Sturgeon poaching for meat, caviar rampant in lower Danube: WWF report
The report is the first market survey that quantifies the scale of the illegal trade
Elephant shot, tusks hacked off in Odisha’s Dhenkanal forest division
Poachers armed with guns drive away forest guards
Plight of the vaquita forces International Whaling Commission to issue first extinction alert
There are just 10 vaquita, a type of porpoise, left in the world; all in the northern part of the Gulf of California or Sea of Cortez
On same day, 3 elephants die in 2 Odisha districts
The development has raised concerns among forest officials and animal conservationists
CITES CoP 2019: Eswatini’s request to trade in white rhino horn rejected
The landlocked southern African country wanted to change the rules that currently forbid the international commercial trade in rhino horns
Centre interviews official named in tiger poaching probe for WII directorship
Samir Sinha, former director of Jim Corbett National Park, is one of the eight officials the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change …
Road expansion, deforestation shrinking wildlife in Congo Basin: Study
Accelerating deforestation could also leak carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect
Not entitled to break the law: Conservationists slam Jyoti Randhawa
The ace golfer was arrested on December 26 with a hunting rifle and animal parts in Uttar Pradesh
New study reveals sturgeon caviar sourced from illegal trade, labelled to mislead
Researchers found international market flouted CITES and EU wildlife regulations, other laws
Odisha bird poaching: 2 arrested with carcass of migratory birds in Chilika
Around 5 poachers have been arrested in the state since October
Israel moots proposal to regulate trade in mammoth ivory
Tel Aviv wants to prevent elephant tusks being sold as mammoth ones globally
Debate: Should forest guards in India be armed with firearms?
Will giving guns to forest guards make them secure in their job? Or will it lead to tragic consequences for forest dwellers? Down To Earth puts …
Should we celebrate the spread of peafowl in India
Their population dispersion in Kerala, a wet state, points to climate change and the drying up of formerly wet areas like the southern Western Ghats
A losing battle to protect forest elephants in Central Africa
Unless urgent conservation action is taken, the world stands to lose this charismatic species
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
A peek into the secret lives of Indian spiders
India is home to several unique species of spiders; some are known to science, while many others are yet to be discovered
Leopard dies after getting caught in poachers’ trap in Odisha
The iron trap laid to catch a wild boar dismembered the three-year-old big cat’s left leg and injured him severely before killing him
Elephants found dead in Odisha’s Keonjhar with tusks removed; activists allege poaching
Odisha forest department comes under fire by locals, activists; locals allege neglect
Our laser technique can tell apart elephant and mammoth ivory – here’s how it may disrupt the ivory trade
Annually, over 20,000 elephants are poached for ivory, primarily in Africa
‘Sambar poaching highlights the indifference to Reserve Forests’
Experts talk to Down To Earth about the killings of India’s largest cervid species
Rhino horn consumers reveal why a legal trade alone won’t save rhinos
Consumers show a strong preference for wild rhinos and do not believe that horns from semi-wild or farmed rhinos have the same medicinal effects
Engage local communities to protect marine life: Study
There is so much lack of awareness that many did not even know which department or authority was responsible for implementing Wildlife Protection Act
Body parts of hundreds of tigers seized between 2016 and 2018
Around 150 seizures were made from countries across the world, even from those that are not home to tigers
Carcass of leopard found in a reservoir in Odisha
Forest officer says six-feet-long male leopard may have choked on fishing nets in deep waters
Leopards: How India can learn to live with them
Their easy adaptability brings them close to human settlements. Can we coexist?