'Lt. Col. John Henry Patterson’s accuracy of description is very much in question'

Bruce D. Patterson is the MacArthur Curator of Mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH) in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is also an …

'Elephant conservation is not exactly anybody’s priority'

M D Madhusudan is an ecologist and conservationist with Nature Conservation Foundation in Mysore, Karnataka. An elephant expert, he is a member …

Dying for a lake

Four fisherfolks were killed in police firing in Chilka Lake when they were protesting against prawn farming in the lake on May 29

Wild Emergency: From sensational to sensible

The National Board of Wildlife’s recommendation that state governments use Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code while dealing with …

Children’s involvement in conflict cause of worry: India

Indian ambassador to UN proposes child protection advisers in peacekeeping operations to ensure safe return of children affected by armed conflict

Slavery and war are tightly connected – but we had no idea just how much until we crunched the data

In 2016, the United Nations Security Council named modern slavery a serious concern in areas affected by armed conflict

Number of people forcibly displaced in the world crosses 100 million for first time 

Growth driven by Russia-Ukraine war, conflicts in Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo

A tiger’s tale

Avni, the Yavatmal tigress, died because she was caught in the crossfire of people's expectations from the government and the pretence …

India’s wildlife needs its people’s empathy, not just sympathy

The trend of shooting animals declared as ‘man eaters’ is taking a toll on our wildlife, our precious natural heritage

Elephant in the room: Human-animal conflicts kill 1,401 people, 301 jumbos in 3 years in India

State governments as well as the Union environment ministry had taken various steps to mitigate human-elephant conflict, according to Union …

Sterile measure: Is Maharashtra and Gujarat’s plan to sterilise leopards and prevent conflict with humans feasible?

Critics say investing time and financial resources to sterilise wild leopards may not be wise; cite a number of reasons

Odisha can see highest human casualties due to elephant conflict this year: Experts

Odisha is continuing to grant mining leases in elephant habitat despite human deaths from conflict with elephants, say experts

Leopard rescued from heart of Jammu city after it mauls three

An adult leopard has been brought to the Manda rescue centre in Jammu after injuring three people in the city

Leopard killed, skinned amid COVID-19 lockdown in Kashmir

The animal was killed in retaliation after it attacked a village in Kulgam district and injured several people

Water used as weapon of war in Syria, Gaza and Yemen

The conflict in Syria has worsened water crisis of the parched country; 30 million people affected, says Unicef

Nobel Peace Prize spotlights the links between hunger and conflict

About 1 in 9 persons worldwide don’t get to eat enough, suffering food insecurity, or not having consistent access to the right foods to …

Yes, there are crocodiles in Iran and they are in trouble due to climate change

Crocodile attacks on humans in Iran’s poorest province are on the rise as drought fastens its hold on the country

Conflict and food insecurity: Iraq only one among many

Globally, 33 countries, including 26 in Africa, are in need of external assistance due to a combination of conflict, crop failures and high …

Tigers have killed 11 this year in Uttarakhand; but don’t blame the animal, say experts

Tigers are not habitual man-eaters; each attack should be thoroughly investigated before a tiger is declared as a man-eater

‘What’s left of the jungle’ tells why India’s forest dwellers are its best conservationists

Nitin Sekar’s book mixes two strands of narration, juxtaposing the present times with India’s conservation history to conclude that …

Lions are less likely to attack cattle with eyes painted on their backsides

As part of an expanding non-lethal toolkit, this simple, low-cost approach could reduce the costs of coexistence for some farmers

Climate change will cause disputes such as the Helmand to continue for years: Fatemeh Aman

Down To Earth speaks to Senior Fellow at the Washington-based Middle East Institute on the dispute between Kabul and Tehran over the Helmand …

Afghanistan has vast mineral wealth but faces steep challenges to tap it

For Afghanistan, its resources could mean a source of long-term foreign investment, skill-building and infrastructure expansion. But a major …

Leopard kills forester in Uttarakhand; authorities suspect it to be a man-eater

The staff of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve was attacked in the Motichur range in Raiwala area

Nagorno-Karabakh brings back painful memories of 1915 for Armenians globally: Avedis Hadjian

Down To Earth speaks to author Avedis Hadjian about the humanitarian crisis in the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus