ECUADOR

Japan no more 'mad' at US cows

Organic chemistry

Hollagaru farmers reap rich dividends by going organic

Animal rights activists jailed in UK

News Snippets

Nandan Kanan gets health cover

11 lions killed in a week in Kenya as climate-linked human-wildlife conflicts escalate 

Climate change, changing land use and human, livestock and wildlife population increase are major drivers 

Skyglow forces dung beetles in the city to abandon the Milky Way as their compass

Increasing urbanisation and the installation of new streetlights, security floodlights and outdoor ornamental lighting all contribute to growing …

Fences have big effects on land and wildlife around the world that are rarely measured

A recent compilation of studies from ecosystems around the world shows that fences produce a complex range of ecological effects

Why I would not advocate vegetarianism

Meat eating is not the key issue, it is the amount that is consumed and the manner in which it is produced. This is where India differs.

Blood Sport

What progressive laws of India and the work animal welfare organisations do regarding the prevention of cruelty to animals in the country, will …

Every cow-pat counts

Even the lowly cow-pat has ownership rules in rural India. But rights over dung, an important source of energy and soil fertilisation, vary from …

Efficient use of a scarce resource

Many organisations promote the use of fuel-efficient stoves for cooking, which is the biggest consumer of energy in India.

The like and the unlike

Using cells as building blocks, scientists in Israel successfully regenerate an entire higher animal

Unsafe or secure?

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

Birds of a feather

Is the RJF extinct in the wild?

Treated like cattle

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

Thriving in the face of adversity: Resilient gorillas reveal clues about overcoming childhood misfortune

Animals that survived past the age of 6 did not have the shorter life spans commonly associated with early life adversity in other species

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 …

High-yield cattle breed less

India needs to do a lot more to align itself with OIE strategy on combating antimicrobial resistance

Present initiatives in India remain sporadic and fragmented

Biogas rediscovered

Innovative Vidarbha farmers make biogas plants viable.

Arab hunting

Bleating cousins

Doubting Dolly

The first pure cloned mammal comes under a cloud