Guns, snares and bulldozers: New map reveals hotspots for harm to wildlife

Researchers identify global hotspots of human impacts on threatened species, as well as “coolspots” where species are largely threat-free

How to save India’s elephants from killer rail tracks

The government, railways and forest department have it within their power to initiate a number of measures to reduce elephant deaths on rail tracks

Biting drought fuels human-wildlife conflicts in Kenya, Horn of Africa

Ongoing dry spell displaces wildlife from their habitats in search of pasture and water

Towards a tusk-less future

The role of tusks in sexual selection questioned

Elephants electrocuted

On the rampage

Legislator burns forest camp in Assam's Nameri National Park

In Short

Dump yard in elephant corridor poses threat to wild animals

The dump yard is attracting animals for food and has waste of an entire town of a population of about 50,000 people

Underpass for elephants? Supreme Court snubs solicitor general

Apex court refuses to modify its order directing Indian Railways to reduce speed and stop goods train movement on killer track in northern West Bengal

As told to Parliament (July 20, 2023): 60% wells recorded rise in water level in May

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Three in every five wildlife crimes in Europe go unpunished: Report

Birds were the species most targeted in wildlife crimes

Wildlife Institute of India working on vaccine to reduce ‘vermin’ populations, awaits further funding

The immune-contraception has already been successfully used in USA, Brazil and Africa

Goods train driver booked after two female elephants mowed down in Odisha

Forest officials said the animals were killed becuase the train was speeding 

On elephant’s trail

The animal’s movement can help ascertain seasonal boundaries

World Environment Day 2023: This project in south India is all about bridging art, conservation and empowerment

Adivasis make life-sized elephants from lantana; this provides them with employment besides decreasing lantana in the forest and raises awareness …

‘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 …

Coffee that will keep the Cauvery flowing

It is time we thought long and deep about the origins of our rivers. Their birth is our life

Supreme Court warns of criminal prosecution against those found torturing captive elephants

Despite rules to protect the animals from cruelty, many temples in Kerala continue to organise processions of these animals without taking into …

Global Eco Watch: Pregnant Gaur killed in Kerala; 6 held

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology 

Tusker v makhna: Who will woo the female elephant?

Jumbo alert

SMS-based alert system can drastically cut human-elephant conflicts

Our forests are burning

People's relationship to the forest

Tranquilised wild elephant dies after falling off lorry; autopsy indicates cardiac arrest cause of death

Wildlife activist alleges negligence by forest department during capture operation  

Similipal National Park a poacher’s paradise? Experts note a rise in incidents

On January 22, carcass of a male elephant, whose population is already on a decline, was found 

Bihar man-eater shot: ‘We need to put down problem animals for wildlife conservation’

Shafath Ali Khan, who was engaged by the Maharashtra government in the operation to eliminate Avni in 2018, released a book this year to narrate …