Will the inauguration of Ganga navigation destroy the river’s ecology?

Down To Earth talks to riverine experts on what could happen to the river’s flow, depth and wildlife

Gharial seen in Pakistan’s Punjab after 3 decades; it likely crossed over from India

Gharials were reintroduced to the Beas river in 2017, having been extirpated in the Punjab region now divided between India and Pakistan  

40 gharials released in Ghaghara river amid lockdown

About 250 gharials have been released in the river since 2014

Bhitarkanika now has more estuarine crocodiles

Last year, 1,698 individuals had been spotted

10 good news we got in 2018

As this year nears its end, here’s a look at stories by Down To Earth that brought some relief to an otherwise climate change-ravaged period

Odisha’s Kendrapara now India’s only district to have all 3 species of crocodilians

A baby gharial was found in a Kendrapara river on August 29; the district is already home to saltwater and mugger crocodiles

Odisha forest department announces cash reward for rescuing gharials

Fishermen, whose nets are damaged by gharials, will also be compensated

Two gharials spotted in Kosi river in Bihar after half a century

A team of scientists found in Saharsa district an adult and a juvenile gharial, which they believe belong to the endangered resident population …

The tomistoma does not usually attack humans but that is happening now; here is why

Attacks on humans in Indonesia may be increasing due to increasing intrusion in their habitat, study suggests

A month after sighting, Gharial hatchlings go missing from Angul

Forest officials call disappearance a “natural phenomenon”; activists ascribe it to department oversight

Muggers of Rapti: Anthropogenic threats pose risk to saurians in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park, says study

Park authorities should provide local communities with nature guide training, low interest bank loans for farming and job recruitment in the park …

Who will save the Ganga?

The river continues to stink, in the fifth year of the Modi government

World Crocodile Day: Experts flag dip in gharial count in Odisha

Only 14 gharials were spotted at Satkosia gorge in Tikarpada in state’s Angul district in 2019, claimed a former forest official

35 crocodile nests seen in Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park

Bhitarkanika, a vast tract of forest and saltwater swamp, is home to at least 1,742 salt water crocodiles

Hundreds of gharial eggs destroyed by floods in north Bihar

Two back-to-back cyclones in May, followed by early floods in June caused officials to release water into the Gandak river, thus destroying the …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 19, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

This World Crocodile Day, South Asian countries should think of cooperating to conserve them: Experts

South Asia’s crocodilians increased during pandemic, but human-croc conflict needs to be addressed, Anslem de Silva told DTE  

Glimpses into life in the Chambal

Chambal's unique ecology has made it home to more than 500 species of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles. More than 30 of them are in IUCN's Red …

Odisha: Gharial hatchlings spotted three years in a row, 35 seen this time

Critically endangered reptile hatchlings seen in Mahanadi river’s Satkosia gorge, a Ramsar site

Bihar makes an attempt to boost gharial population

Population of the reptiles in India has declined by up to 94 per cent in past few years due to rampant hunting and killing for their skin

Police seize 4,000 tonnes of sand mined from gharial sanctuary

There have been four attacks by the sand mafia on State Armed Forces' jawans protecting the Chambal river banks in the last three months, says …

World Crocodile Day: Experts call for patience regarding human-croc conflict

Down To Earth speaks to experts in four prominent human-croc conflict areas; none support culling

Public hearings for Ken-Betwa river link project a sham, complain activists

People’s organisations say officials did not follow the correct procedure of informing village residents about the project. The environment …