rare species

Bob and Tanya came to Kodaikanal for a trip but stayed 30 years to revive Tamil Nadu’s rare shola forests, proving ordinary people can save ecosystems.

Johnson Varghese built a 17-acre bamboo farm in Wayanad, conserving 142 rare bamboo species from across India, highlighting their diverse uses.

Marine biologist and former professor Dr Mantha Ram Murthy founded the Dolphin Nature Conservation Society in 2001, and with help of volunteers and students, converted a waste land in the premises of a hospital into a lush biodiversity park.

The decision has been made to benefit both, the endangered marine life, as well as the fishermen, who incur huge losses each time a rare species is caught in their net, as they cut open the entire net to set them free.

A class 4 student of Ida Scudder School in Vellore, Ishaan’s finding will be added to this year’s edition of Animal Discoveries records by ZSI.

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has released a report that lists 211 rare and endangered animal and plant species, discovered in the Himalayan region. The report has some unusual discoveries like sneezing monkeys, blue-eyed frogs, walking fish and much more.