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Sluice gates installed at Panje wetlands.

213 hectare land consist of roosting areas: BNHS

As per the Maharashtra National Wetland Atlas 2011, wetland of Panje have been notified and protected as wetlands in...

4 Oct 2018 1:01 AM IST

A flock of Lesser flamingoes in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Lesser flamingos make annual trip to city's mudflats

Lesser flamingos, which are relatively smaller and have a pinker hue than greater flamingos start arriving in Mumbai in...

17 Jan 2018 2:04 AM IST

The Talawe wetland, which was under threat of commercial development for a golf course and residential complex, is now being frequented by flamingos.

Flamingos flock to Talawe wetlands, citizens in awe

A recent study by the Bombay Natural History Society found that Mumbai was inhabited by 121,000 flamingos.

7 April 2019 4:35 AM IST

Panje wetlands dry again, greens suspect blockage

The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) of Maharashtra have claimed that the development body has not...

10 Jun 2019 6:04 AM IST

A click from Rani Baug

A walk with the nature

The Bombay Natural History Society is hosting a tree walk to remember at Jijamata UdyaaN on sunday.

29 May 2018 10:28 PM IST

Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)

BNHS prepares report on oily food given to seagulls

Experts asserted that feeding oily food items to the seagulls could lead to health problems and would disturb their...

1 March 2018 2:30 AM IST

Many water birds use the Seawoods wetland. (Photo: Pawan Sahu)

Talawe is an important bird site, say city's bird watchers

Despite the arrival of flamingos in Mumbai since February this year, the pink birds have not yet landed on Talawe...

23 March 2018 2:33 AM IST

Devendra Fadnavis

Renew BNHS land lease, chief secy told

The government gave Aarey colony land to the BNHS in 1983.

8 May 2018 2:16 AM IST

The Monilesaurus montanus lizard

Scientists find 2 new species of lizards in Western Ghats

In 2008, it was described as a new species based on a detailed study of the museum specimen.

28 Sept 2018 2:02 AM IST

Long-billed vulture

Population of long-billed vultures declining in country

The sanitary workers' became extinct in Mumbai in the year 2006, says a Bombay Natural History Society expert.

25 Dec 2017 1:56 AM IST

A study claims that the population of the oriental white-backed vulture appears to have stabilised.

Long-billed vultures vanish

They were last seen in the city in 2006, says BNHS expert.

23 Dec 2017 2:46 AM IST