South Africa confirms signing of MoU to translocate more than 100 cheetahs to India

As part of the MoU, 12 cheetahs will be brought to India annually for the next 10 years

World Elephant Day: The trials of India’s national heritage animal

Of 21 venues housing 509 elephants, 45% were kept in severely inadequate conditions

Multi-stakeholder approach needed to address Assam’s vulture poisoning incidents

Farmers set poisoned meat to kill dogs, but vultures die in huge numbers, leaving few records of dog mortality

Snake slides: ‘Python Day’ and raising awareness on serpent conservation at Colonel Sher Jung National Park

Wildlife Institute of India fellow Nidhi Singh chronicles her survey of the park and her first encounters with creatures she fears the most

Taxonomical tumult: Confusion about animal names hindering fight against wildlife crime

India’s wildlife law has not incorporated new scientific discoveries and understandings, which is leading to confusion and chaos in …

Adivasis in India: Co-existence and stewardship

Much is at stake in how we define co-existence. On the one hand is a largely western legacy of wildlife conservation, while on the other hand, is …

Union Budget 2020-21: Big chunk goes to tigers and elephants

Allocation for other species reduced  

Pangolin scale seizures jumped 10 times between 2014 and 2018: UN report

Pangolins have, recently, been vilified because of reports that linked them to the emergence of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes …

Protecting 30% of Earth’s surface for nature means thinking about connections near and far

Protecting forests and grasslands can help slow climate change by promoting carbon storage in soil and plants

NCRB: Injuries, deaths due to animal attacks increased by 19%

Most cases reported in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh

Firecracker bursting new in Kedarnath, can impact glaciers & wildlife: Experts warn as videos emerge

A section of experts say wildlife moved away from human presence, may not have an impact

Project Tiger, CAMPA funds used to finance cheetah project: Centre

Barda wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat being developed as a second home for Asiatic lions

Brazil GEF meet: Over half a billion dollars set aside for work on biodiversity

Adequate funds are needed to meet the 4 goals & 23 targets set under the Kunming-Montreal biodiversity framework by 2030  

Total weight of humans is 10 times that of all wild mammals put together

The weight distribution is also skewed: 40% global biomass of wild land mammals is concentrated in only 10 species

Sustainable use of wild species can meet needs of billions: IPBES 9 report

The global assessment stressed that the sustainable use of wild species needed constant negotiation and adaptive management

Bonn biodoversity summit: Time to reimagine conservation to ensure sustainable use of wild species, say environmentalists

Report to be released July 8 will explore how sustainable use of wild species relate to global development goals

Etalin hydel: Experts warn of biodiversity loss in Dibang Valley in letter to forest advisory panel

The project will require diversion of 1,165 hectares of forest land, felling of more than 280,000 trees

World elephant day: Recent killings show Odisha’s elephants live in constant danger

The elephant mortality rate has gone up alarmingly: The average deaths per year was 33 in 1990-2000, 46 in 2001-2010 and 76 since 2010.

Asian tigers get a boost: 10 countries pledge $1 billion over a decade for habitat conservation

Since 2015, tiger population globally has increased from 3,200 in 2015 to about 4,500 in 2022

Study finds even vultures in protected areas not safe from toxic drugs

New study contradicts the claim of vultures living in the wild are safe from painkiller diclofenac

Buxwaha: Has India’s government not learnt lessons from COVID-19?

What development can be achieved by wrecking an ecosystem on which the poorest depend?

Book Excerpt: The cat from the land of the Jatakas and Panchatantra

BN Goswamy, one of India’s leading art historians, put together a fascinating collection of folktales, paintings, poems and proverbs in his …

‘Small herbivores are true victims’

Megaherbivores unwittingly promote the spread of invasive species by dispersing their seeds

Socotra archipelago: Why the Emiratis have set their sights on the Arab world’s Garden of Eden

Experts estimate tHAT 37% of its plant species, 90% reptiles and 95% land snails exist nowhere else in the world

Bats are avoiding solar farms and scientists aren’t sure why

One of the reasons could be that bats sometimes mistake flat surfaces for still water