You can now see Babu, the Chimpanzee playing pranks alone or even the elephants having their morning shower, sitting at home. Animal lovers will now get a chance every day to see their favourite animals live on Facebook twice. Same with Darjeeling’s Padmaja Naidu Zoo.
He lives in the shallow lakes of faraway North America but has landed up in a Bengal village almost 13,000 km away. No one knows how he arrived – at least he did not travel by air, but yes, he flew across the clouds and
On World Elephant Day, what disturbs any naturalist of India is the Human-Pachyderm conflict. Something that over past many decades have killed thousands of elephants that are endangered today. Like their African cousins, Asian elephants have dwindled in numbers over the years. Either baby elephants
Here is some good news for cycle enthusiasts who never got a chance to learn wheeling down city roads. As more and more environment friendly vehicles are coming to the forefront and with COVID-19 social distancing forcing people to abandon public transport, a lot of
Groups of women across several remote villages in the Sundarbans have added one more task to their long list of daily chores. Besides cooking, taking care of the family and keeping their mud huts tidy, they venture out to catch lobsters and crabs in the
This is a success story of replantation for sure. The 100-year-old iconic Baobab Tree that stood like a giant at the Shibpur Botanical Gardens is successfully back on its roots, thanks to the tireless efforts of scientists. It was partially uprooted during Cyclone Amphan and
‘I am a tiger… Don’t come near me or I might BITE!’ It is a common adage that in forests where tigers thrive, it is a sign that the ecosystem is healthy. On International Tiger Day, also known as Global Tiger Day, celebrated on 29 July
It’s always said, whatever comes, nature always goes on. So even amid the pandemic COVID-19 that is wreaking havoc across Bengal and India, here is some exciting news from two zoos of Bengal. The Red Panda, one of the most endangered Himalayan creature has given
Three young college students from Halishahar have dreams to make it big in life. Prashanta Mandal and Sagar Das are 3rd Year Science students and Anit Sen studies Humanities. But not just studies, they also care about the world they inhabit and want to do
A couple of decades ago snake charmers used to be a fixture at Indian markets and festivals, enchanting crowds with their ability to control some of the world's most venomous reptiles. I can still recollect watching a snake charmer perform his acts and I stood