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The Indian postal department released 8 special covers to mark the 66th 'Wildlife Week', which began on October 2 and concluded on Thursday across Karnataka. "Karnataka circle's acting chief postmaster general Sheuli Burman released 6 special covers at a function in...

As part of the valedictory of the 66th Wildlife Week celebrations, a 120-km Fit India Cyclothon was flagged off at Aranya Bhavan this morning by Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF – Mysuru Circle) T. Heeralal. Over 80 members selected from the Mysuru District Cycling...

The Karnataka Forest Department (KFD) has proposed a dolphin conservation programme off the Mangaluru coast, which may take off in future. The Mangaluru Division of the Forest Department has submitted a five-year plan for dolphin conservation with major emphasis on...

For many years, conservationists, landowners, and developers have met at crossroads when handling cases of endangered species with habitats on private lands. Conservationists sought to ensure the protection of the habitat, landowners hoped to maximize land value and...

Wildlife photography is dedicated to the conservation of African wildlife. More than 70 of the world’s leading wildlife photographers have put some of their work on sale in an online shop. These uniquely beautiful wildlife photographs, worthy of true artistic...

There is no place for snow leopards quite like Kyrgyzstan. Dominated by soaring mountains, over half of the country is considered prime roaming grounds for the big cats. Kyrgyzstan also sits at the crossroads of north and south snow leopard range, and boasts a high...

Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), June 26 (IANS) The centre has approved the proposal for setting up of Uttar Pradesh''s first vulture conservation centre, known as Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre, that will come up in Maharajganj district. The CAMPA (Compensatory...

An Asiatic wild ass made history when it became the first of its species to cross into the eastern steppe in Mongolia in nearly seven decades. The Gobi-Steppe is among the largest grazing ecosystems in the world and home to a unique diversity of migratory animals....

Five ways you can explore the ocean from your home David Attenborough’s Coral ReefA winning combination like no other: David Attenborough’s smooth, gripping voice and the stunning Great Barrier Reef. Attracting thousands of animals each year, this reef is one of the...

These solitary animals share 96.4% of their genes with humans and are known for their intelligence. And in Malay, their name means ‘Person of the Forest’. There are two distinct species: The Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelil) and the Borneo Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)....

Istria by e-bike Steep terrain makes the northern region of Istria challenging for cyclists, but Saddle Skedaddle is offering a guided holiday on electric, pedal-assisted mountain bikes with full-suspension. It is based in a seaside hotel in Rabac and highlights...

The Cincinnati Zoo is using the third birthday of its beloved hippo, born premature, as a way to raise money for Australian wildlife affected by the recent bushfires. Instead of sending birthday gifts for Fiona, the Ohio zoo is asking people to buy...

The world’s top 6 ‘jumping off’ points for adventure travel in 2020 More than half of Americans are looking for adventure when it comes to travel in 2020, according to a new study from the Travel Channel. “That is up a little bit over last year,” said Mariel Clark,...

The 139km Tilal Swaihan route was an adventure of the 800 odd vehicles Fun and adventure were at the forefront as participants of the 39th edition of the Gulf News Overnighter Fun Drive saw more than 800 cars venture into the desert sands in Tilal Swaihan, Al Ain. The...

The live animals were discovered by security officials at Colombo airport, packed in plastic boxes. Authorities suggest the man may have been planning to extract the venom from the scorpions once in China. Fighting the trafficking of exotic wildlife and the smuggling...

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. conducted Chapter 3 of its nationwide initiative - ’Africa Twin True Adventure Camp’ in Maharashtra last weekend. Being the hub of adventure seekers and travel aficionados, the Maharashtra camp operated with 17...

A book is made of wood. But it is not a tree. The dead cells have been repurposed to serve another need. Now a team of scientists has repurposed living cells -- scraped from frog embryos -- and assembled them into entirely new life-forms. These millimeter-wide...

New satellite images from NASA and the European Space Agency show the impacts of the deadly Australian wildfires on both people and wildlife. One-third of Kangaroo Island, located southwest of Adelaide and home to many protected species, has been scorched by...

World Conservation Congress, Marseille, France, 11-19 June 2020 Held once every four years, the IUCN World Conservation Congress brings together several thousand leaders and decision-makers from government, civil society, indigenous peoples, business, and academia,...

Total 19,600 endangered species of flora and fauna in the country, the Himalayan region is home to 133 which are passing through a critical phase due to changing weather patterns and massive deforestation, scientists warned at a seminar in Almora on...

India has sought inclusion of the Asian elephant in the global list of endangered species, providing the strictest protections as they frequently come into conflict with people. A proposal for including the mainland Asian elephant or Indian elephant in Appendix 1 of...

