The revival of a historic road should ordinarily not attract the wrath of conservationists. But in Jammu and Kashmir it did. The state government's decision to upgrade the almost five century-old

Markhor is a wild goat from the Caprinae family. It has six sub-species. The flare horn markhor is Pakistan's national animal. NWFP is the only place in the world with four markhor sub-species. Markhors are also found in Afghanistan, Kashmir, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

An ungulate species belonging to an entirely new genus has been identified in Vietnam and Cambodia's northwestern districts (BBC Wildlife, Vol 13, No 1). German biologist Wolfgang Peter from

IT SEEMS hard to believe, but the noiseless sport of paragliding can lead to avalanches and landslides. Swiss researchers found paragliders scare mountain goats into the forests downhill. The hungry

GOAT RAISERS in the Philippines have discovered that ipil-ipil (Leucaena leucocephala), which has been planted in several parts of the world including India, and is a panacea for