Global Amphibian Assessment Reveals Climate Change Threatens Amphibian Survival
Amphibians, frequently heralded as key indicators of freshwater health, are confronting significant challenges. A recent study published in the esteemed journal Nature reveals that a staggering 41% of amphibians are on the brink of extinction. This alarming statistic makes amphibians the most endangered group among vertebrates, surpassing mammals (26.5%), reptiles (21.4%), and birds (12.9%). Primary threats [...]
National Wildlife Week on Aranyakam Nature Foundation: Know More About India’s Wildlife
National Wildlife Week QUIZ series Day 1: 2nd October 2023 Day 2: 3rd October 2023 Day 3: 4th October 2023 Day 4: 5th October 2023 Day 5: 6th October 2023 Day 6: 7th October 2023 [...]
National Wildlife Week on Aranyakam Nature Foundation: Know More About India’s Wildlife
National Wildlife Week QUIZ series Day 1: 2nd October 2023 Day 2: 3rd October 2023 Day 3: 4th October 2023 Day 4: 5th October 2023 Day 5: 6th October 2023 [...]
Conserve Our Nature – Poster Design Competition, World Wildlife Day 2022
Click here to read in Malayalam(മലയാളത്തിൽ വായിക്കാൻ) Aranyakam Nature Foundation is organising a poster design competition for school students in connection with the World Wildlife Day celebrations on March 3 rd 2022. The theme of the competition is "Conserve Our Nature". The competition aims to [...]
World Elephant Day Photography Competition Results
Wold Elephant Day Photography Competition Theme: Elephants and People First Prize Death Trap I clicked this image from Buxa tiger reserve , one day afternoon i went to buxa forest for taking some bird image ,suddenly i saw an Elephant [...]
National Wildlife Week 2023: Human Wildlife Conflict Quiz
Previous Quiz | Go To Quiz Main Page | Next Quiz Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) has emerged as one of the most pressing conservation and human livelihood challenges in contemporary times. With the rapid expansion of human habitats, our worlds often collide with that of wild animals, [...]
National Wildlife Week 2023: Wildlife Habitats Around The World Quiz
Previous Quiz | Go To Quiz Main Page|Next Quiz Habitats Around the World: A Journey Through Earth’s Diverse Ecosystems The Earth is a mosaic of habitats, each uniquely shaped by nature and each harboring a specific set of flora and fauna. The variety of habitats is [...]
National Wildlife Week 2023: National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries of India Quiz
Go To Quiz Main Page | Next Quiz National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries of India India, a land of diverse terrains and rich biodiversity, boasts of numerous national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. These protected areas serve as vital habitats for a myriad of flora and fauna, many [...]
National Wildlife Week 2022 Quiz: Protected Areas of India
National Wildlife Week is celebrated all over the country to create awareness about the importance of wildlife and its conservation. We are presenting a series of quizzes to enhance the understanding in the wildlife conservation. This quiz is about protected areas in India. This quiz contain 30 questions and 10 [...]
Webinar- Biodiversity conservation and the Western Ghats
On the international day of Biodiversity, May 22nd, 2021, at 6:00 PM join for the talk about Biodiversity Conservation and Western Ghats by E. KunhikrishnanGoogle meet: https://meet.google.com/apn-jgtd-gdf
Bird watching and vocalisation study ശബ്ദപഠനവും പക്ഷിനിരീക്ഷണവും – Sathyan Meppayur
Aranyakam Nature TalksBird watching and vocalization study ശബ്ദപഠനവും പക്ഷിനിരീക്ഷണവുംSathyan Meppayurസാലിം അലിയുടെ ജന്മദിനമായ നവംബർ 12 വ്യാഴാഴ്ച 6:30ന് പ്രശസ്ത പക്ഷിനിരീകഷകനും , മലബാർ നാച്ചുറൽ ഹിസ്റ്റോറി സൊസൈറ്റിയുടെ പ്രസിഡന്റുമായ സത്യൻ മേപ്പയൂർ, 'ശബ്ദപഠനവും പക്ഷിനിരീക്ഷണവും' എന്ന വിഷയത്തെ അധികരിച്ചു സംസാരിക്കുന്നു.
Wildlife of Central India – David Raju
Aranyakam Wildlife week Day 7 Wildlife of Central India David Raju (Naturalist, Writer) David Raju has been working in Central Indian jungles for the past 14 years, with some of the leading Wildlife Resorts. David hails from kottayam, Kerala and is a Graduate in English literature, but he has [...]
A journey for feathered wonders – Dr Jainy Kuriakose
Aranyakam Wildlife Week Day 6 A journey for feathered wonders Dr. Jainy Kuriakose (Bird Photographer) Photographs capture moments, tell stories and transport us through time and space. They are one of the most important storytelling mediums we have today. They play an even more important role in the field [...]
Science News
A New Species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Agasthyamalai, the southern Western Ghats
Researchers have discovered a new species of bent-toed gecko from Cyrtodactylus aravindi the Agasthyamalai hills in Western Ghats. Bent-toed geckos are found across the south and southeast Asia with 330 species and about 42 species [...]
World Lizard Day – An introduction to lizards
A fun day to learn more about, teach the general public and celebrate the fascinating world of lizards, World Lizard Day is celebrated on the 14th of August every year. Despite being one of the most diverse [...]
World Elephant Day 2022: Importance and information on elephants
First Prize: Rs 10,000 Second Prize Rs 5,000 Upto 5 special mentions Rs 1000 each On Elephants on World Elephant Day, Cine Artist Ramu Padikkal interviewing Dr PS Easa(Malayalam) Watch the video to know [...]
Munnar Wildlife Division Herpetofaunal Survey 2022
Survey of herpetofauna (amphibians and reptiles) of six protected areas, including four national parks, Eravikulam, Mathikettan Shola, Anamundi Shola, Pampadum Shola and two wildlife sanctuaries, Chinnar and Kurinjimala of Munnar Wildlife Division has been completed. [...]
Nature Conservation Awareness Camp held at KFRI Subcenter, Nilambur for college students from Malappuram
Aranyakam Nature Foundation and Kerla Forest Research Institute conducted a 2-day nature awareness workshop at KFRi Subcentre Nilambur on the 2nd and 3rd of July. Nilambur North division DFO Mr Ashwin Kumar inaugurated the two-day workshop, and [...]
Inaugurated the campus greening programme
Kozhinjampara Government Arts and Science College has started a campus greening project collaborating with the Aranyakam Nature Foundation. It began with planting about 150 saplings of native species of trees suitable for the climate and soil of Kozhinjampara [...]
Workshop for herpetology researchers held at KFRI campus, Peechi
Aranyakam Nature Foundation, along with KSCSTE-Kerala Forest Research Institute, organised a three-day workshop on herpetology for selected zoology students and teachers from the universities of Kerala. The programme took place on the KFRI campus from 6th to [...]
Chairman’s message
About Us
Aranyakam Nature Foundation is a group of individuals driven from diverse
areas of life bound together by our love for nature. Our strength is derived from
the knowledge we bring from different backgrounds and we strive continuously
to gift a better world to the next generation.
Our vision
A land that is rich in biodiversity.
Our mission
To spread our love for everything in the wild and in the process creates a
community aware of the natural treasures that have been bequeathed to us.
Our Motto
To empower the people by identifying the lacunae in our collective knowledge
on biodiversity and systematically filling these and using these data to work
towards conservation.