An aquarium and an engineering firm in Massachusetts are working on a project to better protect whales – by monitoring them from space. The New England Aquarium, based in Boston, and Draper, a firm based in nearby Cambridge, say new and higher-tech solutions...

While the Masai Mara in Kenya and Tanzania’s Serengeti are undoubtedly two of the most classically epic landscapes in Africa, don’t overlook landlocked Uganda amid these two giants of safari. It’s best known for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home to several...

From remote peak bagging to offshore shark diving, here’s how to explore off the beaten path in Central America’s most adventurous destination In terms of sheer natural beauty and variety, Costa Rica is a white unicorn of sorts. The country has everything from dense...

Peppered-moth caterpillars can change their hue to match their surroundings without looking, a study has found. But how they do it remains a mystery. Peppered moth caterpillars live across the Northern Hemisphere, from the forests of China to the backyards of North...

A population of endangered Gangetic river dolphins has been found for the first time in the Mahananda River, a tributary of the Ganga, in Bihar’s Kishanganj district. A team of scientists from Vikramshila Biodiversity Research and Education Centre (VBREC) of Tilka...

A recent video which was posted to Facebook by the Forests and Wildlife Protection Society, said two Forest Department officials were riding the motorcycle through the Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary in Wayanad, Kerala, when the passenger recorded the footage. The two...

The staffs of the Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary are thrilled with the recently obtained camera trap pictures. About five dozen camera traps were installed in different parts of the wildlife sanctuary last month, but the photograph of a tiger moving in Madhmaheshwar...

Wildlife experts have discovered the Impressive Tortoise – a new species of tortoise that are elusive and have never been sighted in India. They were found near Yazali of lower Subansari district in Arunachal Pradesh. The species is called impressive because of the...

Cheetahs are considered as one of the most beautiful and amazing cats in the wild. Also, the cheetah is the fastest land animal in the world, the wild cat can reach a top speed of 113 kilometres per hour. But there are only 7,500 cheetahs left in the wild and this is...

Conservation International’s Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) spent three weeks trudging through the Mosquitia rain-forest in Honduras, and found a treasure of rare and endangered species some of which were thought to be extinct. This remarkable ecosystem was located in...

SHIVANAND |A&W Mag Venice, the capital of Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands which form a beautiful lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads but canals which include the Grand Canal thoroughfare which is lined with the Renaissance...

The Chhattisgarh Tourism Board to encourage youth of the state to take up ‘bicycle tourism and bicycle riding’ is organizing a two-day ‘Tourism on Wheels’ on the 6th and 7th of July, 2019 by conducting a trip from Raipur to Kurdur (80 kilometres). It is being...

The wild boar, also known as the wild swine has long, rubbery snout that is used for digging of underground roots and bulbs. This omnivore eats both plant and animal based food which feeds on seeds, fruits, leaves, berries, eggs, mice, lizards, worms and snakes. They...

Natrajan Siva|A&W Mag St Lucia estuary one of the best things is that it not only gives you an experience about kayaking which in itself an adventure tourism activity but what adds to the thrill furthermore is that it is also an action-packed adventure activity...

One of the oldest forms of exercise, yoga is believed to have originated in India during the pre-Vedic times. It was back in the 18th and early 19th century that it trickled to different parts of the country and gained acceptance from billions of people. Today, yoga...

Natrajan Siva|A&W Mag A Sci-fi adventure tourism trend on the rise though not known to many around the world but this strange phenomenon of visiting a UFO sighting place or a place believed to be a UFO crash site is pulling the people towards it. So, UFO tourism...

Nohkalikai waterfalls is situated 5 km away from Cherrapunjee and is the fourth highest waterfall in the world. Falling from a height of 1,100 feet, this fall is a great attraction of Cherrapunjee which is known to be a wet land because of the amount of rains it...

The Philippine Eagle, as its name suggests, is found only in the Philippines, an island country in Southeast Asia. While the Philippines consist of more than 7,000 islands, the Philippine Eagle is found only on four of them, all within the northern and eastern regions...

A moonbow is also commonly referred to as a lunar rainbow. A moonbow is a rare natural atmospheric phenomenon that occurs when the Moon’s light is reflected and refracted off water droplets in the air. Moonbows are much fainter than rainbows made by the sun...

The Department of tourism Kashmir has organised a Rouf Memorial White Water Rafting Championship at Pahalgam which would commence of 17th June 2019 followed by closing ceremony on 19th June 2019 at 1:00 PM. The Championship is conducted in accordance with the White...

NATRAJAN SIVA|A&W Mag Not so new but not very popular also, today we bring to you one of the unknown extreme adventure sports activities getting popular among adventure freaks. The concept of volcano boarding may sound simple as sandboarding but in reality, it's...

