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
Seagrass meadows are rapidly expanding near inhabited islands in Maldives — here’s why
Seagrass is surprisingly three times more likely to be found next to inhabited islands, rather than uninhabited
Sturgeon poaching for meat, caviar rampant in lower Danube: WWF report
The report is the first market survey that quantifies the scale of the illegal trade
As black-necked cranes return to Tawang, expert says awareness key for survival
Sacred to Tibetan Buddhists, the black-necked crane faces a variety of threats in its only wintering retreat in India
Thick ones, pointy ones – how albatross beaks evolved to match their prey
Beak size, shape varied between albatross species, making it a useful tool for identifying species that otherwise look similar
Lateral Thoughts: Where is the money for biodiversity?
The amendments have reduced the scope of access and benefit sharing and new thinking is needed ensure that communities are not sidelined
More than 90% of the world’s salt marshes may soon succumb to sea level rise: Study
In a sea level rise scenario, the only solution left with plants will be to colonise new areas or to go uphill, but this may not be possible in …
IPBES9: Bonn to host major global biodiversity seminar from July 3
140 governments will meet in German city to consider 2 new scientific reports on sustainable use of wild species and values and valuation of …
DNA from air may help identify, track animals in the wild: Studies
The findings could help understand the composition of animal communities and detect the spread of non-native species
More protected: 82% countries raised cover for vulnerable areas in a decade
Over 21 million square kilometres has been placed within protected and conserved areas since 2010, the report states
New strategy needed to curb 'jaw-dropping' wildlife trafficking in southeast Asia: Report
Organised criminal networks aided by wildlife cybercrime, inadequate laws and dismal conviction rates allow illegal trade to flourish
‘Revolutionary change’ needed to stop unprecedented global extinction crisis
If we are to halt the continued loss of nature, then the world’s legal, institutional and economic systems must be reformed entirely
No need for a new, separate leopard census, say experts
This is when leopard deaths in India have reached a five-year high, with over a third poached
Have Alligator Gar in India started to reproduce? Not for the moment
A photograph showing a kingfisher holding what appears to be a juvenile Alligator Gar created a minor scare among fish experts
‘Biodiversity is integral to maintaining food security’
National Biodiversity Authority representative underlines importance of all food crops at Chennai meet
How we're saving the mountain chicken frog from one of the world's worst wildlife diseases
A nasty fungus killed 85% of Dominica's mountain chicken frogs in just 18 months – but the species lives on
How time-poor scientists inadvertently made it seem like the world was overrun with jellyfish
How flawed citation practices can perpetuate scientific ideas even before they've been fully established as true
New marine amphipod species found in Chillika Lake, Odisha
Shrimp-like crustacea named Demaorchestia alanensis
Simply Put: Life cycle of a cheetah
Simply Put: Net trouble for Gangetic dolphins
Similipal fires enter core areas, firefighters struggle in inaccessible forests
Fires spreading to the forest core is a sign of danger, say experts
जग बीती: 10 हजार ऊंटों की हत्या के मायने!
Simply Put: Australia's camels
Dying kingdom
Species that could vanish in 2015 if we don’t act now
Human-leopard conflict: big cats losing battle for survival
An estimated 60 leopards are killed in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh each year