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Jungle book: Its all concrete, but its a jungle out there, too

Jungle book: It's all concrete, but it's a jungle out there, too

When an 8 year old male leopard strayed into a school in the Kundalahalli area early this year, injuring six people, it...

26 Jun 2016 3:48 AM IST

Pollution has become a many-headed monster in our lakes.

The chat room: It may already be too late to save our lakes'

DC found the former forest service officer wondering aloud if enough was being done to save Bengaluru's dying lakes.

26 Jun 2016 3:37 AM IST

The medicinal value of this milk is well known. Shakthi says that donkeys milk is a natural medicine which can cure asthma, cold, cough, jaundice, arthritis, it helps people with lack of appetite and those who suffer from burning sensation in the stomach.

Donkey's milk could be the magical cure for many an ailment!

This natural medicine which can cure asthma and jaundice sells at Rs 50 per 15ml.

24 Jun 2016 3:24 AM IST

Lush in greenery, Uttara Kannada district is home to dry deciduous, moist deciduous, evergreen to semi- evergreen and coastal mixed deciduous forests due to its varied geographical terrain.

Western Ghats denuding faster than Bengaluru!

The current area of forest cover is 542,475 hectares.

21 Jun 2016 3:53 AM IST

Over the years, some 93 species of ants have been reported on the 400-acre IISc campus.

Jungle Book: At the 400-acre IISc campus, a kingdom of ants

There are 14,069 different species of ants in the world, according to antbase.org, a Social World Wide Web (SIWeb) site.

19 Jun 2016 3:33 AM IST

Cauvery (50km) Ranganathittu To Sathyagalam Bridge.

Karnataka's rivers are cesspools of stench: Pollution board

Pollution at 3 to 10 times the norm for clean water bodies.

18 Jun 2016 6:56 AM IST

Deforestation in Kodagu.

Kodavas say no to new railway line

Petition signed by 13,000 people.

12 Jun 2016 6:43 AM IST

Gir bull at the Sringeri math.

Jungle Book: Holy Cow! All forgot about the bull, except Sringeri

Gir bulls are considered to be among the most masculine and good looking.

12 Jun 2016 3:18 AM IST

Helped by around 500 camera traps placed in strategic spots, the forest officers at Kali Tiger Reserve have often been able to zero in on poachers and protect the animals in their care.

Saving the big cat: Kali Tiger Reserve gets the tech edge

43 anti-poaching teams, 500 camera traps to keep poachers at bay.

8 Jun 2016 3:35 AM IST

What would happen if the jumbos, which include calves, ingest plastic waste and die?

Jungle Book: Jumbos face new threat - our waste!

No one needs to be told about the mountains of garbage growing bigger and bigger in the IT City.

5 Jun 2016 3:48 AM IST

Indian Bison also known as Gaur is listed as Vulnerable in IUCN list. They are the tallest species of wild cattle.

World Environment Day: Born free, born wild, born to live

Sudden surge in animal killings; conservationists call for creating awareness to protect them.

4 Jun 2016 3:11 AM IST

Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF), P Ramesh Kumar of the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, claims the department is not aware of the recent death of a crocodile due to illegal fishing.

Illegal fishing in Cauvery river endangers Marsh Crocodile

Only recently one crocodile was seen washed ashore dead, entangled in a fishing net, near the Muthathi forest range, by...

3 Jun 2016 3:07 AM IST