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At 51 and 84 pounds respectively, these two antelopes are the largest native animals that roam the Thar Desert. During our travels, I found two small animals of particular interest because of ...
Scientists found 8-eyed animal hunting, sitting near its eggs in Rajasthan and discovered new species: Thar Desert wall spider, study said.
KARACHI, Pakistan, Sept. 20 --Deadly monsoons across much of Pakistan have caused the Thar Desert to bloom, spurring tourism that is helping the local economy to flourish.
“Though, Achro Thar is not fertile as Thar Desert, we get some grass for animals after it rained, but in past few years, despite heavy rains there is no grass at all due to climate change,” he ...
The residents of Thar Desert believe that if animals keep dying at this speed, Karachi and the entire province may face acute shortage of meat and milk in near future.
In an attempt to reduce mortality of endangered wildlife in Thar desert, new “rescue wards” have come up in the far-flung rural areas of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. These will provide quick treatment ...
THE Thar desert is mainly characterized by a marginal and diversified agriculture, reflecting the interaction of soil type and crops diversification, livestock grazing and crops management ...
India’s Thar desert is turning green. That isn’t a good thing ... “Sometimes we have to pay money and buy cattle feed” instead of grazing our animals, he said.
Many farms in the Thar desert remain uncultivated due to the threat of locusts. — Photo by Ravi Tohani “We’ve carried out spraying on 30,000 hectares of land in Tharparkar district,” he added.
The livestock in Thar desert, the drought-hit arid region in eastern Sindh and home to a large number of livestock with over 7 million animals, is facing malnutrition and death due to drought-like ...