API travel experience can provide an opportunity to be intrigued by the mystic world of bees. Not only to learn about different bee products, a number of which enjoy medicinal applications, but to get as close to bees as you want. As a visitor on an API tour,...

In Japan, we practice something called forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku. Shinrin in Japanese means “forest,” and yoku means “bath.” So shinrin-yoku means bathing in the forest atmosphere, or taking in the forest through our senses. This is...

Sea cucumbers are marine animals with a leathery skin and an elongated body containing a single, branched gonad. They are found on the sea floor worldwide. Sea cucumbers are scavengers that feed on small food items in the seafloor, as well as plankton floating in the...

The kakapo is the only species of flightless parrot that one can find in the world, it is also called owl parrot which belongs to the species of large flightless, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrot of the family Strigopoidea, which can be found in New Zealand. For the...

Natrajan Siva| A&W Mag One of the most threatened species of the 5 rhino species in the world the Javan Rhino species with an estimated population of not more than 70 around the world the Javan Rhino is only found in the Ujung Kulon National Park in Java,...

Scientists have discovered six different 'colour morphs' of the Asiatic golden cat in Arunachal Pradesh, that may be the world’s greatest number of different-colored wild cat species ever reported in one area. The findings indicate that the 'near-threatened' wild cat...

Natrajan Siva |A&W Mag Marine life is full of such animals that we don’t even know what exists down there below and Humphead wrasse also known as Napoleon Wrasse is one such species of the marine life that is said to be endangered though the name looks like coming...

The name Caracal is derived from a Turkish word “karakulak” meaning “black ear.” The Caracal was once trained for bird hunting in Iran and India. They were put into arenas containing a flock of pigeons, and wagers were made as to how many the cat would take down. This...

The grey parrot, also known as the Congo grey parrot or African grey parrot, is endemic to equatorial Africa. The parrot's body is grey while the tail feathers are red. Because of their vibrant appearance and their mimicry of human speech, their population has...

Meet Pinky, the Pink Dolphin that lives in Calcasieu River in Louisiana. Pinky is an extremely rare animal; she was first seen 12-years-ago by Captain Erik Rue who shared pictures of her. Pinky gets her color due to a genetic mutation that is called albinism; she is a...

Up to a million species may go extinct due to human activity accordingto a recent report, some within decades. We all know the mammals in trouble –polar bears, giant pandas and snow leopards – but how many of us could name anendangered plant? A 2019 report assessed...

Natrajan Siva|A&W Mag Plastic pollution-is the accumulation of plastic objects (e.g. plastic bottles and much more) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat, and humans. Plastic pollution can afflict land, waterways and oceans....

8th June is commemorated as World Oceans Day by the United Nations. This day seeks to bring more awareness about the crucial role that oceans play in the lives of humankind, to show the impact of human activity on oceans, and to bring about ways for the sustainable...

There is something magical about trekking. Being held by nature, walking towards your goals with the birds whispering and motivating you to go ahead is a wonderful feeling. As the sun meets the horizon, the cold breeze pats your shoulder because you reached your goal....

Frogs in Myanmar are surprisingly dependent upon elephants, or rather, the tracks they leave behind. New research shows that water-filled elephant footprints provide an under-appreciated sanctuary for frogs to lay their eggs. During the dry season in the southeast...

When it comes to quantities, an elephant’s nose knows. Elephants can use their sense of smell to detect the largest amount of food among two samples, even when the food is hidden from sight. “For some reason every elephant I’ve ever worked with in Thailand loves...

Roxanne Vogel is one peak short of becoming part of the 7-summit club, an elite group of climbers that have reached the tallest peak in each continent. This December, she will complete the challenging list by climbing Mt. Vinson in Antarctica. Last week, she arrived...

Two Hawaiian crows, or alala, have done something momentous in the struggle to save the critically endangered species. They have built a nest. Extinct in the wild for decades, the alala were raised at the Keauhou and Maui Bird Conservation Centers of San Diego Zoo...

KGW's Pat Dooris climbed to the summit of Mount Hood, and brought a camera along with him to document the once in a lifetime experience. Climbing Mount Hood means you will cover a distance of roughly 3.2 miles each way and gain a mile on the way up. It’s a difficult...

Last week, a UN report was released that found almost a million animals are threatened by extinction The report, which had over 400 contributors from 50 countries, says many of these species could disappear within the next few decades. "What it identified was that we...

The trail is expected to boost tourism and support ‘Internal Tourist Visit Year, 2019’ and ‘Visit Nepal Year, 2020’. It takes around seven days to cover the approximately 35 kilometers route that offers the main way to famous religious place, Muktinath and goes...

