Is genetic engineering the right way to cure the problem of invasive species?

A new gene-based technology allows curbing the population of species such as mosquitoes which spread malaria or dengue. But there are dangers involved

Tadoba park closed

Uncertainty of conservation science

Species that need protection are rare, shy and difficult to spot

Time to tell the truth, again

Bat Tracks

On the tracks of two Indian bat species: one found in abundance, the other most elusive

Guns, saws and double standards

Vedanta and lessons in conservation

2022 too short, too far: DTE’s top wildlife stories of the year

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022

Are Amur tigers ‘re-wilding’ China?

A camera-trap video recently captured a tiger family deep inside China

Let them co-exist

Engage forest dwellers in managing wildlife: Tiger Task Force

Kaziranga loses 10 tigers

2006: the tiger re-appears

Maneaten

When news that there were no tigers in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, hit national headlines, ritu gupta went fact-finding: what exactly was …

SC order on eco-sensitive zone has no scientific basis, case-to-case ESZ needed, say experts

In these times of climate change, all pockets that hold biodiversity are eco-sensitive zones, they said

Sighting of desert cat termed ‘rare’ by MP is not rare after all, say independent wildlife experts

Sighting of the cat in jungles in not unusual, claim experts with ‘photographic evidence‘ captured as recently as 2018

Albino palm civet sighted in Odisha after 129 years in Satkosia Tiger Reserve

A partial albino common palm civet was last sighted in 1891 in the state’s Kandhamal district

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 9, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

"Pre-Independence India did better conservation"

M K Ranjitsinh has been involved in conservation for more than 40 years. Rajat Ghai speaks to him about his latest book, A Life with Wildlife: …

Of 'man-eating tigers' and ‘tiger-eating men'

While reigniting debate on human-wildlife conflicts, Uttarakhand High Court’s order on man-eating big cats leaves many questions unanswered …

Mullaperiyar dam: Kerala to convene all-party meet

Environmentalists say people, not politicians, from both Kerala and Tamil Nadu must find the solution

Decoding predatory genes

First mapping of the Siberian tiger genome shows how tigers evolved to hunt and kill

17 fishers injured in firing by forest guards

They were fishing in reservoir inside the Pench Tiger Reserve, where fishing has been banned by high court

Of pug-marks and prowls

A recent study on the notion of territoriality among tigers reveals that females are more home-bound than the males

New Chinese rule for wildlife

Wildlife mismanaged

The biggest threat to wildlife comes from foresters themselves