The forests are known as Shola-grassland forests or cloud forests because they can capture moisture from high-altitude mist. Bosco said the plants and trees have an “incredible capacity to ...

The mass blossoming attract bees and jungle fowl who feed on the seeds. Kurinji remains an icon of the Shola grasslands, and the blossoming denotes a healthy ecosystem. The waters that flow from ...

Golden-headed Cisticola discovered in Mathikettan Shola National Park, marking its first sighting in southern Western Ghats.

Here, the diversity of the high-altitude Shola grasslands is in full view as you are drive to Rajamalai in vehicles owned by the Forest Department. The sight of the rolling grasslands and ...

Kochi: The bewitching green grass and shola trees that cover the landscape at Pattiyankal grassland, under Pampadum Shola National Park in Idukki, is a great example of the proverbial rising from ...