Red sanders not endangered anymore

This is the first time since 1997 that red sanders has been placed under the ‘near threatened’ category by International Union for …

Sustainable Development Goal 15: World off track on protecting life on land, finds UN report

Overall progress in 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa reversed

Thirty one per cent of world’s cacti facing threat of extinction: IUCN

Unscrupulous collection of live plants and seeds for trade and private ornamental collection affects 47 per cent of the threatened species

Monarch butterflies face risk of extinction due to habitat loss

The number of monarch butterflies in hibernation colonies of Mexico has reached a 20-year low, says report

The world is heading towards mass extinction, study suggests

Previous study had claimed that climate change is accelerating the risk of such extinction

What makes humans unique? Scientists compare genomes of 240 species to uncover secrets of mammalian evolution

Mammals diversified when continental landmasses began drifting apart, notes study

Bats dying of heat stroke: Experts fear mass population collapse, zoonotic diseases

Live bats don’t cause harm as they’re immune to viruses, but their carcass coming in contact with domestic animals may increase …

Good News: Great Indian Bustards lay 20 eggs

Four of the birds laid two eggs each in Rajasthan’s Desert National park; authorities say conservation efforts are paying off

Geneva Biodiversity Conference: Countries debate ‘aspirational goals‘ amid unprecedented biodiversity loss

The crucial global framework to stop biodiversity loss is already delayed by two years due to the pandemic

Madagascar’s ancient baobab forests are being restored by communities — with a little help from AI

Deforestation driven by slash-and-burn agriculture and vanishing of large-bodied animals that would spread the boabab seeds major reasons for decline

Global heating may breach 1.5°C in 2024 – here’s what that could look like

Above 1.5°C, humanity risks provoking heatwaves so intense they defy the human body’s capacity to cool itself

2023 in a blink: 10 top wildlife stories of the year

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023

World Biodiversity Day: Ever more important amid COVID-19 pandemic

Various levels and forms of biodiversity such as ecosystems, species, genes across all taxonomic ranges are threatened, and facing an alarming …

Oceans Great Dying 2.0: Earth’s climate moderator is warming, faster

Oceans are heating up as they cross their natural capacity to sink carbon and atmospheric heat induced by GHGs emissions. It will further …

Should we bring back the dodo? De-extinction is a feel-good story, but these high-tech replacements aren’t really ‘resurrecting’ species

A section of scientists have argued that de-extinction will eventually help restore ecosystems. But others disagree

No, woolly mammoths are not returning; But we may get Arctic elephants

Geneticist George Church and his business partner Ben Lamm, who recently launched a company to ‘bring back’ mammoths, respond to …

Only 3,000 tigers left in the world, says IUCN

While India has registered an impressive growth in the tiger population, studies reveal that the big cats could be wiped off the face of the …

‘An individual’s genome carries information shaped over millenia of evolutionary history’

Down To Earth spoke with Aryn P Wilder, co-author of one of 11 research papers providing insights into mammalian evolution

Planet in early stages of sixth mass extinction, claims study

Study by international team of scientists says this time extinctions are being caused by human activities

Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali and Java. Can we learn to live alongside them?

Historically, crocodiles lived throughout the Indonesian archipelago but were killed off in Bali, Lombok and Java 

Can agriculture fuel mass extinction?

We must make gradual changes and develop agriculture according to the principles of life on the planet

Nature better off with indigenous people, indicates global report

The findings of the first-ever Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services are important in the light of the ongoing Supreme …

1000000 species under extinction. Blame humans

The Global Ecosystem Assessment by Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services shows the current rate and …

How long will life on Earth survive?

Scientists say events like volcanic activity, an expanding sun, asteroids or a freezing core may bring about destruction

Animals, plants shifting home ranges faster than believed

These species have moved 17 km towards the poles and 11 m up in altitude per decade on a global average