An upcoming port at Dhamra was cited as the reason for the endangered Olive Ridley turtles giving the Gahirmatha beach a miss last year. This year, they are back. But there are other problems with the port: its environmental clearance is actually flawed

In Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah and Mainpuri regions, a newly-married couple is shown a pair of sarus cranes (Grus antigone). The elegant birds which mate for life are revered by people here. Sighting a pair of the cranes bodes well for marital bliss, they believe. The sarus’s conjugal devotion has been celebrated in folklore, elsewhere, and has even inspired literature. For example, many versions of the Ramayana begin with a sarus cursing king Dasratha for slaying its mate. We no longer see saruses in our fields.” It’s not just this bird. KIRTIMAN AWASTHI notes that with wetlands drying, grasslands coming under the plough and toxins entering food chains, bird populations ...

Wildlife big business. As tourism traffic increases to see tigers at national park. there are serious questions regarding the model for wildlife tourism. A Down To Earth special from Ranthambore

On elephant-human conflicts in the post-Project Elephant era

Chemical pesticides may be killing vultures, who — like humans — are at the end of the food chain. Are humans next?

The South wins the right to restricted trade in ivory at CITES