Author: Source: A&W Magazine

Adventure Rock Hill opens for visitors

The ‘Adventure Rock Hill’ at Jatayupara Nature Park, Kerala’s first build operate transfer (BOT) model eco-tourism project rechristened as Jatayu Earth’s Center, is now open for travellers and visitors. It covers four hills at Chadayamangalam in the Kollam district, and the park will be fully operational by April 2018.This Rock Hill will be open for groups of 10-100 people, with an entry fee of Rs 3,500 per person. This adventure zone provides over 20 different games including paintball, archer

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Sea lions unique adaptation in Galapagos coast

A stounding footage of the Galapagos sea lions hunting was perhaps the highlight of the latest Blue Planet II. For the first time ever, these marine mammals were filmed working as a pack to drive tuna fish in to shallow and rocky waters where they could be caught. The Yellowfin tuna generally possess the ability to swim faster than most predators, except the fastest sharks and the marlins. However,the much slower sea lions were able to outsmart them thanks to an amazing display of movement and c

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Orangutan Rehabilitation at Samboja Lestari Orangutan Project

Earlier this month we received news that five orangutans were going to be released into the wild  from the Samboja Lestari Orangutan Project in Borneo. The releases were found to be successful as the resident volunteer coordinator Kate was on scene to witness  the whole release process. Kate has written about her experience on the release, so let’s see what happened!The Build Up To The ReleaseHaving worked alongside the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BosF) for the last 2 half years at Sam

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Mathsya Mela 2017 Bangalore – An Exhibition of Ornamental Fish & Accessories

In conversation with Dr. T Mahesh, Deputy Director and Dr. Ramacharya, Joint Director, Dept. of Fisheries, Govt. of Karnataka. at Mathsya Mela 2017 held at the Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bangalore.A&W: What is the purpose of having an ornamental fish exhibition?Dr. Mahesh: In this age of stress caused by work pressures, traffic, pollution and competition, people need to have ways to relax. Having an aquarium at home is a great stress buster as spending time in front of an aquarium and taking car

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