Tiger pathways
Future of tigers depends on how well forests are connected, facilitating gene flow
To cull or not
The killing of a gorilla in the Cincinnati Zoo renews the moral existential dilemma
The monkey's paw of Lutyens' Delhi
More than 1,000 cases of monkey bites are reported every day in Indian cities
South Africa bans leopard hunting for this year
The hunting industry adds US $410 million to the country’s coffers every year
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 7 – 13)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Global Eco Watch: Chinese govt recommends bear bile as cure for COVID-19
Global Eco Watch: Venomous snakes easy to procure as pets in the UK, finds study
Bad news for grizzlies as berries ripening faster due to climate change
The bears need to feast on buffalo berries before they hibernate for the winter
Activists divided on rhino poaching numbers in South Africa
The numbers of rhinos killed in 2015 range between 1,160 and 1,500
Simply Put: Insect apocalypse
CITES COP19: Read DTE’s coverage of the 19th World Wildlife Conference
The event has been dubbed as a ‘watershed’ for its ‘historic’ decisions
Keeping the ‘Green Hills’ truly green
An eco-toursim model allows tourists to explore the wilderness of Tamil Nadu's Pachaimalai hills and locals to have a stake in protecting them
How many ants live on earth? At least 20,000,000,000,000,000
Total biomass of this species is about 12 million tonnes, while the combined biomass of wild mammals and birds is two million tonnes and seven …
Lockdowns brought down poaching rates in Africa, but rhinos still under threat
Poaching numbers went down in 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown; they went up again in 2021
Cheetah relocation: Wild cats likely to arrive Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno by end of August
Staff and authorities of Kuno National Park are struggling to keep leopards out of the 500-hectare enclosure made for the cheetahs
Win-win strategy: These countries’ conservation practices have helped their economy too
Countries across the world have identified and adopted measures to conserve wild species that can help develop sustainable livelihood opportunities
A 140-year-old Tassie tiger brain sample survived two world wars and made it to our lab. Here’s what we found
Overall, the thylacine brain resembles that of its carnivorous marsupial relatives (dasyurids, like dunnarts, quolls and Tasmanian devils) more …
Local bodies are key to decentralised biodiversity governance
It is necessary to redesign interactions between those close to biodiversity, protecting and nurturing biodiversity and those benefiting from them
A step forward for conservation at CMS COP 13
Ten different species, including three from India have been recommended to be added in Appendix I and II of the CMS CoP 13
Crowd-sourcing, community participation to help in conserving rare toad
Bengaluru-based non-profit grantee to build citizen conservationist group for mapping, conserving Malabar Tree Toad in the Western Ghats
In the dark, freezing ocean under Antarctica’s largest ice shelf, we discovered a thriving microbial jungle
Everywhere we look, we find microbial communities making use of whatever energy source is available, creating the foundation for all of Earth&…
Bihar plans to sterilise, not cull, nilgais
State government plans to sterilise 5,000 nilgais in 2022, says Bihar forest minister
EO Wilson’s lifelong passion for ants helped him teach humans about how to live sustainably with nature
Wilson, who died December 26, 2021, at the age of 92, discovered the chemical means by which ants communicate
Habitat of bird that flies non-stop for 5 days from Japan to Australia under threat
Urban development continues to threaten Latham’s Snipe habitats. Several snipe sites in eastern Australia are at risk from housing …
Want to save millions of migratory birds? Turn off your outdoor lights in spring and fall
Birds use stars to orient their journey between summer breeding grounds and winter feeding grounds. The artificial lights produced by humans …
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