The Forest department in Marayoor has banned sales of jackfruits in Rajeev Nagar as the taste of jackfruit has lured wild elephant to agriculture areas in the region. On Friday 20th May 2016, a rogue elephant, strayed into the residential area and caused enormous destruction of crops in Rajeev Nagar in Karimooty, Kerala,…
100 tonnes of illegal ivory will be set alight in Kenya to mark the end of a meeting of four African countries aimed at protecting elephants. Over 25,000 elephants are poached every year for their tusks. The current African elephant population of 500,000, is only 40 percent of what it was 25 years ago. At…
According to Andrew Crawford from the Smithonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, researchers have discovered a new species of pale-gold coloured frog in the high Andes in Columbia in the midst of cloud forests. Its name, Pristimantis Dorado, which means golden in Spanish and El Dorado is a mystical city of gold eagerly sought…
A five-month old baby elephant strayed away from the herd I the Achankovil forest in Kerala, South India into the village. Vinod, a local opened his front door of his house and at Kadambupura was shocked to see an elephant calf at his front door swaying his tiny trunk. Panicked Vinod, raised an alarm imagining…
When you ride on elephant top do not every annoy the elephant or else face the consequences.
This tiny albino elephant was spotted going to the water with his or her mum and relatives at Kruger National Park in South Africa. We’re so happy we can show our readers this snap of a rare baby and member of a much loved tribe of mammals. Aaaaahhhhhhh . At The Saturn Herald we are…
Boodles Britain’ s leading family owned reatiler of fine diamonds and Jewellery since 1798, decorated PG tips tea bag with 280 diamonds, in honor of the 75th anniversary of the PG Tips with a cost of £9,800 ($14000). What a birthday present if it tickles you luxury taste for afternoon tea, but the question is do…
The Natural History Museum in London in collaboration with Indian Researchers scientists from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Bangalore, and the Indian Herpetological Society (IHS), have found a new species of burrowing non-venomous snake which has a smooth, shiny scales, which remained hidden for 145 years in the dense forests of the Western…
Elephants have been part and parcel of Indian culture. Any traditional festival in the earlier days had an array of elephants assembled, adorned with beautifully designed caparisons, as a symbol of pride. They were also used as a mode of transportation. Most of the Indian Maharajas (Kings) had domesticated elephants trained for various purposes. As…
A baby girl gorilla was delivered at Bristol Zoo Gardens weighing 2lb 10 oz (1Kg), after her mother Kera, showed symptoms of Pre-eclampsia – a life threatening condition, by caesarean section on 12th February 2016, by Dr Amina Ali, Gynaecologist Professor Cahil from local NHS maternity hospital and Nick Hayward of veterinary Diagnostic Imaging Ltd,…