‘There are less than 8 Great Indian Bustards in Maharashtra’
We, a team of Wildlife Institute of India (WII) scientists, reached this sobering conclusion recently after conducting a complex and statistically-…
‘Yeti is a vehicle to connect with our wild past’
While the India Army claims to have seen tracks of the mythical Himalayan monster in snow, here’s an interview of American scholar Daniel C …
New DNA testing shatters ‘wild dog’ myth: Most dingoes are pure
While dingoes can pose a threat to some livestock, as apex predators, they play an essential role in maintaining healthy ecosystems
Wild canids should be recognised as flagbearers to expand India’s conservation enterprise
As most canid habitats are in human-dominated landscapes, we must modify our notion of ‘conservation’ so that both, wildlife and …
National bird and state animal—a nuisance in Goa?
The government of Goa has proposed to classify peafowl and the gaur as vermin in the state
We hope to see Amur leopards back across their historic range in two decades: Taisiia Marchenkova
Down To Earth speaks to Taisiia Marchenkova, a researcher in the Land of the Leopard National Park in Russia, on the Amur leopard, the ‘…
Threat of invasive alien species is increasing worldwide: International study
Urgent action is required to prevent, detect and control invaders at both local and global levels, say authors
Cheruvayal Raman’s paddy project: 20 years, 54 varieties, 1 national award
This 70-year old farmer's lifelong mission is to save Kerala's traditional rice varieties
Climate change: Fish migration to hurt northwest Africa
Economies of northwest African countries would suffer as no policy measures to mitigate losses
Forest elephants are our allies in the fight against climate change, finds research
African forest elephants – smaller and more vulnerable relatives of the better known African bush elephant – are fast going extinct. …
Windturbines posing a threat to birds: study
Researchers were invited by two windfarm owners in Gujarat and in Karnataka to investigate bird mortalities
There’s still so much we don’t know about the star-gazing beetle with a tiny brain
Dung beetles process visual information that even humans with their vast brains struggle to comprehend
India's killer wire snares
New analysis reveals the damage done to wildlife by poachers' wire snares over the past one decade
Five actions Madagascar's president must take to save country's biodiversity
Andry Rajoelina’s term represents the last chance to save some of Madagascar’s incredible natural heritage
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 in their conservation
Palm fossils suggest Tibet had high mountains and deep valleys
A new study has suggested that Tibet may not have been a plateau all the time and perhaps had high mountains and deep valleys
Grey hypocolius seen for the first time in the Thar
Found in North Africa and West Asia, the bird was photographed in two locations in Rajasthan
Why the cheetah may never come back to India?
The year India became independent it also lost all its cheetahs. In 1947, India's last two Asiatic Cheetahs were shot dead in erstwhile princely …
‘In a world in which wildlife is so threatened, the Indus dolphin is a rare good news story’
Gill Braulik, who has been studying Indus River dolphins in Pakistan for over 15 years, speaks to Down To Earth about the future of the animal in …
18 Chinkaras die within a fortnight in Jaislamer
Cause of death included getting entangled in wire fencing and being attacked by stray dogs
Four more countries join global coalition to protect pollinators
This takes the number of signatories for the ‘Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators’ to 16
From loathed to loved: villagers in Assam rally to save Greater Adjutant stork
“Called a prodigy of ugliness” by one ornithologist, this avian scavenger is being championed by villagers in Assam, to everyone’…
Wild bet
Gone extinct in the wild, scimitar-horned oryx are reintroduced in their natural habitat in Chad
Is there a future for wetland birds of Sippighat?
Despite ecological disturbances such as high noise levels and presence of debris, wetlands birds are a sight to behold here
Earth Day 2016: Tree tale
The conflict between humans and trees has become starker. Since humans have pushed trees out of conducive habitats, trees can now be seen growing …