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Why is Bahraich always in the news for wildlife attacks? The answer is its geography

Why is Bahraich always in the news for wildlife attacks? The answer is its geography

20 Jul 2026

2 min read

First sighted in 2008, rare, orange-mouthed monkey is a new primate species from Africa

First sighted in 2008, rare, orange-mouthed monkey is a new primate species from Africa

Himanshu Nitnaware

17 Jul 2026

4 min read

A dance in the dark

A dance in the dark

Himanshu Nitnaware

17 Jul 2026

1 min read

News

Why is Bahraich always in the news for wildlife attacks? The answer is its geography

Why is Bahraich always in the news for wildlife attacks? The answer is its geography

20 Jul 2026

2 min read

First sighted in 2008, rare, orange-mouthed monkey is a new primate species from Africa

First sighted in 2008, rare, orange-mouthed monkey is a new primate species from Africa

Himanshu Nitnaware

17 Jul 2026

4 min read

A dance in the dark

A dance in the dark

Himanshu Nitnaware

17 Jul 2026

1 min read

Wildlife trade body to meet in Geneva to decide the fate of the world’s traded plants

Wildlife trade body to meet in Geneva to decide the fate of the world’s traded plants

Shimali Chauhan

13 Jul 2026

4 min read

Geneva meeting to shape the future of global wildlife trade

Geneva meeting to shape the future of global wildlife trade

Shimali Chauhan

12 Jul 2026

2 min read

Desert rain frog, over half of molluscs pushed towards extinction: IUCN Red List

Desert rain frog, over half of molluscs pushed towards extinction: IUCN Red List

Himanshu Nitnaware

09 Jul 2026

4 min read

Kota mugger crocodile deaths: Banned pesticide Aldrin found in Chandraloi river, forest department denies responsibility

Kota mugger crocodile deaths: Banned pesticide Aldrin found in Chandraloi river, forest department denies responsibility

09 Jul 2026

3 min read

Leopards can still make a comeback in sub-Saharan Africa if appropriate conservation steps are taken: Study

Leopards can still make a comeback in sub-Saharan Africa if appropriate conservation steps are taken: Study

07 Jul 2026

2 min read

Climate change driving more local extinctions in temperate species than tropical ones, study finds

Climate change driving more local extinctions in temperate species than tropical ones, study finds

Himanshu Nitnaware

06 Jul 2026

4 min read

June Rubis, an Indigenous representative on the Steering Committee of the Cali Fund

More biodiversity funding is reaching Indigenous communities. But who decides how it is spent?

Shimali Chauhan

06 Jul 2026

6 min read

Millions of insect species remain undiscovered despite global decline, says a new study

Millions of insect species remain undiscovered despite global decline, says a new study

06 Jul 2026

2 min read

Himalayan pangolin confirmed as a distinct species, was earlier classified as subspecies of Chinese pangolin

Himalayan pangolin confirmed as a distinct species, was earlier classified as subspecies of Chinese pangolin

Himanshu Nitnaware

04 Jul 2026

3 min read

Interviews

Human-wildlife conflict is really a crisis of forest governance: C R Bijoy

Human-wildlife conflict is really a crisis of forest governance: C R Bijoy

01 Jul 2026

7 min read

Radheshyam Bishnoi

Radheshyam Bishnoi was a man rooted in the Thar; he must be remembered as India’s very own ‘Godawan Man’: Sumit Dookia

31 May 2025

5 min read

‘Project benefits conservation’

‘Project benefits conservation’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

02 May 2025

3 min read

My request to today’s birdwatchers & ornithologists is to speak up on behalf of birds: Asad Rahmani

My request to today’s birdwatchers & ornithologists is to speak up on behalf of birds: Asad Rahmani

11 Apr 2025

6 min read

Mountain lion kittens would have certainly perished in LA wildfires: Sanjay Gubbi

Mountain lion kittens would have certainly perished in LA wildfires: Sanjay Gubbi

27 Jan 2025

4 min read

World needs an additional 1.5 million rangers to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030: Rohit Singh

World needs an additional 1.5 million rangers to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030: Rohit Singh

14 Dec 2024

4 min read

Blogs

Giants of the ocean: Why India must protect its manta rays

Giants of the ocean: Why India must protect its manta rays

14 Jul 2026

6 min read

Big bees have the most to lose as global CO₂ levels rise: new research

Big bees have the most to lose as global CO₂ levels rise: new research

Kit Prendergast

13 Jul 2026

3 min read

From fortress conservation to coexistence, and beyond

From fortress conservation to coexistence, and beyond

11 Jul 2026

7 min read

Why Kerala should adopt a sentience-rights-based approach in governing captive elephants

Why Kerala should adopt a sentience-rights-based approach in governing captive elephants

08 Jul 2026

4 min read

David Attenborough, the man who brought the wild home

David Attenborough, the man who brought the wild home

27 Jun 2026

5 min read

The first case of H5N1 bird flu in Australia has been confirmed. What does this mean?

The first case of H5N1 bird flu in Australia has been confirmed. What does this mean?

Marcel Klaassen

23 Jun 2026

4 min read

The Save Neel Naag drive in action.

Kashmir’s children are turning wetland loss into community action

17 Jun 2026

5 min read

Rhino horn: Why South Africa wants to revive the international trade, and why critics fear the consequences

Rhino horn: Why South Africa wants to revive the international trade, and why critics fear the consequences

Jason Gilchrist

10 Jun 2026

4 min read

Videos

The Sunita Narain Show: What are the complexities of human-wildlife conflicts?

The Sunita Narain Show: What are the complexities of human-wildlife conflicts?

Wild animals are destroying crops and adding massively to the economic losses of farmers; the desperate plight of farmers cannot simply be dismissed

07 Apr 2026

1 min read

Poisoned, buried, covered up: Tigress death sparks outrage in MP

Poisoned, buried, covered up: Tigress death sparks outrage in MP

02 Apr 2026

1 min read

AAD 2026: Sajan John on the health of coral reefs along the Indian coastline

AAD 2026: Sajan John on health of coral reefs along Indian coastline

27 Feb 2026

1 min read

AAD 2026: In conversation with Qamar Qureshi on protecting India’s biodiversity

AAD 2026: In conversation with Qamar Qureshi on protecting India’s biodiversity

26 Feb 2026

1 min read

Maharashtra’s Ujani Reservoir sees 12.2 million native fish release

Maharashtra’s Ujani Reservoir sees 12.2 million native fish release

24 Feb 2026

1 min read

Why Kerala fishers cut their own nets to save whale sharks

Why Kerala fishers cut their own nets to save whale sharks

18 Feb 2026

1 min read

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