Hunt for survival!

Pakistan's national animal's trophy hunted -- for conservation and income to the poor

Fudged!

US wildlife reports, complain scientists

For a stitch in time

Is the Malabar civet extinct? Or is it teetering on the verge of extinction?

For a common environmental ethic

Let's understand that species have both aesthetic and utilitarian values

On its last legs

A rare bird versus a canal

Vatavaran film festival

News 360

Tiger skin seized

Minor arrested

Interview: Janpath Executive Secretary Harinesh Pandya Speaks on Murder of Amit Jethwa

Involuntary sex change

This is next in the series of frog extinction events

Tourist behaviour in Western Ghats robbing simians of their foraging skills, hurting forest ecosystem, activists say

The animals are often given food in packaging, which they discard deep inside forests and pollute the natural environment

Assisted hunting

States are increasingly translocating herbivores and ungulates to reserves to ensure adequate prey base for tigers. But this strategy may not …

Kerala’s gaur-human conflict debates fail to address some core issues; here is why

Gaurs had turned violent & aggressive after being shot by poachers; contentious issues, including the role of poachers, remain unaddressed

CITES COP19: ‘Recognise women’s effort in tackling wildlife trade’

Gender gaps obfuscate understanding of real-world illegal wildlife trade activities & appropriate intervention 

Sherni: A Bollywood film that knows its environmentalism well

Every scene is finely etched in this very accurate portrayal of how India’s forest service actually works

How ‘tiger farms’ have turned a wild animal into a species worth more dead than alive

Tigers in parts of east and south-east Asia can come in bottled form, sold openly in industrial breeding centres as tiger bone wine, a concoction …

'Did the blackbuck and chinkara commit suicide?'

There’s a lack of seriousness in prosecuting offenders under the Wildlife Protection Act

Why there is a need to protect wildlife?

In a deeper analysis, it will appear that protecting wildlife is vital for the present as well as future generations

Look beyond invasive species

Competition, not predation, is the most influential process that shapes food web  

Watch out for these balloons

Sometimes resplendent, ungainly at other times, frogs are indicators of ecological health

Cut it out

A critique of recent suggestions to hack tusks, horns and other poachers' delights to save endangered animals.

A change for the worse

Is a state government notification an indication that Gujarat, once considered to be committed to wildlife protection, has now moved industry to …

Employment schemes fail to ease rural poverty

The government's employment generation schemes, laudable though they may be, have yet to achieve their goals. Not involving intended …

When the land shouts

Van Gujjars in the Shivalik foothills vociferously claim managing authority of the Rajaji National Park