Endangered birdlands

Snail's place

DTE Coverage: CMS COP14 Samarkand

Uzbekistan meet ends with parties agreeing to adopt listing proposals for 14 migratory species

Why the cheetah may never come back to India?

The year India became independent it also lost all its cheetahs. In 1947, India's last two Asiatic Cheetahs were shot dead in erstwhile princely …

Ban on exports helps protect Indian bullfrog

The decline of the Indian bullfrog was reported recently in a New Scientist article. But, it may be premature to conclude that the species is doomed.

Eight hearts do the work of one

US scientists postulate the Barosaurus needed more than one heart to pump blood throughout its 15-metre height

For a safer landing?

An experiment ultimately aimed at protecting the threatened whooping crane -- by teaching it to migrate to relatively safer winter locations -- …

Approaching the end

Special efforts are needed or mammals with limited skills will not be able to survive the onslaught of development

Splash!

It was huge. And it was heading straight for Earth. Astronomers said the end was here. Frantic revisions of their calculations later showed that …

Protect migratory marine species from fish aggregating devices, pollution: COP14 shares guidelines

Draft decisions acknowledge concerns regarding impact on marine, aquatic life due to human disturbances  

Can agriculture fuel mass extinction?

We must make gradual changes and develop agriculture according to the principles of life on the planet

1000000 species under extinction. Blame humans

The Global Ecosystem Assessment by Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services shows the current rate and …

Animals, plants shifting home ranges faster than believed

These species have moved 17 km towards the poles and 11 m up in altitude per decade on a global average

Southern Africa’s new ecoregion brimming with undocumented life but in urgent need of conservation

Despite its ecological significance, SEAMA has one of the highest deforestation rates in Africa

FULL COVERAGE: Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals CoP in Gandhinagar

Migratory birds drop dead in Rajasthan

Tourists discovered dead birds at Sambhar lake in Jaipur district

Last blossom

Kangaroo run

Patented panda

Sinking fast

A treasure in eggs

Hunters grounded

Mysterious mammal

Sea cows under threat

Symbiosis

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