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 …