Degrees of insensitivity

Trophy hunting – can it really be justified by ‘conservation benefits’?

Banning trophy hunting would provide a much needed incentive to develop creative conservation approaches to wildlife protection and human-animal …

Trophy hunters take aim at Yellowstone’s Grizzly Bears

Last summer, the Trump administration removed the bears off the Endangered Species Act list of threatened species, paving the way for states to …

Poaching taking a toll on gorilla, zebra population: IUCN

The Eastern Gorilla has moved from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Critically Endangered’ category with its total population now …

Draft wildlife bill to make life tougher for poachers, easier for industrialists

The draft, not yet in the public domain, proposes to turn the National Board for Wildlife, which can raise red flags against large industrial …

Selfie v Sealfie

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Humans: The super predators

Lion protection fee paid by tourists could help stop trophy hunting – South African study

Popular public opinion is against trophy hunting, but how could the financial revenue that it generates be replaced?

Whale of a tale? The stories about whales helping tackle climate change are overblown

We don’t know enough to say whales help carbon storage — and what we do know suggests the opposite

Some 200 wild animals killed in annual tribal hunting season in Bengal last month

Supporters of an ancient tribal hunting tradition in Bengal want it to continue; critics oppose it even as hundreds of animals are killed 

Elephants reduced to a political football as Botswana brings back hunting

Over the past five years Botswana has earned a reputation as the continent’s last elephant haven

The revenge of the boar

The wild pig can be a danger to humans, as some very special ones in northern Iraq found recently

Humans hunted Arctic foxes in wintry northern Europe during last Ice Age, fossils show

They did not migrate during winter but rather hunted Arctic foxes for survival

In mirage country

Messengers of the gods: 1,400-year religious protection of sika deer in Japan’s Nara have made them genetically unique

Deer around the shrine were found to have unique mitochondrial DNA, which is passed only from mother to offspring

Odisha had half of India’s wildfires on March 13 — & poachers may be to blame

Principal Chief Conservator of Forests alleges hunters setting fire to target wild animals; one suspect arrested 

COVID-19: Beijing proposes to permanently ban harvesting of wild animals

Experts say an all-out ban may not be the right solution for China's woes of wildlife trade

Drought in Kenya forces herders to invade wildlife habitats

Over the past few weeks, about 10,000 nomadic herders have systematically targeted private game lodges, ranches and smallholdings

66th Standing Committee meeting of CITES underway in Geneva

National Ivory Action Plans, domestic legislation and additional measures to protect endangered species being discussed

Witch hunting: 83% of Odisha's cases in six districts, says report

Most of the victims were targeted for “causing health issues or crop failure”

What it’s like to watch a harpooned whale die right before your eyes

Captain Paul Watson, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977, defends his organisation’s controversial tactics to prevent …

Guns, snares and bulldozers: New map reveals hotspots for harm to wildlife

Researchers identify global hotspots of human impacts on threatened species, as well as “coolspots” where species are largely threat-free

Malta allows recreational hunting of 5,000 turtle doves

The birds were recently added to the IUCN's 'red list' of species at risk of being wiped out

Claims that poaching funds terror groups in East Africa may not be true

Accusations on tribals will divert attention from the illegal trade’s main facilitators, says a new report

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

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