Watch | The Palghat Gap: India’s natural portal through the western ghats | Video Credit: Shikha Kumari A | Thamodharan B What if a single break in a mountain range could shape weather, wildlife, and centuries of human history? In…
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Madras High Court bans 28 plastic products across Western Ghats in T.N.; orders vehicle impounding
The Madras High Court has banned the manufacture, storage, supply, transport, sale, and distribution of 28 plastic products across the Western Ghats — from the Nilgiris to Agasthiyar Biosphere in Kanniyakumari district — and made it clear that the ban…
New snail Theobaldius konkanensis named after Maharashtra’s Konkan region
A team of researchers from India and U.K. have discovered a species of land snail from the Konkan region of Maharashtra and named it, ‘Theobaldius konkanensis’. In a paper titled, ‘A new species of cyclophorid land snail (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae) from the coastal…
Kodachadri: A treacherous road to breath-taking beauty
The Kodachadri peak, which can be reached from Kattinahole village in Hosanagar taluk of Shivamogga district, is 1,343 meters above sea level and attracts hundreds of visitors every year from across Karnataka. During weekends, the nine-kilometre-long rugged mud-and-gravel road to…
Habitat contiguity, the next course of action to protect the Nilgiri tahr
The Nilgiri tahr population was once spread across the Nilgiris and the Western Ghats, with their range even extending into Karnataka. | Photo Credit: M. SATHYAMOORTHY With the Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius) populations stabilising and even increasing in parts of…