Earth Day 2024: Bhutan will host global meet today to mobilise finance for tiger conservation across Asia

World needs to invest $1 billion over next decade to conserve tigers and their habitats across the continent  

Bird species in northeastern India shifting to higher elevations, face threat of extinction

Researchers say certain bird species shifting to degraded forest systems for climate change adaptation may go extinct  

Simply Put: The encroachers

Simply Put: Giraffes may go extinct

Kenya’s huge railway project is causing environmental damage. Here’s how

The project increased soil erosion, land degradation, flooding and habitat destruction.

Giraffes range across diverse African habitats — we’re using GPS, satellites and statistics to track and protect them

Many of these animals are at risk, largely due to habitat loss and illegal hunting

Cautious cats: Africa’s lions changing behaviour, skipping high density human areas to avoid conflict

Human-lion conflicts may increase due to shrinking lion habitat, lack of food availability, warns study

Human activities in Asia have reduced elephant habitat by nearly two-thirds since 1700

Asian elephants are one of the most endangered large mammals

World Rainforest Day: Goliath frogs need urgent conservation measures

Goliath frog population is estimated to have halved in the last 15 years

Giraffes could go extinct — the 5 biggest threats they face

There are now fewer than 70,000 mature individuals left in the wild

World Snake Day: Dozens of snake species facing peril, say herpetologists

Habitat loss is the gravest threat facing snakes, says Romulus Whitaker

Tribals voice protest against power project in West Bengal’s Ayodhya Hills

Villagers claim that the power project will destroy their forests and elephant habitats

New cicada species in Nagaland underscores need for conservation

The main threat to many cicada species is their rapidly diminishing natural habitat

Simply Put: Race to extinction

International Red Panda Day: How safe are India's Red Pandas?

The cute and cuddly carnivore is threatened by a host of factors 

Odisha’s Chilika lake gets more winged visitors this summer despite scorching heat

Over 62,000 birds of 88 species found in lake during annual summer survey

Dancing frogs of Western Ghats among most threatened amphibians globally

Like many other amphibians in the region, the genus is threatened by anthopogenic factors like land-use change, pollution

As we fight to protect species on the brink of extinction, let’s not forget the familiar ones

To conserve nature, we must maintain our focus on the familiar

Blackbuck haven in Odisha: Protection by locals triple numbers

No poaching case reported in several years in Ganjam district

Conservationists slam draft of new government report on elephants

It fails to understand the ecology of elephants, they say

Simply Put: Safe place to migrate

Scientists shocked to discover new species of green anaconda, the world’s biggest snake

New species known as northern green anaconda

Climate change threatens African great apes habitats, may witness frequent extreme climate events in future

Majority of ape sites would be subject to a high frequency of heatwaves, finds new research

How Chhattisgarh’s Baiga tribe secured habitat ownership in the face of eviction threats

State initially tried to ward off petition to grant habitat rights to community by saying there is no ministry-prescribed format

Elephant corridor report plagued with inconsistencies, could escalate conflict with humans, says expert

IISc professor Raman Sukumar stressed on effective management of jumbos in National Board for Wildlife meeting in August