The Travancore Bush Frog (Raorchestes travancorius), a rare and endemic frog species reported from Western Ghats, which was once recorded as extinct, has been located from eight new locations within the Periyar Tiger Reserve.

A daring 'jumbo' selfie is what they wanted, but two young men from Kannur ended up being chased out of the forest by an angry elephant when they got 'too close for comfort' to the tusker, who wasn't impressed by the camera flash. The incident became a talking point on social media sometime ago.

Thekkady is a small town in the district of Idukki, which houses the Periyar National Park, is an important tourist attraction in the state of Kerala, India. Thekkady is located around 265 KM from Thiruvananthapuram the capital city of Kerala and around 114 KM from the Madurai City in the state of Tamilnadu.

Thekkady, Kerala's iconic attraction, known for its jaw dropping landscape splattered with rolling hills, dense forests and spice plantations, has been named the world's top emerging destination.