Across India, grasslands are highly degraded and mismanaged ecosystems. Often considered wastelands, they face the constant threats of being turned into tree plantations by the Forest Department, ...

Hope for the tiny population of Lesser Florican, known as Tan Mor in Maharashtra, rests on the state government's effort to protect it. PUNE: Hope for the tiny population of Lesser Florican, known as ...

A study that will help to look at the rapid decline in the population and to plan the future conservation strategies for Endangered Lesser Florican bird, a satellite telemetry project has begun in ...

The state forest department office at Velavadar Blackbuck Sanctuary is undertaking census of endangered bird species of lesser florican on August 7 and 8. However, this year, the forest department ...

There has been an 80% decline in the population of Lesser Florican since 2000 when around 3,500 birds were estimated to be in these four states, according to the report. Once found in abundance, the ...

The smallest of the bustard family, Lesser Florican is renowned for its spectacular leaping breeding display. However, widespread loss of its grassland habitat in South Asia have led to rapid declines ...

The Kharmore or lesser florican population in the Sonkhaliya grasslands of Ajmer are drastically declining, conservationists have warned. Over the past three years the number of the bustard sightings ...

It's a sighting that has surprised wildlife enthusiasts and birders. The Lesser Florican, a critically endangered bird, was spotted for the first time in Ratnagiri district, a fact that underlines the ...

Before me spread an interminable swathe of golden grassland, rippling like waves. I scanned the landscape for the creature I was here for, but to no avail. Just as I gave up hope, a chicken-sized bird ...