Apart from migratory birds, the survey spotted 38,880 local birds that reside at the lake. In Nalabana Bird Sanctuary in the lake, enumerators found a total of 3,42,897 birds

The Griffon Vulture was rescued by locals from the Eidgah cemetery of Kanpur's Colonelganj and later handed over to the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest

The Kanger Valley National Park in Chhattisgarh is famous for the Bastar hill mynah, a subspecies of the common hill mynah which is protected under Schedule 1 (b) of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

In many villages across the region, the root bridges are little more than a memory

Despite lakes serving an important ecological function, Bengaluru's government bodies that govern these lakes do not have comprehensive, updated, public records of all lakes

When all talking failed, and the loggers started to shout and abuse the women, threatening them with guns, the women resorted to hugging the trees to stop them from being felled