How can we bring disappearing sparrows back to our cities?

On the occasion of World Sparrow Day, we take a look at what’s ailing these small birds and how to bring them respite

Ancient giraffe relative was the largest cud-chewing mammal on Earth

With an estimated adult body mass of almost 1,250 kg, this relative of modern ruminants lived in the Himalayan foothills more than one million …

These giant ‘drop bears’ with opposable thumbs once scaled trees in Australia. But how did they grow so huge?

Scientists look into skeletons of huge tree-dwelling herbivorous marsupials, known as Nimbadon

Eastern Ghats: A biota under serious threat

An effective strategy for eco-development, involving locals can save the flora, fauna and natural resources of the region

This Hawaiian tree snail is the first extinction of 2019

George, of the species Achatinella apexfulva, died on New Year’s Day, 2019

New invasive weed spotted in Karnataka

EthuliagracilisDelile, possibly originating in Africa, spotted in Belagavi and Bagalkot

Russia to bring woolly mammoths back from the dead

The government of a remote region in Siberia is planning to build a “Jurassic Park” where cloned woolly mammoth, cave lions and other …

USA v World species

While the world's species pay the price for USA's extravagant consumption patterns, biodiversity in the country remains largely safe

Feral animals are running amok on Australia’s islands – here’s how to stop them

Eradicating feral animals from islands can be expensive, but new research shows where to get the biggest bang for our buck

Let the Sangai dance

A critically endangered brow-antlered deer found in the world's only floating wildlife park in Manipur may soon lose its habitat

Menagerie of new species

An inaccessible forest region on the Laos-Vietnam border may be home to animals and birds not found anywhere else in the world

When the birds come home

A symbiosis between bird and man provides a welcome winter home for the blacknecked crane, rediscovered in India after four decades

Siberian tiger in the cold

Conservationists draw up strategies to arrest the rapid decimation of the great Siberian tiger

As we fight to protect species on the brink of extinction, let’s not forget the familiar ones

To conserve nature, we must maintain our focus on the familiar

No food in forests: Bears, langurs throng Uttarkahand apple orchards as native vegetation gets taken over by invasives

Locals report numerous changes in food habits of wildlife; increased number of tigers in the state may also have a role

Coral breach: A silent, catastrophic invasion has happened in the Gulf of Mannar; here is how

The government plans a seaweed park in Tamil Nadu, ignoring the threat that Kappaphycus, a widely grown invasive seaweed, poses to corals in the …

Study offers clues on ecological gain of weeding out Lantana

Researchers look into effect of removing invasive bush in Madhya Pradesh’s critical tiger conservation site

Red roving fowl

India, which gave the red jungle fowl, the mother of all poultry to the rest of the world, is now importing poultry from outside and destroying …

There’s a thriving global market in turtles and much of that trade is illegal

Turtles are well-known carriers of salmonella, but humans are a much bigger threat to the reptiles than vice versa

‘Lianas threaten Earth’s carbon sinks’

Field ecologist Alain Ngute explains how lianas have lower carbon sequestering capacity than trees & when they compete for sunlight in the …

Simply Put: Invasive species

Conquest of lantana

A decade-long initiative in Madhya Pradesh to reclaim land overrun by lantana helps residents restart agriculture and restore native biodiversity&…

Pau Brasil: CITES COP19 rejects proposal to include Brazil’s national tree in Appendix I

Its high-quality wood is mainly used to make bows for musical instruments

Simply Put: The supreme invasive species

Simply Put: Green cover