A persistent query amongst urban ecology researchers has been the lengthy-time period effect of urbanization on bird species biodiversity. Mainly, they ponder whether the parts of cities with greater variety are merely exhibiting an “extinction debt” — populations...

GUWAHATI: Assam has won the “Best Destination for Wildlife in India” award at the recently held Travel Awards 2019, organised by the Lonely Planet Magazine India.  The award mentioned some of Assam’s specialities which include resident rhinos of Kaziranga...

According to the Anxiety Center, anxiety affects roughly 18.1% of adults in the U.S. That’s about 40 million men and women. Regardless of the cause, anxiety can be a crippling emotional state that leads to negative behaviors, such as avoidance and withdrawal from...

The wild elephant that had a day out in the city streets on Tuesday was released back to Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary from whence it came, on Wednesday. According to forest officials, the elephant had come out in search of food as many elephants have done in previous...

The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, celebrated a victory in the fight against the extinction of yet another species. On April 22, the institute welcomed a Guam kingfisher chick into the world. The Guam kingfisher’s vibrant blue and...

From shark-cage diving to mountain biking, visit these adrenalin-pumping spots around the country SA has some of the best adventure sports in the world, from surfing to paragliding, mountain biking, shark diving, birding and wildlife tracking – even snowboarding. If...

The shocking scale of fox hunting still taking place in the Cheshire countryside 14 years after the bloodsport was banned has been highlighted in new figures. The League Against Cruel Sports has gathered 268 reports of illegal hunting activity and 43 reports of fox...

The thee-day wildlife census concluded here on Sunday. Over 50 volunteers from various environmental organisations along with forest department personnel conducted the census at seven forest ranges here. According to officials, volunteers from the Salem Nature and...

The Indian subcontinent is home to five majestic cat species, namely the lion, tiger, leopard, snow leopard and the clouded leopard. The cheetah became extinct in 1951-52; else India would have been the only country that was home to six majestic big cat species. In...

International Earth Day is celebrated all across the world on April 22. This year, the theme for Earth Day is 'Protect Our Species'. In 2018, the theme of this occasion was 'End Plastic Pollution'. Earth has served as home to a large spectrum of life over millennia....

Forestry England and Michaela Strachan have launched the Big Forest Find and are inviting people to join in. To celebrate its centenary, Forestry England is encouraging people to discover and celebrate its woodlands’ wildlife with a new citizen...

Wildlife safety organizations have now implemented remote tracing technologies as a modern conservation tool, letting small groups to observe and manage information from animals over a wide area. The world’s eyes have increasingly turned towards safeguarding of...

With all-year round sunshine, unspoiled natural scenery and spine-tingling wildlife encounters, Western Australia is the perfect place for an Australian adventure. Whether it is relaxing with kangaroos on the white sandy beaches, exploring world heritage listed...

Nepal is an amazing country as it has the splendid natural and cultural beauty that attracts tourists from across the world. It is located in the middle of Asia in the lap of Himalayan Mountains with the summits as high as Mount Everest. Eight out of ten world’s...

The vegetation in the Antarctic region consists largely of algae, lichens and mosses. Sea-birds in the Antarctic are closely related to the marine environment and get all their nourishment from this area. They spend their whole life at sea and are only on land during...

The Japanese have long understood the pleasures of the outdoors – from admiring koyo("colorful autumn leaves") to goraiko ("watching the sunrise from a mountain top"). It's little surprise that hiking features prominently in Japanese culture, since...

On the same day it was revealed that the total amount raised by the British Birdwatching Fair for conservation has passed the £5 million mark, the event dubbed the ‘Glastonbury of Birding’ revealed this year’s project: protecting Western Siem Pang, a haven for five...

PANCHTHAR: As the conservation programme has become effective, the sight of ‘Red Panda’ has become common in the forests of three districts — Panchthar, Ilam and Taplejung — in the eastern part of Nepal. Twelve years ago, the community-based conservation...

Ten days ago, a leopard was rescued from a Thane shopping mall, nearly four km from the boundaries of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). News reports mentioned the incident as a ‘ man-animal conflict’, but ecologists and forest officials want us to discard the...

Faced with mountains of image and audio data, researchers are turning to artificial intelligence to answer pressing ecological questions. When researchers collect audio recordings of birds, they are usually listening for the animals’ calls. But conservation biologist...

Plastics are an increasing cause of concern due to potential sources of chemicals that disrupt hormones and affect the growth and reproductive success of a wide variety of wildlife, according to a new report. Wildlife in the oceans and on land are subject to cocktails...