‘The charm of birdwatching is intact’
Birders are among the first to understand and warn of the repercussions of environmental damage, author Aasheesh Pittie says
Government schools in Bihar in danger of being replaced by cheap, dingy tuition centres: Report
Hardly any students attend; teacher-children ratio not adhered to; no uniform and textbooks for children, report finds
Gregory XIII: How religious need spurred the reformist pope to recalculate time 440 years ago
The early arrival of Easter because of the long Julian Calendar necessitated the formation of a new calendar
India is many, not one; has assimilated ideas from everywhere: Upcoming report
Experts on genetics, archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, philosophy and history will prepare a 600-page report on 12,000 years of India’…
World Rivers Day: Adopt bottom-up approach, says student who cleaned Vadodara stream
Down To Earth talks to Sneha Shahi about the issues facing Indian rivers and her own experience of working with two of them
Activists at Berlin conference call out German, Western complicity in funding Fortress Conservation
They urged Western governments to stop taking land from indigenous people in the name of conservation
Earthquakes hit Gujarat and Maharashtra
Four tremors hit Gujarat’s Saurashtra and Kutch regions early on January 20, while a 3.6 tremor hit Palghar near Thane in Maharashtra in …
"Dialects are the avant-garde teams exploring new semantic possibilities"
Linguist GANESH DEVY has just published a new volume of a unique language survey that is based on geography and people's vernacular claims. He …
What is ‘dry ice’, at the centre of the Gurugram restaurant incident?
The solid form of carbon dioxide commonly used as a cooling agent in ice cream & frozen desserts must never be touched with ‘…
Catla, one of India’s 3 major carps, among top 10 species of aquatic animals harvested in 2022: FAO
Humanity now farms more aquatic animals than it catches from the wild, according to new report
From 1989-2023, 60,465 people have died due to violence in India: Uppsala University
59 conflicts took place last year involving countries, the highest since Uppsala began collecting figures in 1946
Ladakh wants to prevent what happened in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand & Sikkim: Sonam Wangchuk
Environmentalist says his fast a ‘battle for truth, environment & democracy’ as others call for ‘People’s Commission …
We never gave any thought to ferocious dog breeds so far: S Theodore Baskaran
Down To Earth spoke to conservation writer, historian, naturalist and veteran activist S Theodore Baskaran on the Centre contemplating a ban on …
Shark & ray meat consumption no longer restricted to India’s tribal & coastal peoples: Paper
Tourists and middle- & upper-class domestic consumers emerging consumption classes for elasmobranch meat
A tale for Christmas: Here is why the Apostle Bartholomew is associated with agriculture in Goa
Bartholomew or Nathaniel is believed to have visited India in 55 AD, like his fellow Apostle, Thomas before him
Gandhi Jayanti 2023: How the rural Transvaal was a crucible for the Mahatma’s most cherished ideals
Tolstoy Farm fell into decay during Apartheid but is now being revived
How robust is India’s tiger census?
Government officials and independent experts help decode the riddle of tiger estimation
The importance (and baggage) of ghee
The social standing of ghee is heavier than the health one
The Hindu canon is inclusive of the sexuality spectrum: Kavita Kane
Down To Earth speaks to author and mythologist about LGBTQ themes in the texts and scriptutres that make up the Hindu canon
3 tiger cubs mowed by train in Vidarbha forest
The bodies were discovered on Thursday morning; the mother is suspected to be in the vicinity
Shoot-to-kill orders issued in Uttarakhand town for leopard
Hunters are scouring Bageshwar and its surroundings after a leopard that was blamed for several attacks and two deaths, was declared a man eater …
Sariska tiger died due to heatstroke, cancer: Autopsy report
Activists have criticised the way the tiger was tranquilised, saying it could have played a role in its eventual death
Study finds pathogens in wild snow leopards
Conducted in Mongolia, the research detected pathogens which, though they did not cause illness to the leopards, could make other wild cats ill; …
Of Van Riebeeck and the ‘Big Boss’: European colonisation decimated Cape Buffalo in South Africa, study finds
Several large mammals were hunted to extinction or near-extinction during the 3 centuries of colonial rule in the region
‘Leave the Sentinelese alone’
50 years after he first visited North Sentinel Island in the Andaman archipelago, veteran anthropologist, T N Pandit talks to Down To Earth about …