World Environment Day | How Tamil Nadu’s tiger reserves tackle the summer

World Environment Day | How Tamil Nadu’s tiger reserves tackle the summer

A quintessential summer day in Tamil Nadu’s five major tiger reserves sees the dry rustle of grasslands, trickles of streams, and the occasional wild forest fire. Animals like elephants, deer and panthers step out of the shadows to lounge near water bodies and small birds ride piggyback. “We begin preparing for the heat right from […]

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World Environment Day | How Tamil Nadu’s tiger reserves tackle the summer

World Environment Day | How Tamil Nadu’s tiger reserves tackle the summer

A quintessential summer day in Tamil Nadu’s five major tiger reserves sees the dry rustle of grasslands, trickles of streams, and the occasional wild forest fire. Animals like elephants, deer and panthers step out of the shadows to lounge near water bodies and small birds ride piggyback. “We begin preparing for the heat right from […]

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246 vultures spotted in first-ever synchronised survey in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka

246 vultures spotted in first-ever synchronised survey in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka

White-Rumped vultures were recorded at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve buffer zone during the two-day Synchronised vulture census by Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka Forest Departments which began on March 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: M. Sathyamoorthy As many as 246 vultures were spotted in the first ever synchronised survey conducted along the borders of Tamil […]

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