Good while it lasted - II: 6th mass extinction an all pervasive loss
The loss of biodiversity is on land, water and air, across all continents, and indicates mass extinction
Australia puts koalas in ‘endangered’ category as numbers plunge
According to estimates, 60,000 koalas died or were affected by the devastating ‘Black Summer’ bushfires of 2019-2020
Drug debacle: Endangered vulture population still under threat
India’s vulture populations are not safe; they are still small to recover quickly and will not survive another catastrophic event
Great Apes will lose 90% of their homelands in Africa in the coming decades
Scientists say the key action to avert losses is ensuring connectivity between ape habitats and by creating new protected areas
International Vulture Awareness Day: What is the status of Indian vultures?
The legacy of diclofenac continues to cast a shadow over India’s vultures. However, efforts are being taken to revive populations&…
Threat of invasive alien species is increasing worldwide: International study
Urgent action is required to prevent, detect and control invaders at both local and global levels, say authors
Wild canids should be recognised as flagbearers to expand India’s conservation enterprise
As most canid habitats are in human-dominated landscapes, we must modify our notion of ‘conservation’ so that both, wildlife and …
Forest elephants are our allies in the fight against climate change, finds research
African forest elephants – smaller and more vulnerable relatives of the better known African bush elephant – are fast going extinct. …
Windturbines posing a threat to birds: study
Researchers were invited by two windfarm owners in Gujarat and in Karnataka to investigate bird mortalities
There’s still so much we don’t know about the star-gazing beetle with a tiny brain
Dung beetles process visual information that even humans with their vast brains struggle to comprehend
India's killer wire snares
New analysis reveals the damage done to wildlife by poachers' wire snares over the past one decade
Five actions Madagascar's president must take to save country's biodiversity
Andry Rajoelina’s term represents the last chance to save some of Madagascar’s incredible natural heritage
‘Yeti is a vehicle to connect with our wild past’
While the India Army claims to have seen tracks of the mythical Himalayan monster in snow, here’s an interview of American scholar Daniel C …
More to roosting than meets the eye
A new study from Rajasthan is uncovering interesting facets about the behaviour of Indian water birds that should aid in their conservation
Palm fossils suggest Tibet had high mountains and deep valleys
A new study has suggested that Tibet may not have been a plateau all the time and perhaps had high mountains and deep valleys
Grey hypocolius seen for the first time in the Thar
Found in North Africa and West Asia, the bird was photographed in two locations in Rajasthan
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 …
‘In a world in which wildlife is so threatened, the Indus dolphin is a rare good news story’
Gill Braulik, who has been studying Indus River dolphins in Pakistan for over 15 years, speaks to Down To Earth about the future of the animal in …
18 Chinkaras die within a fortnight in Jaislamer
Cause of death included getting entangled in wire fencing and being attacked by stray dogs
‘There are less than 8 Great Indian Bustards in Maharashtra’
We, a team of Wildlife Institute of India (WII) scientists, reached this sobering conclusion recently after conducting a complex and statistically-…
Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth
In Wild Things, Wild Places actress, author, and conservationist Jane Alexander offers a moving first-hand assessment of what is being done to …
From loathed to loved: villagers in Assam rally to save Greater Adjutant stork
“Called a prodigy of ugliness” by one ornithologist, this avian scavenger is being championed by villagers in Assam, to everyone’…
Wild bet
Gone extinct in the wild, scimitar-horned oryx are reintroduced in their natural habitat in Chad
Is there a future for wetland birds of Sippighat?
Despite ecological disturbances such as high noise levels and presence of debris, wetlands birds are a sight to behold here
National bird and state animal—a nuisance in Goa?
The government of Goa has proposed to classify peafowl and the gaur as vermin in the state
