बड़ी बिल्ली यानी बाघों के लिए प्रसिद्ध मध्यप्रदेश के पन्ना टाइगर रिज़र्व में फिशिंग कैट ( मछली खाने वाली बिल्ली ) भी पाई जाती है। तेजी से विलुप्त हो रही इस दुर्लभ बिल्ली का प्राकृतिक आवास यहाँ पर है, जिसकी फोटो पन्ना टाइगर रिज़र्व द्वारा लगाए गए कैमरा ट्रैप में कैद हुई है।

Once the backbone of agriculture in the Bundelkhand region, the Kenkatha breed of cattle that was once prolific in the villages on the banks of the river Ken is dwindling at an alarming rate. The indigenous breed can survive harsh weather conditions which makes it climate-resilient.

बेहद कठिन और शुष्क वातावरण में जीवित रहने की क्षमता वाले केनकठा नस्ल के बैल अब अपने ही इलाके में ख़त्म हो रहे हैं। ख़ेती के साथ बोझा ढोने में उपयोगी यह ताकतवर नस्ल केन नदी के किनारे वाले इलाकों में पाई जाती है। लेकिन ख़ेती का मशीनीकरण होने से यह नस्ल ख़त्म होने की कगार पर है।

Silicosis, a lung disease, killed their family members who worked in mines and quarries of Panna in Madhya Pradesh; and these women have now taken up oyster mushroom cultivation as a better source of livelihood.

मध्य प्रदेश के पन्ना टाइगर रिजर्व का दावा है कि उनकी हथिनी वत्सला दुनिया की सबसे उम्रदराज हाथिनी है। इससे पहले ये खिताब ताइवान के हाथी लिन वांग के नाम था, जिसकी 86 की उम्र में मौत हो गई थी। इस उम्र में कई मेडिकल समस्याओं का सामना कर रही वत्सला को कुछ वर्षों से न के बराबर दिखाई देता है।

In February, officials at Madhya Pradesh's Panna Tiger Reserve radio-tagged various species of vultures including the Himalayan Griffon vultures which are native to the Tibetan region. The radio-tagging efforts have bore fruits as the migratory routes pursued by these airborne scavengers has been traced in an unprecedented achievement. Details here.

Grateful that her parents encouraged her to study and didn't force her to marry at a young age, 20-year-old national level Kabaddi player Neelam Pardhi is aware that she has merely been lucky to do what she wanted in life. There are thousands of girls like her from her 'denotified' community who yearn to decide their own courses of lives — and the young athlete's greatest ambition is to inspire these girls to break free from the shackles of gender divide and get rid of the stigma attached to her community. A ground report from Madhya Pradesh's Panna.

A recent birdcount undertaken by birders across the country at the Panna Tiger Reserve brought good tidings. 247 species of birds were spotted in the three-day count of which 21 are in the IUCN’s list of threatened species

The forests of Panna have a bounty of bael trees, the fruit of which are just perfect to beat the summer heat. The juice of the bael is bursting with nutrition, deliciously cool and helps build immunity. Here’s a quick recipe to make bael sharbat at home.

Good news from the adivasi-dominated Panna district where Aramganj gram panchayat has elected a woman sarpanch and 17 women panchs as representatives for the rural administration. In order to felicitate the panchayat for its achievement, the state government will reward it with Rs 1,500,000 which will be utilised for the welfare of the rural residents. Details here.