Pumas adapt behaviour to save energy for mountain survival: Study

Finding important as many top predators are being forced to move into areas where they have to expend more energy to travel

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

Conserving nature leads to higher net economic value: Study

It also pointed out that conservation and restoration did not universally provide greater net value than intensive human usage

Future cities: New challenges mean we need to reimagine the look of urban landscapes

But we must open up the opportunity to conceptualise these futures to a wider and more diverse set of people

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 …

Transboundary conservation is essential to save endangered Red Pandas

Protection of the existing species, corridor management with the enrichment of bamboo and other species & awareness creation to reduce the …

Uttarakhand opens biodiversity park in Haldwani to encourage conservation

The state’s rich botanical heritage is facing threats from climate change, degrading landscapes, habitat loss and development activities

Humanity must prevent the insect apocalypse

Most insects are not harmful but beneficial to humans; without them, nature will lose its balance

Raptor attention: 160 species of birds of prey endangered worldwide

The threats to the birds are a result of habitat loss, pollution, human–wildlife conflicts and climate change  

Large chunks of slender loris habitat already lost, need protected areas for endangered primate: Expert

Down To Earth spoke to Honnavalli N Kumara about the importance of conservation of the species and the existing threats to its population

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 

Gram Sabha level committees formed in Chhattisgarh’s Abujmarh

The move is the start of the process to grant habitat rights under the Forest Rights Act to the Abujh Mariyas

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 …

Kashmir human-wildlife conflict: Children being increasingly preyed upon by black bears, leopards

Experts have blamed rapid urbanisation and deforestation for the human-wildlife conflict in the Kashmir Valley

Bhopal becomes first Indian city to track progress towards meeting SDGs

Bhopal Municipal Corporation, UN-Habitat, others collaborate for voluntary local reviews to track the progress towards the 2030 Agenda  

You are not lazy; your body needs more sleep in winter: Study

Societies need to adjust sleep habits including length and timing to season, or adjust school and working schedules to seasonal sleep needs, …

Conserving India’s dhole population: Study earmarks 114 talukas

The dhole or Asiatic Wild Dog is a Schedule II species under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972; its populations have been declining …

Obituary: Sujit Patwardhan, India’s sustainable urban transport champion

Patwardhan founded Parisar in the 1980s out of concern for the rapid changes taking place in Pune leading to environmental degradation

Earth has lost one-fifth of its wetlands since 1700 — but most could still be saved

People need to stop looking at wetlands as wastelands and draining them to make it ‘useful’

So, just why did Hyderabad flood?

The answer lies in the city’s old design not being in sync with its burgeoning size and population and the shrinking of its water bodies

Sundarbans has been slipping in rank despite an increased tiger count; here’s why

Lack of adequate manpower is its main challenge, a member of the evaluation team points out

Secret lives of cougars: Pumas might be ‘gardening’ to attract prey to hunting hotspots

Study suggests prey carcasses fertilise the soil to grow nutrient-rich plants that attract large hooved mammals to hunting areas

Bird flu deaths on the rise, environment ministry issues guidelines

As many as 250 crows in Rajasthan, 1,700 migratory birds in Himachal Pradesh have died since December 2020 

Avoiding tragic elephant deaths through policy intervention

The wildlife conservation agenda in India is largely driven by an elitist mindset that is insensitive and disregardful of the real sufferings of …