R K Laxman and his love for common crow

Legendary cartoonist who passed away on Monday in Pune had a fascination for the crow, which he thought was a really ‘uncommon’ bird

Dying Kingdom

In the past decade, eight bird species have been confirmed as extinct or close to extinction. Globally, there are more than 16,000 animals on the …

इंसानी परिवेश में ढलते वनमानुष

यदि शिकार जैसे प्रमुख खतरे को नियंत्रित कर लिया जाता है �…

This is one of India's greatest contributions to the world

A fascinating history of how red jungle fowl from India is the progenitor of all chickens served across the world

Yak and reindeer herders meet on top of the world

Yak herders from Bhutan, Nepal, and China met with reindeer herders from Norway, Russia and found surprising commonalities in the challenges they …

When a critically endangered bird becomes elusive

Recently, Maharashtra's principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) AK Misra has started a novel scheme to save the critically endangered …

Illegal and ignominious world of wildlife trafficking

Analysing the magnitude and international nature of illegal trade of Indian wildlife species

World Wildlife Day: born free

A large part of biodiversity, especially fauna, is threatened due to human activity. Time and again, we have tried, and failed to restrict these …

Down To Earth speaks to conservation icon George Schaller

George Schaller on his life, accomplishments and the road ahead for world wildlife conservation

Back of Australia

The continent has an unlikely superlative: it has the world's largest feral camel population. RAJAT GHAI traces their origin from British India …

13 smarter ways to fight wildlife crime

Poachers will run out of luck with countries using these promising technological tools to detect wildlife crime and step up law enforcement

What is sixth extinction?

The planet is losing species at an alarming rate. What are the reasons? Are humans to be blamed?

Dying kingdom

Species that could vanish in 2015 if we don’t act now

Human-leopard conflict: big cats losing battle for survival

An estimated 60 leopards are killed in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh each year

Great India Bustard, not in a good 'state'

A hospital for wounded birds

Brothers Mohammad Nadeem and Mohammad Saud, run one of the world's biggest hospitals dedicated to predatory birds in the world in Delhi's …

'Don't misunderstand the leopard'

Few wildlife enthusiasts have tracked leopards more closely or known them more intimately than jonathan and Angela Scott, who have made the …

दो बीघा जंगल

जहां जानवर घूमते थे, अब वहां हाथी ट्रेन के नीचे आकर कटकर �…

The Yeti quest

Daniel C Taylor explored the Himalayas extensively for 60 years only to discover that it is actually a bear

A Last Wild Place

In this book, Mike Tomkies gives a remarkable picture of the whole cycle of nature around him, in a harsh and testing environment of unrivalled …

Is illegal trade pushing the mongoose towards extinction?

Reports suggest that brushes made of mongoose hair are in great demand in several countries and are often smuggled to the US, the Middle East and …

Earth has lost 60% of its animals since 1970

Is the world losing its biodiversity faster than it can replace? A new report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has some ominous news

Bizarre, serious, jocular

Janaki Lenin captures the animal (and human) world in all its mystique and charm

These self-taught doctors treat over 2000 wild birds a month in Delhi

Brothers Mohammad Nadeem and Mohammad Saud, have been rescuing birds for over 14 years. Every month, they treat 2000 birds out of their own …

‘We inform locals about the wildlife in their backyard’

Sanjay Gubbi, who recently set up a nature information centre in Karnataka, says this it’s the first such centre to disseminate information …