Simply Put: Insect apocalypse
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 …
Why we should change how we talk about nonhuman animals
We wouldn’t say “it” or “that” when referring to humans, so why would we for other sentient individuals?
CITES COP19: Read DTE’s coverage of the 19th World Wildlife Conference
The event has been dubbed as a ‘watershed’ for its ‘historic’ decisions
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
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&…
How ecological restoration helped transform a degraded land parcel in Maharashtra
The conservationists steered clear of monoculture to focus on a holistic process of replenishing the soil, water and biodiversity
Humans force wild animals into tight spots, or send them far from home. We calculated just how big the impact is
Because animal movement is linked to many important ecological processes, disruptions to movement can cascade through ecosystems
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
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
Why poachers persist in hunting bushmeat - even though it's dangerous
A study in western Tanzania shows that poachers take risks to widen their livelihood options and improve their situation
China-backed Sumatran dam threatens the rarest ape in the world
The plan to build a massive hydropower dam in Sumatra as part of China’s immense Belt and Road Initiative threatens the habitat …
Chicken hatcheries in Egypt serving as breeding grounds for antibiotic resistance
A team of scientists came to this conclusion after testing fecal samples and swabs collected from 10 hatcheries in the country
The power of community
The role of the Bishnois in sending Salman Khan to jail is a shining instance of the power of community participation in conservation
Life on Earth at risk
A series of landmark reports show rapid biodiversity loss, land degradation driving species to extinction
'Frogs are beautiful'
Wildlife filmamker Ajay Bedi talks to Down To Earth about his recent documentary, 'The Secret Life of Frogs' that released commercially recently
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 …
'Animals and humans have shared spaces in India long before 1972'
In the aftermath of a tragic incident in Maharashtra's Junnar, where 5 leopard cubs were burnt to death unknowingly by a farmer in whose field …
Giant ancient sharks had enormous babies that ate their siblings in the womb
It seems the start of a megalodon’s life was a tale of two halves. They were protected by a wonderful mother sacrificing time and energy to …
Leopard kills forester in Uttarakhand; authorities suspect it to be a man-eater
The staff of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve was attacked in the Motichur range in Raiwala area