Shaken and stirred

The phoenix act

Indian vulture populations stabilise after six years of ban on diclofenac; scientists still wary

What exactly are cattle fed?

In Punjab, too much limestone powder and urea: adulteration hardly a bother for feed-makers

Bird flu hits West Bengal again

Treated like cattle

A drawn out court case raises questions about India's animal quarantine managers

Buffalo protein against cattle diseases

An urge to act

Will the new animal welfare Act balance interests of animals and humans?

Why save the rooster?

In 1996, about 14,000 million tonnes of meat came from the chicken alone. Rare indigenous breeds are extremely hardy and provide more protein and …

Unsafe or secure?

Amid the gloom surrounding RJF data, an experiment in Haryana gives some hope

Poultry business too serious to be left to industry

Birds of a feather

Is the RJF extinct in the wild?

Climate change causes species to change habitats

A warmer climate is playing havoc with both flora and fauna

Endangered gharials die mysterious death

Red roving fowl

India, which gave the red jungle fowl, the mother of all poultry to the rest of the world, is now importing poultry from outside and destroying …

Herbs to heal cattle

In the absence of veterinary services, traditional medical practices for treating livestock remain popular in tribal villages

Culling the captive

Salmon in trouble

Culling dilemma

Clucking in alarm

poultry farms across north India are facing a mysterious viral disease. As many as two million birds have fallen prey to the illness and the …

Deep defence

Why avian flu is rare in human beings

South Asia

Clues from the Nile

May help with diseases like avian flu and SARS

Droopy dead

New findings suggest the vulture might be falling prey to an infectious disease. The scientific community is not yet certain if the vulture's …

From the frying-pan to fire

Sweden may be trying hard to control the phenomenon of acid rain, but the end result is another crisis at hand - a dwindling Population of the moose

Enter humans, exit animals