Look back at the decade: Extinction

Future loss of species to reduce plant production

Saving Buddha's tree

Located on the banks of river Niranjana in Bodhgaya, south Bihar, the holy mahabodhi tree under which Buddha sat and meditated is infested with …

कैसे मान लें कि विलुप्त हो रही हैं प्रजातियां, वैज्ञानिक ढूंढ़ रहे फार्मूला

हमें जानना होगा कि पूर्व में कितने शेर रहे होंगे और कितनों का शिकार हुआ होगा, अब कितने बचे हैं

Controvesy over South China tiger's photograph

Many protected migratory species declining: Report

73 per cent of Appendix I and 48 per cent of Appendix II species of the Convention on Migratory Species are diminishing, it says, with …

How to curb illicit trade in endangered plants? DNA barcoding could help

DNA barcodes can identify species even from a minute amount of tissue, which can help in tackling illegal trade

Walking tall

UK faunascape changes with climate change

Scientists identifed 55 species of invertebrates, mammals and birds that moved out of their natural range or arrived in the UK between …

Poaching taking a toll on gorilla, zebra population: IUCN

The Eastern Gorilla has moved from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Critically Endangered’ category with its total population now …

SOUTH KOREA

Disappearing life

794 animal species face extinction in 595 sites over the globe

Painting vanished species

छठवीं बार इस पृथ्वी पर सामूहिक प्रजातियों की विलुप्ति का प्रबल खतरा

धरती पर अब तक कुल पांच बार सामूहिक प्रजातियों की विलुप्ति हो चुकी है। लगातार खराब होती धरती की सतह के कारण करीब आधी ...

'River regulation responsible for decline in water bird population in Australia'

Kate Brandis, joint research fellow at the Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW and Australian Nuclear Science Technology Organisation

Sparring in the countryside

Trying to bring as many countries to CMS as I can: Executive Secretary

Amy Fraenkel speaks on the functioning of Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals  

Survival of rarest birds found in eastern Himalayas at risk

Deforestation, shifting cultivation and conversion of forests for plantations have led to massive loss of forests

Rocky outcrops: An ecosystem being erased before it's completely discovered

The outcrops, which play a key role in water catchments, are fading out even before they have been discovered

COSTA RICA

Protecting turtles

MoU to safeguard the dwindling number of turtles on the anvil in India

Linking Up

Development of a protected area network is necessary to save the plants and animals of Sikkim

Forays of Ignorance

There is something seriously amiss in the way studies of wildlife have been conducted in Sikkim

For a stitch in time

Is the Malabar civet extinct? Or is it teetering on the verge of extinction?

‘Wildlife usage must be based on sound science and adaptive management’

Susan Lieberman, Vice President, International Policy, Wildlife Conservation Society, spoke about the highlights of the ongoing CMS CoP

African countries propose concerted action to conserve giraffes at CMS CoP 13

International online database, involvement of communities, a conservation fund and translocation guidelines are some of the proposal’s …