The elephant is India’s National Heritage Animal and displaying it at Sonepur only encourages the brutal and illegal trade in wild elephants across India
Red wolf: A canid’s cautionary tale
Canada goose, a prominent symbol of North American wildlife
World Elephant Day: India’s jumbos stare at a worrying future
Healthy reserves key for tiger conservation
Population of big cats is declining in states that has much of its geographical area under forest cover — ...
Run-up to World Tiger Day: Can India become a tiger utopia?
The country should put more emphasis on educating people and changing their attitudes, so that a doubled tiger population ...
Save the Himalayan Grey Langur
Restricted to a small part of Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba, the species is facing threats and apathy
Why the WWF’s ‘Fortress Conservation’ model is ethically wrong
As India gets ready for the July 24 Supreme Court verdict on possible eviction of its forest-dwelling communities in ...
Amrabad Tiger Reserve: An Eden under threat
The recent in-principle clearance granted for uranium exploration in Telangana’s Amrabad Tiger Reserve, will destroy a landscape rich in ...
Noise Pollution: An ignored element in Great Indian Bustard conservation
Along with all other measures to revive Great Indian Bustard numbers, the aspect of regulating noise pollution levels needs to be ...
Is the house sparrow out of the woods?
The house sparrow declined in urban India in the last two decades; however, conservation efforts might have just stopped ...
Enact a special act for protecting India’s natural pharmacy
The country’s medicinal plants, which are used in a number of alternative systems of medicine, are in danger of ...
Has the Great Indian Bustard just been subjected to a biblical blunder?
The administration in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer, the last stronghold of the bird, has sprayed pesticides in the area where it ...
Balancing development and conservation in Hindu Kush Karakoram Pamir landscape
The Bam-e-Dunya network aims to strengthen trans-boundary cooperation and reconcile economic growth and nature conservation in the development of ...
From being stranded to being free
How six elephant calves were rescued and brought back to the wild
Kashmir: Why the Hangul’s future still hangs in the balance?
As the state readies itself for results from this year’s census of the critically endangered deer species, Down To ...
Bimstec: An opportunity to conserve wildlife and biodiversity
The regional alliance can promote an international model for close collaboration, cooperation, coordination and communication in the protection and ...
Twist in turtle tale
How a concerted effort changed the fortunes of two freshwater turtle breeding facilities at the two ends of Uttar ...
India’s wildlife needs its people’s empathy, not just sympathy
The trend of shooting animals declared as ‘man eaters’ is taking a toll on our wildlife, our precious natural ...
Scientific management of mangroves is need of the hour
40 per cent of mangrove forests in West Coast of India have been converted into farmlands and housing colonies ...
Is India turning into a death bed for the last remaining South Asian tigers?
If the government does not wake up now and take corrective measures; Indian forests, wildlife and biodiversity have a ...
More to roosting than meets the eye
A new study from Rajasthan is uncovering interesting facets about the behaviour of Indian water birds that should aid ...
‘Bear’ing the brunt
A multi-faceted approach is needed to curtail and manage the rising trend of human-sloth bear conflicts in Odisha
The Tawny Eagle, a raptor under threat
Increasing loss of forest cover and nesting sites have led to a decline in the population of this unique ...
Are dhole packs in peril?
Safeguarding these true underdogs of India’s tropical forests will require much greater resolve from scientists, wildlife managers and the ...