'Crocodiles are affected by low frequency vibrations'
Down To Earth interviews crocodile expert Adam Britton on impact of noise on the breeding and behaviour patterns of crocodilians
Numaligarh elephants’ home restored: Deopahar notified as reserve forest after 20 years
Deopahar was the centre of a fierce battle this decade over a notorious boundary wall constructed by the Numaligarh Refinery in Assam’s …
Lion attack in safari park near Gir, one killed
The Devaliya Safari Park near Sasan houses 10 lions. On Thursday morning, three forest department employees were attacked, resulting in …
India’s iconic raptors are declining fast, warns new report
Loss of habitat, pesticide accumulation as well as targeted killing are some of the main reasons for the decline
The Iberian wolf is extinct in Spain’s Andalusia: Report
Wolves from the northern and central part of Iberia can still potentially recolonise Andalusia, says government report
The revenge of the boar
The wild pig can be a danger to humans, as some very special ones in northern Iraq found recently
India’s small cats have been ignored & overlooked, experts tell DTE as leopard cat spotted in Maharashtra’s Pench
These cats not only keep a check on small mammals, rodents, reptiles and birds but also indicate the health of their bigger cousins like tigers …
North Dakota: 200 wild horses related to Custer’s Last Stand can stay in park where Teddy Roosevelt spent formative years
Herd had been considered risk earlier, with tendency to trample or overgraze vegetation used by native wildlife species, contribute to erosion …
The first-ever IUCN assessment of the Himalayan Wolf is out. And it is grim
Species listed as ‘Vulnerable’, with just 2,275-3,792 mature individuals in the wild
Wolf a part of Europe’s natural heritage, write 300 groups in open letter to Ursula von der Leyen
Letter comes in the wake of wolf culling operations in Switzerland; a cull was also carried out in Sweden earlier this year
Wisent: Ukraine war could wreck efforts to save and rewild Europe’s great wild bovid, say new study authors
Parts of Poland, Ukraine, western Russia, parts of the Balkans and Germany most appropriate to rewild wisent
Nepal’s tigers triple: India had and will continue to have a role to play, say experts
Nepal now has 355 tigers, compared to 235 in 2018
Snow leopard conservationist Charudutt Mishra wins Whitley Gold Award for efforts to involve local communities
This is Mishra’s second Whitely Award; he had also won one in 2005
About half the diet of Indian, Himalayan wolves is domestic livestock: Study
Study however does not turn page on taxonomic debate regarding the two lineages
Two female Great Indian Bustards satellite-tagged in Rajasthan
Scientists hope to get critical information on the birds through the satellite tags
Three Asiatic lions mowed down by goods train in Gujarat
Six lions were crossing the track on Monday night when the incident happened
Avni’s cubs found safe in Yavatmal
Forest officials are trying to catch them and relocate them
Camera trap proves Gujarat now has tiger
Will the presence of the tiger puncture the state’s stance against sending lions to Kuno?
‘Sambar poaching highlights the indifference to Reserve Forests’
Experts talk to Down To Earth about the killings of India’s largest cervid species
Two leopard cubs harassed by residents in Maharashtra tiger reserve; one dies
One of the cubs, a sub-adult is recuperating. But the other, a 7 month-old, already weakened, could not stand the abuse perpetrated by the locals
A ‘kick’ass jibe
Could Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘gadha’ comment increase awareness about wild equid conservation in India?
World Rhino Day: COVID-19 keeps rhino poaching in check
According to a new report by the International Rhino Foundation, the COVID-19 pandemic has proved to be beneficial for rhinos, especially in Africa
Odisha elephant deaths: Protect wildlife corridors, say experts
The unavailability of healthy corridors to pass through is increasing human-animal conflict, say experts
The tomistoma does not usually attack humans but that is happening now; here is why
Attacks on humans in Indonesia may be increasing due to increasing intrusion in their habitat, study suggests
International Vulture Awareness Day: India’s numbers increasing, albeit slowly
Introduction and release are a process which takes time; it must be done systematically, scientist Vibhu Prakash told DTE