Farmers reported that monkeys and langurs are not only damaging fruit orchards and paddy fields but have also started entering homes, creating panic in several villages. Wildlife researcher Santosh ...

Mumbai: Forest Minister Ganesh Naik has directed the Ratnagiri district administration to reinstate the provision of firearm licenses for farmers to protect their crops from wild boars. The directive ...

The Maharashtra government was considering a proposal to set up centres to sterilise monkeys and langurs in the coastal Konkan region of the state in order to control their population and curb the ...

The Maharashtra government is considering setting up sterilisation centres for monkeys and langurs in the Konkan region to ...

A proposal to set up a centre for the sterilisation of monkeys is under consideration to curb the large-scale nuisance caused by monkeys and apes to orchards and agricultural crops in Konkan, said ...

Ratnagiri has almost 900 sacred groves that used to be thick with old trees and endemic species of birds and animals.

An Olive Ridley turtle has opened up a plethora of research avenues for experts after becoming the first recorded instance of a member of the species laying eggs on the east and west coasts of the ...

Olive Ridley turtle '03233' journeyed 3,500km from Odisha to Maharashtra. This challenges previous assumptions about turtle ...

Looking to ditch the hustle this Good Friday weekend? These five peaceful hideaways are perfect for pressing pause and ...

Following the recent death of a 70-year-old farmer during human-elephant conflict in Sindhudurg district Maharashtra Forest ...

Forest ecology is the study of all aspects of the ecology of wooded areas, including rainforest, deciduous and evergreen, temperate and boreal forest. It includes the community ecology of the ...