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  

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

Simply Put: Giraffes may go extinct

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

Giraffes could go extinct — the 5 biggest threats they face

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

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

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

East Africa’s Masai giraffes more endangered than previously thought; here’s why

The Great Rift Valley has divided the Masai giraffe, preventing interbreeding & exchange of genetic materials

Europe’s wild bird species are on the brink — but there are ways to bring them back

Current efforts to halt and reverse the loss of Europe’s bird species are insufficient; more and urgent action is needed if we want nature …

Assam’s human-elephant conflict: Legally protecting habitats, natural fencing can save the ‘gentle giants’

Elephants are part of Assam's culture & folklore but habitat loss is driving negative interactions with humans 

Damselfly species found in Western Ghats named after climate impact on insects

Named Armageddon reedtail after ecological armageddon or insect apocalypse brought on by rampant habitat loss, global warming

World Dhole Day 2023: India, Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand doing well on conserving enigmatic canid, says expert

Down To Earth speaks to Arjun Srivathsa, a wildlife biologist who works on large carnivore ecology and conservation about the situation regarding …