BHUBANESWAR: Even as population of shore-birds is declining globally across the wetlands, Chilika has reported more of them. Over the years, more and more such wader species have turned up at the lagoon, a trend indicating the improved habitability of the 1,100 sq km wetland.

In an ambitious project to study the changing trends of the bird population, migration and biodiversity besides a proper documentation of the Harike wetland and sanctuary, the Punjab Wildlife Department has decided to conduct a survey of the birds.

Mumbai For botanist couple Dr Marselin and Dr Sarah Almeida, life has become even more busy and fruitful post-retirement. For more than four decades, this zestful but low-profile duo from Goregaon has meticulously documented, studied and taught botany, working closely with the Bombay Natural History Society, the Blatter Herbarium of St.

MUMBAI: At 13, Michelle Saldanha is already a proud parent. The young lady took inspiration from her mother, 49-year-old Viola, who adopted an endangered baikal teal. Michelle decided to adopt a Nilgiri laughing thrush. Now, for a nominal fee of Rs 300, anyone in the city can adopt a bird.

The odd whale, dolphin or shark swimming near Bombay High may not drop dead as it passes by the garbage dump that is Mumbai's coastline, but it is no indicator of the health of the local marine ecosystem. Less hardy species like molluscs and small fish are bearing the brunt of a city that takes its waters for a trashcan. And experts warn there may not be any fish in Mumbai's seas in 50 years.

When zoos, aviaries, individuals and conservation organizations around the world were observing the first International Vulture Awareness Day through events and educational programmes on the ground and on the Net, conservationists in Punjab had an added reason to celebrate.

India, which has lost 99 per cent of the four-crore population of vultures in the last three decades and continues to witness the decline of the existing ones at the rate of 40 per cent annually, will make a

Mumbai: A scientist from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) spotted the rare and endangered bird species -- the Jerdon's Courser early this month.

According to Dr Asad Rahmani, director of BNHS, "The bird was considered to be extinctas it was first spotted in 1900 and after that in 1986 by our scientist Bharat Bhushan."

Mumbai: The efforts of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has borne fruit, with vultures being successfully bred in captivity, for the first time in the world.

The Vulture Conservation Breeding Programme of the BNHS was started in 2004 at three places in the country at Pinjor in Haryana, Rajabhatkhawa near Baxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal and Rani Forest near Guwahati in Assam.

Mumbai: The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) stands firmly behind the method of radio-collaring as an efficient tool in preservation of big cats.