IF you think a good snake is a dead snake, think again & read this…

Animal venom’s are proving a rich source of novel compounds which have the potential to be transformed into new drugs for human treatments. One such compound is captopril, which was found in the venom of the Brazilian pit viper and is currently used successfully to treat…[Read more]

There are lot of santuaries around the world and game reserves, which are luring and doing business out of killing wildlife. The cubs are separated from the mothers and grow up with humans and lose the kind of environment required for them to hunt and live in the forests.

There are many other ways which this it is done. Once the season comes…[Read more]

IUCN has recently listed Burmese Python as “Vulnerable”, reflecting its overall population decline. The Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) is one of the five largest snakes in the world. The body of a Burmese python is longer and thinner than the anaconda’s.

Because the body is long, the organs are also long. Python Patrol is a task force of…[Read more]

Dr. S. A. Hussain Memorial Day Celebration are held regularly every year and S. A. Hussain Memorial Environment Award Ceremony is also held and awards given to people who are working in the field of ornithology as a recognitiion of their services in the field. A trust has been formed in the name of the renowned ornithologist at Karkala (his birth…[Read more]

Tigers are one of the majestic creatures  living on the planet. They have been there around for millions of  years on this planet and have helped maintain the ecosystem and the food chain. If these big cats would not have been there, their would be over population of a number of other species resulting ecological imbalance. Now survival of this v…[Read more]

It is true ghost nets act as a weapon of mass destruction. They usually end up floating in the waters trapping marine life all along its route causing a trail of destruction. Ghost nets lost or abandoned at sea due to storms causing strong currents, accidental loss, or purposeful discard are commercial fishing nets.

They remain in the sea and…[Read more]

About small yet beautiful flatworm – Prostheceraeus sp: They inhabit majority of the oceans and seas in the world and vary in size, shape, built, colour and translucence and the area where they are located and what they eat. Listed is some interesting information for a read.

There are approximately 20,000 different species, of which the majority…[Read more]

This is yet another unique, beautiful and endangered species of life. Five million hectares of rainforest are destroyed annually and on this current trend all tropical forests will be gone by the middle of the 21st century, apart that is, from those we act to save now.

Located in the remote southwestern Amazon, the Sierra del Divisor mountain…[Read more]

In the past few years the number of tiger killings and leopards with other wildlife including elephants has increased drastically. If severe punishment is not meted out to the perpetrators who indulge in poaching, wildlife illicit trade, trade of parts and products of wildlife. If government bodies remains as as toothless tigers when it comes to…[Read more]

While Slokas are written by poets in Sanskrit language and its meaning is interpreted in different languages. Here is a sloka about morals taken and interpretation made in English to enable readers to understand and appreciate the meaning.

Stanza: Fool is worshiped at home, head of the village in his native village, the king in his own kingdom.…[Read more]

Through most of history, people climbed mountains only when they had to out of necessity. They climbed to hunt game, to rescue a lost or strayed animal, or to gain a military advantage over an enemy.

But in India since ancient times there have be mythological stories of mountains being the abode of Gods like Shiva and Goddess Parvati named Mount…[Read more]

INGREDIENTS
Pumpkin 300 gm
Oil refined 15 ml
Butter 10 gm
Mustard 2 gm
Fenugreek 2 gm
Fennel 2 gm
Kalongi 2 gm
Carom seeds 2 gm
Red chilli whole 5 gm
Green chilli slit 2 nos
Ginger 10 gm
Jaggery 20 gm
Tomato chopped 1 medium
Kashmiri chilli powder 5 gm
Turmeric powder 2 gm
Cumin 3gm
Coriander powder 2 gm
Dry mango powder 3 gm
Salt to taste
Chopped…[Read more]

This particular dish is a variety of rice dish which is cooked in south India belongs to the Andhra region. A different rice recipe from the earlier mango recipes provided.
INGREDIENTS
1 raw mango – washed peeled and grated or mashed
2 cups rice cooked and cooled
2 tbsp peanuts remove shell
1 ½ tbsp  oil
1 tbsp each chana and urad dal
1 tsp mus…[Read more]

There are many groups who want to carry out various works on conservation of wildlife (marine as well as terrestrial) and connect it to common people. These group of young and enthusiast marine biologists from all over the globe, working on different aspect of the marine world.

With ever increasing threat to the coral reefs from anthropogenic…[Read more]