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How Diclofenac Nearly Drove India's Vultures to Extinction, and What the Recovery Programme Has Actually Achieved

The drug that emptied the skyThrough the 1990s, vulture populations across South Asia fell off a cliff so steeply that ornithologists initially suspected a new disease. The Gyps vulture, the genus that includes the white-rumped, long-billed, and slender-billed species, had been among the most numerous large raptors on earth. Surveys…

Times Life · Aug 20

The Indian Skimmer Is One of India's Most Endangered River Birds, Only the Chambal Can Save It

A bill built for one thing, and one thing onlyThe Indian Skimmer (Rynchops albicollis) has a lower mandible that is measurably longer than its upper one, a trait so rare among birds globally that only three skimmer species in the world share it. It flies low over calm water, lower…

Times Life · Aug 6

Lesser vs Greater Flamingo: Why India's Sewage Ponds Have Become a Pink Sanctuary

Two birds, one glance, and where the differences actually areStand at the edge of Thane Creek on a winter morning and you will see tens of thousands of flamingos turning the water pink. What you almost certainly won't do, without a field guide and some patience, is correctly sort them…

Times Life · Aug 5

Asian Waterbird Census to enumerate avian species in 12 habitats in Godavari estuary in Andhra Pradesh

Asian Waterbird Census to enumerate avian species in 12 habitats in Godavari estuary in Andhra Pradesh. The census will commence on January 5. A majority of the area to be covered in the two-day exercise falls within the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary.

The Hindu · Jan 3, 2024

Endangered Indian Skimmers flock to Bhairavapalem mudflat in Andhra Pradesh for winter sojourn

.Record number of 320 endangered Indian Skimmers sighted at Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, Kakinada coast, Andhra Pradesh.

The Hindu · Dec 24, 2023

Is India’s new airport in Mumbai safe? Bird strike experts say no

Activists say site for Navi Mumbai International Airport is dangerously close to bird sanctuaries and roosting spots.

Al Jazeera · Apr 24, 2023

T.N.’s Ramsar bounty: Cruising on wetland wealth

There is unbridled joy in Tamil Nadu with the announcement of 10 Ramsar sites in the State. But that joy must be tempered with responsibility and constant monitoring, and a continuing commitment to choosing environment-friendly policies

The Hindu · Aug 6, 2022