Kaiser-i-Hind. Great Archduke. Chocolate Tiger. Punchinello. Indian Purple Sapphire. If you are thinking these are names of some exotic dishes or even flowers, we forgive you. They are, in fact, names of some charming butterfly species that are found in Northeast India. The Northeastern part of India contains some of the world’s most northernly tropical rainforests. This region, that stretches across the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Manipura, Tripura, and Arunachal Pradesh receives substantial rainfall – often exceeding 2300 meters – that enables several lush, dense evergreen and semi-evergreen ecosystems to thrive in the region.
Author: environ-admin
Experiencing the Ocean’s Major Wildlife Spectacle – Olive Ridley Turtle Mass Nesting
The combined length of the world’s coastline is typically estimated to be 3,56,000 kms as per the CIA World Factbook. Every year, a little part of it – the quiet coastline of Odisha in India to be precise – becomes the arena of an extraordinary natural event. What unfolds here is the spectacular phenomenon of mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles known as arribada (Spanish for “arrival”). This occurrence, where lakhs of female turtles come ashore simultaneously to lay eggs, is a remarkable sight to behold.
