How clean are our forests?

The inordinate focus on cities and towns seems to suggest that garbage doesn’t occur elsewhere. But that is hardly so

Snake slides: Inside Colonel Sher Jung National Park with a herpetologist

Wildlife Institute of India fellow Nidhi Singh chronicles her survey of the park and her first encounters with creatures she fears the most

No more cheetahs from Namibia, next batch of wild cats only from South Africa

Outspoken criticism of reintroduction project’s management may be behind decision, alleges member of steering committee

Three cheetahs dead in a month; South African experts write to Supreme Court

The experts have alleged that their involvement has been minimised ever since Yadavendradev Jhala, who conceptualised and led the project, was removed

Simply Put: The Great Escape

Allahabad HC directs Kanpur authorities to demolish mall, restore park land

The order comes 17 years after a petition was filed against construction of the mall

Yellowstone’s solution to its excess bison problem: Capture and send them for slaughter

Park officials will capture 600-900 of the animals this winter and ship them

Distress call

Cheetah reintroduction ‘highly complex’, more sites needed as reserves, expert says

Vincent van der Merwe from the Cheetah Metapopulation Project, South Africa expects more cheetah deaths in coming months  

A biodiversity park to highlight importance of Tamil Nadu’s Sirumalai Hills

The Tamil Nadu government is developing a unique biodiversity park in Dindigul district to inculcate cultural, educational and …

Poultry culling in Bhubaneswar amid bird flu fears

Samples of chicken that died at Odisha Agricultural University tested H5N1 positive on January 27

Inching in

A comprehensive study of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park points to government connivance in the destruction of Mumbai's invaluable heritage

Project Cheetah: Two more cubs die, toll increases to six

Officials say the cubs died of severe dehydration caused due to extreme temperatures

Popocatepetl, Etna, Nyamuragira: Volcanoes erupt on three continents

Ash spewed on towns and cities nearby by the three volcanoes throws normal life out of gear

Bhitarkanika now has more estuarine crocodiles

Last year, 1,698 individuals had been spotted

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Road through Corbett

Flight to extinction

IUCN lists three species of Indian vultures as critically endangered

Improving human-elephant relations

Lions, leopards have made a comeback in Africa’s 3rd-largest national park, says report

Rigorous anti-poaching measures including patrolling, effective prosecution and cultural sensitisation led to the rebound in populations, says …

Challenges galore for Monarch of the Glen: Hangul fawn-hind ratio touches lowest-ever level

The latest census also reveals that the stag-hind ratio is very poor for the embattled cervid species

Kashmir: Why the Hangul’s future still hangs in the balance?

As the state readies itself for results from this year’s census of the critically endangered deer species, Down To Earth looks at the …

Climbing the machan: Poverty and animal conflict in Karnataka

Human-wildlife conflict is a monumental issue for farmers living in subsistence, conflict with wild animals disproportionately impacts the poor

Simply Put: Our lives matter