NASHIK: To attract more tourists to Nashik, the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM) is planning to set up an eco-tourism centre at its 105-acre nursery near Makhmalabad village in

Birds Continue To Fall Prey Despite Arrest Of 9 Men

Ahmedabad: The forest department claimed to have cracked the case of the poaching of 64 lesser flamingos in Venasar village in the Little Rann of Kutch when its officials arrested nine people on January 4. They had even recovered the nets used to trap the birds, after TOI had reported the massacre.

Itanagar, 6 Jan: Black-necked crane (file photo), a rare bird species found in high altitude, has been spotted at Zemithang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh by the Indian chapter of the World Wildlife F

The birds are found in India, China and Bhutan and breed in high-altitude wetlands of the Tibetan plateau

The black-necked crane, a rare bird species found at high altitudes, has been spotted for the first time at Zemithang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh by the Indian chapter of the World Wildlife Fund.

Calcutta, Jan. 4: Holidaymakers in Darjeeling can soon add another must-do to their checklist: the ropeway ride that has been suspended for the past eight years.

Bangalore, 4 Jan: Taking cognisance of increasing number of elephant deaths, Karnataka High Court today directed the state and the Union governments to constitute a task force within 10 days to wor

BARNADI (UDALGURI), Dec 26 – Has the elusive pigmy hog that catapulted Barnadi wildlife sanctuary into global prominence following the rediscovery of the pigmy hog and hispid hare in 1971 (after bo

PANJIM: While Digambar Kamat-led government chose to look the other way as illegal mining thrived in Goa during last four years of its tenure - a council constituted by it to draw a road map for de