David Attenborough receives the UN’s most distinguished environment award

Attenborough’s career as a broadcaster, natural historian, author and environmental advocate spans over seven decades

Chile poised to grant rights to Nature; could become 2nd such country besides Ecuador

The plenary body of Chile’s Constitutional Convention formally approved the Rights of Nature within its proposed constitutional text March 25

20 years of talks later, half the Earth’s surface area to have binding environment treaty

United Nations members negotiate instrument under UN Convention on Law of the Sea to conserve, sustainably use marine biological diversity of …

Sixth Extinction? Over 150,000 species vanished in last 500 years

Nearly half of 177 mammal species surveyed lost more than 80% of their distribution between 1900 and 2015

Red Sanders falls back in IUCN’s ‘endangered’ category

The species was classified as ‘near threatened’ in 2018 

COVID-19: First few peer reviewed studies suggest vaccine induced antibodies fail to protect from Omicron

The studies, published in Nature, covered Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, but not India’s indigenous Covaxin

Moving African rhinos: What it takes to translocate an endangered species

Addressing security issues remains paramount as it can undermine all the best introductions

Odisha fishers seek Rs 10,000 a month to make up for 7-month fishing ban

State ban on fishing by motorised vessels, trawlers to preserve Olive Ridley turtles starts today, November 1    

CoP26: Women need more space at the climate table

Climate change does not affect everyone equally: Women are disproportionately more vulnerable. This should ideally mean more women having a …

New physics: Latest results from Cern further boost tantalising evidence

The standard model is the most successful scientific theory ever written down, and yet, we know it must be incomplete

New cicada species in Nagaland underscores need for conservation

The main threat to many cicada species is their rapidly diminishing natural habitat

Days after IUCN event, Macron proposes killing of 110,000 wild birds in France

Birders say draft decrees issued by Emmanuel Macron to kill thousands of birds in France done to elicit hunting lobbies’ support ahead of …

Bright skies named colour of the year: Here’s why there’s so much more to the heavens than blue

Here is what to look out for while contemplating bright skies and immersing yourself in skywatching 

These animals and plants of India could have become 'possibly extinct' : IUCN

A number of fish, birds, crustaceans and plants could have died out according to the IUCN’s latest Red List of Threatened Species

Wildmeat consumption at source countries greater threat to protected terrestrial animals than international trade

Around 70 per cent of species studied are hunted for wild meat consumption

Give rivers their rights, activists tell IUCN World Conservation Congress

Only 37% of rivers longer than 1,000 km still flow freely due to dams being built on them

Over 390 species of sharks, rays, chimaera in danger of extinction: Study

Overfishing, the biggest threat, is compounded by loss and degradation of habitat, pollution as well as climate change 

Mesoamerica, origin of several global crops, faces floristic biodiversity loss: Study

Mesoamerica is seeing a decline in the wild relatives of potatoes, beans, squash and maize due to loss of wild spaces and mechanisation of agriculture

Over 900 species of animals have become extinct according to latest IUCN Red List

Some 37 per cent of sharks and rays threatened with extinction; Komodo dragon now listed as endangered

Ahead of IUCN event, IFAD calls for more investment to protect biodiversity

IFAD president says protecting biodiversity is crucial to fight hunger, ahead of IUCN event in Marseille  

Ahead of biodiversity meet, study finds amphibians face highest risk of extinction

A sizeable 44 per cent of global agricultural lands posing the greatest danger to amphibians

Harness power of nature-based solutions to fight climate crisis: G20 ministers

G20 countries identify need for sustainable business models to implement nature-based solutions in developing countries; but they lack direction

Nature-based solutions: Convenient ignorance of the inconvenient truth

Solutions based on going back to nature do exist, but to make a tangible impact on climate change, they need to be executed at scale and with …

Kenya’s huge railway project is causing environmental damage. Here’s how

The project increased soil erosion, land degradation, flooding and habitat destruction.

World Biodiversity Day: Ever more important amid COVID-19 pandemic

Various levels and forms of biodiversity such as ecosystems, species, genes across all taxonomic ranges are threatened, and facing an alarming …