World Environment Day 2016: Sustaining our wildlife

We must depart from narrow solutions and find opportunities in our mountain landscapes to secure larger habitats, writes ICIMOD's Rajan Kotru

Keep forestsshall feed

The Northern model of conserving tropical forests by completely eleminating humans from them will spell ecological disaster, and may aimed more …

Birds and bees of a tiger park

Book>> Biodiversity of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan by V Singh and A K Shrivastava Scientific Publishers Jodhpur

We don’t know how many mountain gorillas live in the wild. Here’s why

A new census — carried out by the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration (a coalition of governments, non-profits and …

Future of Taste: How do our food choices affect climate change?

 As the world prepares itself to be climate-responsible, we need to reset the connection between food and livelihood, nutrition and nature

Simply Put: The encroachers

Great India Bustard, not in a good 'state'

Simply Put: Welcome to the jungle

Simply Put: Tiger’s new tattoo

Baby gharials sighted after 30 years in a remote region of Nepal

The animals' sighting is a positive sign for the recovery of the species

Call from the hills

Chulu can be consumed and used in numerous ways

Nature's pollution indicators

Certain plant and animal species are being used as "early warning systems" for pollution

Survival tactic

Fungus help plants in adversity

Value-added birdwatching

Simply Put: Tiger widows of the Sundarbans

WRCS denies allegations of irregularities in owl conservation efforts

Wildlife Research and Conservation Society has issued the following rejoinder to a Down To Earth report (published August 19), titled Forest dept …

'Don't misunderstand the leopard'

Few wildlife enthusiasts have tracked leopards more closely or known them more intimately than jonathan and Angela Scott, who have made the …

Researchers discover new tree species in Tanzania mountains

Mischogyne iddi trees have larger leaves and range between 13 and 45 centimetre in diametre 

We taught bees a simple number language – and they got it

Honeybees can learn and apply challenging numerical concepts such as greater vs lesser items, a quantitative valuation of 'zero', and simple …

India needs specific anti-venom for snakebites in different regions

Snakebite, which is a neglected public health concern, causes nearly 50,000 deaths in India every year

How loss in bumblebee's diet can impact humans

Bumblebees are crucial for production of foods such as tomatoes and strawberries, cranberries, peppers, eggplants, and potatoes  

‘Chinese medicine’s use of animals a threat to entire world’

Down to Earth speaks to US scientist and doctor, David Gorski about Traditional Chinese Medicine in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2023

Although they comprise less than five per cent of the world population, indigenous peoples protect 80 per cent of the world’s biodiversity …

Insect taxonomy expertise in Europe may be at risk, says new study

According to a new report, the number of scientists who specialise in the identification and discovery of insect species — also known as …

India to re-introduce cheetahs from Africa in November

A total of 10 African cheetahs are being brought from South Africa to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh