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46 stories for “Western Ghats”
Clear filtersUNESCO has expressed concern over the Aghanashini-Vedavathi river linking project and its likely effect on the Western Ghats ecosystem. The project proposes to divert about 35 TMC ft of water from the Aghanashini River t...
Researchers have documented a rare instance of gynandromorphy – an animal showing both male and female characteristics – in a freshwater crab in Silent Valley National Park, Kerala.The crab belongs to the species Vela ca...
A faunal survey by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, has identified nine species new to science. They include the jumping spider Stenaelurillus megamalai, the mayflies E...
Scientists have published India's first comprehensive checklist of fireflies, recording 92 species in 27 genera based on records from 1881 to 2025. More than 60% of these species are endemic to India, and several have no...
A new study warns that climate change could drastically reduce the area suitable for the Nilgiris Wood Pigeon (Columba elphinstonii) in the Western Ghats by the end of this century.The bird is endemic to the Western Ghat...
India and Germany deepened cooperation on climate adaptation and resilience at a high-level Climate Talk in New Delhi. Germany announced a grant of up to 20 million euros for India under its International Climate Initiat...
A study spanning 40 years found that lion-tailed macaque populations have grown in human-dominated landscapes of the Anamalai Hills in the Western Ghats. Researchers tracked 37 groups across protected forests as well as...
A live rusty-spotted cat, one of the world's smallest wild cats, was recorded in Shergarh Sanctuary in Baran district, Rajasthan. The nocturnal, solitary species is listed as Near Threatened by IUCN. Other biodiversity r...
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced eco-friendly nature trails in the Budget. Sustainable mountain trails will come up in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Araku Valley in the Eastern Ghats...
Ecologist Madhav Gadgil has died. He was born in 1942. He wrote the concept plan for the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India's first biosphere reserve under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme, and founded the Centre f...
