Rare appearance

After a decade, the Bostami turtles stage a comeback in Tripura

Norway's eco-friendly prison

Bill Gates is not entirely wrong about trees. He’s not entirely right either

The billionaire recently claimed planting trees would have little effect on climate change

Living Planet Report 2022: Wildlife populations decline by 69% in 50 years

Annual report links climate change and biodiversity loss for 1st time

Climate threat to coasts: dealing with urgent human needs just as important, say scientists

Study calls for multidisciplinary approach to build resilience of coastal communities

More than 1,300 rhinos fell to poaching in Africa in 2015: IUCN

Poaching of rhinos is fuelled by the demand for their horns in Southeast Asia

Artificial sweeteners may be contributing to diabetes epidemic

Study shows they react with gut bacteria to cause glucose intolerance

Conservation kills

They thought saving the animals would help save the Alp's ecology. They were wrong

Villages in Orissa's Similipal Reserve do not cause ecological damage

Community forest rights for Gondia's tribal villages

Improved claim formats; no unfair caveats

Mermaid's second life

The dugong stages a revival, thanks to conservation efforts

Zooming in

A photographer tries to educate Delhi about how important is the Western Ghats to India

World’s last male northern white rhino placed under armed guard

40-year-old Sudan is guarded 24 hours by rangers at Ol Pejeta in Kenya

How tortoises got their shells

South African researchers claim to have found out the reason

Managing food demand key to containing emissions, damage to environment, says study

Sub-Saharan Africa will see the biggest increase in food demand

Dengue on the rise: global burden is three times WHO estimate

Study shows India contributed more than one-third of burden in 2010

Click and protect hornbills

A web initiative was launched on June 5 to protect the endangered bird

Emperor penguin at risk from global warming

Study estimates penguin population in Antarctica to decline by 50 per cent

Scientists make DNA barcode of malaria parasite

It can help prevent spread of drug-resistant malaria from one region to another

Mitigate man-animal conflict: tiger conservation authority

Chhattisgarh tigress could have been saved from mob death on September 24

Genome sequence reveals big cats evolved to kill, eat meat

Mapping of genomes to help wildlife conservation efforts and combat wildlife crime

Use of toxic chemical HBCD severely restricted under Stockholm Convention

The persistent organic pollutant is used in building insulation, especially in the EU

New NASA video shows how carbon dioxide flows in Earth’s atmosphere

Nearly all emissions of the greenhouse gas originate in the Northern Hemisphere

World lost 68% vertebrates in 1970-2016: WWF

Freshwater wildlife down 84%; Latin America, the Caribbean particularly hit

Half of the world’s richest biodiversity zones unprotected: UN study

Fast progress needed on targets for protected areas especially marine areas, it adds