A UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the eight hottest bio-diversity hotspots in the world, the Western Ghats are a mountain range, spread over 1600 km in western India. Stretching north to ...

The Western Ghats mountain chain lines South India’s west ... The Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) maps the known ranges of endangered, endemic species around the world.

Eminent ecologist Madhav Gadgil, chairman, Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel, who recommended in 2011 to cover 75% of the 1,29,037 sq km mountain range ... susceptibility map was first produced ...

While many extensive bird studies have been carried out in the Himalayas and the Western Ghats, for the first time, an intensive study of the rich and diverse avifauna (bird wealth) of the Eastern ...

Scientists found a “metallic blue” animal mating in the Western Ghats mountains and discovered a new species, a study said. Photos from Ramasamy Naicker and Jebin Jose via Naicker, Chandrika ...

Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre has instructed the Deputy Chief Secretary of the Forest, Ecology, and Environment Department to clear all forest encroachments in the Western Ghats area of ...

Older than the Himalaya mountains, the mountain chain of the Western Ghats represents geomorphic features of immense importance with unique biophysical and ecological processes. The site’s high ...