Island at sea
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
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
Scientists discover four-winged dinosaur fossil in China
Reptile lived 125 million years ago and is the largest ever
Vulture nemesis still in drug store shelves
Ban on diclofenac flouted by over a third of the pharmacies
South Asian nations will now cooperate to save the vulture
Most rapid decline in vulture populations recorded in Asia
Northern white rhino on verge of extinction
Only six members left after male’s death on Friday
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 …
Large-scale hunting pushes yellow-breasted Bunting towards extinction
Known in Chinese as the ‘rice bird’, the Bunting is considered a delicacy in China and Cambodia
The world is heading towards mass extinction, study suggests
Previous study had claimed that climate change is accelerating the risk of such extinction
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
We have crossed the line on climate change, says study
Report reveals that we have breached four of nine limits and threatened the planet’s health
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
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
Saiga antelope numbers rise in Kazakhstan after mass die-off last year
Aerial census conducted by Kazakh government brings encouraging news
Humans now drive evolution on Earth, both creating and destroying species
Human activity doesn't just reduce biodiversity – new research explores how we are continually creating newspecies and ecos
To cull or not
The killing of a gorilla in the Cincinnati Zoo renews the moral existential dilemma
Caught in captivity
While about 50 per cent of conservation breeding programmes remain only on paper, the ongoing projects are riddled with unscientific protocols …
Radical overhaul needed to halt earth’s sixth great extinction event
Changes in climate could have contributed, but humans with their hunting and fires were almost certainly the death knell for many of these species
Pushed to the brink of extinction
The Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee fights a losing battle against innumerable threats
Unchecked mining spells doom for Saranda forest in Jharkhand
Unregulated large-scale mining activities have decimated plant and wildlife populations in the once-rich Saranda forest in Jharkhand
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
The pygmy hog: to the brink of extinction and back
The pygmy hog, the smallest member of the pig family, was almost wiped out, but a careful breeding programme, as well as taking care of the …
Fossil teeth reveal new facts about a mass extinction 260 million years ago
Did a change in climate caused or contributed to a mass extinction around 260 million years ago?
Contrived extinction
The colour bar in African conservation has come to occupy the centre of public perception, driven mostly by the social media