Low-pressure area over Bay in next two days, may strengthen monsoon 

[ad_1] South-West monsoon conditions ‘are establishing’ over Sri Lanka, day after India Meteorological Department (IMD) declared the onset over Maldives and adjoining Comorin region, the South Bay of Bengal, Nicobar Islands and South Andaman Sea. In an update on Monday,...

A new film turns the spotlight on the elusive purple frog of the Anaimalais in Tamil Nadu

[ad_1] Purple frog photographed by K A Dhanuparan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement There is one thing that can coax the purple frogs of the rainforests of Anamalais in Tamil Nadu from their underground burrows — rain. Also known as...

A food festival and an upcoming eco journal celebrate stories of the Western Ghats

[ad_1] Sky Islands, an ambitious initiative of local eco-journalism from the Western Ghats launches over food inspired by produce from the region /news/talking-point/western-ghats-sky-islands-kurinji-kodai-chronicle-hill-stations-eco-journalism-111713424454231.html 111713424454231 story What does a deconstruction of the Palani temple prasadam as an ice cream have to...

Kyasanur Forest Disease: A tick-borne viral illness is spreading in the Western Ghats

[ad_1] As temperatures rise in Karnataka’s Malenadu region, located along the Western Ghats, the residents remain on high alert due to the resurgence of a tick-borne illness endemic to India – Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD). Locally known as monkey fever...