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

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

Conflicts are no less around national parks, sanctuaries

First-of-its-kind study in India carried out in Karnataka finds number of villages affected by human-elephant conflict and the compensation paid …

Thirty one per cent of world’s cacti facing threat of extinction: IUCN

Unscrupulous collection of live plants and seeds for trade and private ornamental collection affects 47 per cent of the threatened species

Africa’s vultures dwindling, says study

Raptors diminishing across continent due to a number of reasons

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

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

Global tiger population up by 22 per cent

India is the largest contributor to the increase in tiger population

New atlas shows how oceans benefit people, economy

Oceans are an important resource as they cover 70 per cent of the Earth and support and sustain life on our planet

Spanish longliner detained in São Tomé for hunting sharks

Inspections revealed that fish holds of the liner contained blue sharks classified as “near-threatened” by the International Union …

Ocean warming leading to loss of fish stocks, crop yields: IUCN

The report, compiled by 80 scientists across 12 countries, highlights evidence of impacts on marine life, from microorganisms to mammals

Will IUCN ban on domestic ivory trade spark a global battle on conservation?

Two blocs of countries seem headed for a confrontation over the issue of ban on ivory trade

Bucking extinction

Even as the number of species nearing extinction increases each year, here's a look at the conservation strategies that have helped revive four …

Sounds of silence: a forest that survived 'development'

A trip to the Silent Valley National Park is a valuable lesson in the history of environmental movements and biodiversity conservation

Fading family tree

Environmental protection is inherently embedded in the lives of the Kodava people. Kodira A Kushalapa, a Kodava himself, and a former regional …

Worst yellow fever outbreak in decades kills hundreds of rare monkeys in Brazil

Over 600 monkeys have died in rainforest region with no provision for vaccinating them

How a UN platform to stop biodiversity loss could up its game

Biodiversity keeps declining despite lots of accumulated knowledge and numerous international and national commitments to act

Under the Sal Tree—theatre of nature

Under the Sal Tree theatre festival is a unique concept where plays are organised inside a Sal forest in Assam's Goalpara district. This is an eco-…

Should we confer legal right upon nature?

French philosopher Michel Seres had long ago proposed the idea of agency for the natural environment as a whole so that its rights can be protected

Globally, over 15 per cent of all tree species face extinction threat

More than 300 species are critically endangered, with just 50 or fewer individual trees for each species left in the wild

Voluntary commitments can protect the ocean

Since the time taken to negotiate environmental commitments is not always worth the outcome, the UN Ocean Conference is doing away with this time lag

Microplastic pollution could push whale, shark towards extinction: study

These species are getting exposed to toxic chemicals through breakdown of microplastics in their digestive system

“Environmental amnesia is constricting our intellect”

Though we are living in a highly degraded environment, we have failed to spot behavioural fallouts. Increasingly, children living in polluted …

10 Most Critically Endangered Animals in the world

These 10 species are the most likely to go extinct in the next few years

4 species added to recovery programme by Wildlife Board

Northern River Terrapin, Clouded Leopard, Arabian Sea Humpback Whale, and the Red Panda were added to a recovery programme for critically …

Red sanders not endangered anymore

This is the first time since 1997 that red sanders has been placed under the ‘near threatened’ category by International Union for …