Kolkata’s oldest citizen, the 270-year-old Great Banyan Tree of Indian Botanical Gardens at Shibpur has been ravaged by Cyclone Amfaan. The tree that successfully withstood two earlier super cyclones of the 19th century in 1864 and in 1867, could not do so this time. The
Bengal is not new to cyclones. Just like Orissa, due to the geographical position and topographical curves, severe cyclones have ravaged this land since ages. Now with Cyclone Amphan of the Bay of Bengal gaining ground and threatening to hit our coasts, one can look
Can you imagine endangered Dolphins playing along Baboo Ghat! Well, this is not a story of fiction, but a true picture of the critically endangered Dolphins coming back to the River Hooghly thanks to the lack of pollution and silence of the Lockdown. The South Asian
Dear Humans, I am breathing at last, yes my wounds are healing too, my sky looks crystal clear, not a tinge of soot and smoke and my birds sing in glee. All my creatures have found their homes on the silent and abandoned city streets as
It was only a couple of weeks ago when Bronx Zoo came up with a scary data that one of their tigers has been infected with COVID-19 as one of the zoo-keepers was infected with the virus. This sent ripples through every zoo authority, as
Many in the city probably wake up these days to the chirping of sparrows and bulbuls or even the sweet melody of a cuckoo. After all it is Spring in Kolkata. Yet, we hardly over last decade have seen so many birds on our balconies,
It is often said Buxa Tiger Reserve was once upon a time one of the largest tiger reserves of Bengal and hundreds of tigers were found in this area. But over the years, not a single remained. Though most facts and reports over the years
Do animals have a mind? Do they have consciousness? Can they feel empathy, agony or ecstasy? Are they capable of conceiving the world like humans? Do they dream and strive to have a better life? Such queries and many more can be best answered through
The cleaning up at Santragachhi Jheel by the authority has come as a big surprise for Bengal’s ornithologists. Citrine wagtail This year there is a boom in the arrival of migratory birds. Ornithologists said early snowfall in their native areas, non-availability of food and recent flood in