Sri Lanka has 7,370 elephants
It is the first ever census of its kind in the country
Mitigate man-animal conflict: tiger conservation authority
Chhattisgarh tigress could have been saved from mob death on September 24
Study documents 245 human-leopard conflicts in Karnataka
Researchers use news reports to provide an insight into the ecology of leopards
Research paves way for preventing mass amphibian die-offs
Out of the total 7,511 species of amphibians alive today, 40 per cent are declining
Drought-hit Zimbabwe plans to trade in wildlife
The country is reeling under a severe drought and over four million people need food-aid
Gangetic dolphins declared as official mascot of Guwahati
Citizens voted for the mammal in a three-month-long voting process
Panna tribals denied forest entry in the name of animal conservation
Women are now overburdened with the responsibility of fetching food for the family. Earlier, tribals would collect food and firewood from …
Hunting, fishing and farming remain the biggest threats to wildlife
A new study shows that by far the largest current hazards to biodiversity are overexploitation and agriculture
400-year-old Greenland shark is the longest living vertebrate
It beats the record of a bowhead whale that was thought to be the oldest at 211 years old
Caught in captivity
While about 50 per cent of conservation breeding programmes remain only on paper, the ongoing projects are riddled with unscientific protocols …
Zimbabwe's cheetah population declines by 85%
Historically, Zimbabwe and other regions in Africa have inhabited large cheetah populations
Bucking extinction
Even as the number of species nearing extinction increases each year, here's a look at the conservation strategies that have helped revive four …
Should genetically modified organisms be part of our conservation efforts?
Genome editing and synthetic biology are giving rise to new forms of life. But do these organisms have conservation value as part of earth's …
Meet the villagers who protect biodiversity on the top of the world
On the Tibetan plateau, the village of Yunta shows that animals and humans can live peacefully and care for each other
The pygmy hog: to the brink of extinction and back
The pygmy hog, the smallest member of the pig family, was almost wiped out, but a careful breeding programme, as well as taking care of the …
Contrived extinction
The colour bar in African conservation has come to occupy the centre of public perception, driven mostly by the social media
Lost Lupine
An ancient wolf lineage in the Himalayas needs an identity and conservation attention
9 human-animal conflicts every day in Bandipore, Nagarhole National Park
Most of these involved crop and property damage, shows data by the Wildlife Conservation Society
Wild bet
Gone extinct in the wild, scimitar-horned oryx are reintroduced in their natural habitat in Chad
State animals and birds: Do they make a difference to conservation?
As the Indus Dolphin is declared Punjab’s State Aquatic Animal, Down To Earth pops the question to conservationists
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 …
Action is needed to save West Africa’s critically endangered chimpanzees
Are Pan troglodytes verus that live outside protected areas in West Africa doomed? May be not
Snow leopards, cultural codes can help prevent land degradation in Himalayas: Experts
The animal’s conservation will mean saving herbivores and the land they feed on, said panelists at an event at COP14
A small New Zealand songbird that hides food for later use provides insights into cognitive evolution
By outward appearances, the small, grey toutouwai is not particularly remarkable. But its noteworthy behaviour includes feasting on some of the …
We don’t know how many mountain gorillas live in the wild. Here’s why
A new census — carried out by the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (a coalition of governments, non-profits and …