscape and bone-dry lakebed. Kollukudipatti tank and its surrounding…...

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4+ week, 2+ day ago   (178+ words) Published - August 14, 2026 06:41 pm IST - ERODE College students cleaning the Avalpoondurai lake in Erode district. As many as 120 students of VET Institute of Arts and Science took part in a lake-cleaning drive at Avalpoondurai lake on Thursday as part of an…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (185+ words) Updated - September 01, 2026 08:08 pm IST - IDUKKI A survey held in 2022 documented 52 amphibian species and 47 reptile species in the Munnar Wildlife Division. Wildlife Warden K. V. Harikrishnan said, “The 2022 initial survey focussed primarily on species identification within each protected zone. However, this edition aims…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (747+ words) In a discussion with the Union Ministry of Power, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs also says ‘such matters’ related to the requirement of ‘100% gram sabha consent’ for projects in forest areas do not fall under its purview...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (393+ words) Published - September 05, 2026 09:34 am IST - GURUGRAM For years, the pond at Kajalheri village in Haryana’s Fatehabad was a safe haven for hundreds of rare turtles. Today, the same waters are forcing them to flee for their lives. The Shri Guru Gorakhnath…...