Expanding palm oil cultivation in Africa can be risky for endangered primates

A new study says that it will be challenging to reconcile oil palm expansion and African primate conservation as most areas suitable for …

Hangul conservation takes backseat in Kashmir

The state has barely 200 Hanguls or Kashmiri Red Stags left, but it does not seem to be alarming enough for the government, whose conservation …

CITES adopts resolution to end corruption in wildlife trade

This historic resolution aims at eliminating corruption at every stage of wildlife trade from poaching to selling of wildlife products

Penguins v leopards: two sides of conservation debate in South Africa

When threatened species come into conflict, the benefit of conserving one species over the other becomes the deciding factor

Largest cruise ship to Arctic could set a wrong precedent

The month-long voyage across the Arctic can have a manifold impact on a region that’s already vulnerable to climate change

Study advocates re-introducing Tasmanian Devil to Australian mainland

These marsupials would deter red foxes and feral cats, which would benefit smaller wildlife, say authors

Watch out for these balloons

Sometimes resplendent, ungainly at other times, frogs are indicators of ecological health

Cut it out

A critique of recent suggestions to hack tusks, horns and other poachers' delights to save endangered animals.

Tree-felling spells doom for nesting birds

The large-scale clearing of dead and diseased trees is threatening to wipe out bird species that nest in the cavities of these trees.

Ready to die

WILLING TO SACRIFICE· duration: 25 minutes· directed by B V P Rao produced by Yamini Films

Forays of Ignorance

There is something seriously amiss in the way studies of wildlife have been conducted in Sikkim

Endangered

More than amphibians, it is the reptiles that are in danger of becoming extinct, claims a new study

Wild & fragile

The Western Ghats in the south of India have forests which are, for some plant species, their exclusive home on this earth. No wonder then, that …

Andaman & Nicobar turtles face extinction

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are the third most significant biodiversity hotspot in India. With a coastline of 1962 kilometres and many …

Lone ranger

Rare flower gives clues to evolution of flowering plants

Travel mystery of a turtle

New test tracks vanishing loggerheads in Florida

Rhino diplomacy

Insensitivity at its best

Road to disaster

Poachers threaten rhinos

Caught between floods and poachers, one-horned rhinos live on the edge

PROMISE BROKEN

Blast-off

India successfully tests the Agni II missile

Olive Ridley deaths

THAILAND

Death by disease