Protect India’s scrublands to save the caracal: Dharmendra Khandal & Ishan Dhar

Down To Earth speaks to Dharmendra Khandal and Ishan Dhar of Tiger Watch about their new book on the caracal

California’s 1st fatal cougar attack in 20 years: These tips can help in encounters with the Americas’ apex felid

Don’t run, bend or crouch; if a cougar attacks, fight back with whatever is at hand, even your bare hands

Is the tiger still ‘rajah’ of Java’s jungles? New study raises hopes

A single hair strand found in a village on the island in 2019 found to be genetically belonging to subspecies

Frans de Waal showed non-human species are more complex than they are given credit for: Anindya Sinha

Down To Earth spoke to Sinha, one of India’s leading primate experts, about the legacy of the Dutch-American primatologist, who passed …

How Tsarist Russia’s expansion into the Caucasus and Central Asia decimated their wildlife

The Russian imperial administration encouraged the extermination of large predators because it considered their existence incompatible with the …

World Forest Day 2024: Indian forests are losing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide due to climate change

While increasing CO2 levels can initially boost photosynthesis, the warming sun acts like a cruel twist, hindering enzymes crucial for the process

A giant dolphin once resided in the Peruvian Amazon. Its closest living relatives today inhabit the Indus and Ganga

At 3.5 metres long, the Pebanista yacuruna was the largest river dolphin that ever existed  

World Sparrow Day 2024: How a Mysuru woman is trying to bring sparrows back to the city

Kokila Ramesh Jain makes customised terracotta nests to help attract the birds; she also organises citizen awareness events to highlight their …

Bihar’s only tiger reserve using green energy to provide water to wildlife during summer

Solar-powered pumps are being used to fill waterholes in the grasslands of VTR to provide water to tigers and other wildlife

DTE Exclusive: Rampant shark hunting in Digha along Bengal’s coast

Often sharks from both Digha and Kakdwip are sent to various top hotels in the state for the preparation of shark fin soup

Conservation not enough for the highly inbred Ranthambore tigers — they require genetic rescue

There is a need to facilitate active ‘gene flow’ into the Rajasthan tiger population from Central Indian tiger landscapes

Centre contemplating ban on wolf dogs. But what about the hybrids roaming India’s wilds?

We hardly know about people breeding wolf dogs in India; but we do know they are prevalent in the wild, say experts

It’s a myth that male animals are usually larger than females — new study

Male-biased size dimorphism was found in only 28% of 429 mammal species examined

The next pandemic? It’s already here for Earth’s wildlife

Species already threatened with extinction are among those which have died due to bird flu in the past three years

Future of Taste: In a climate-risked world, eating right is as much about nutrition as it is about the environment, people

Luxury emission-based model of food production should be discouraged, especially when the survival of farmers worldwide is jeopardised by climate …

The lost glory of Rajasthan’s tigers can be restored

The government has resolved to make landscape-scale tiger conservation a success; moving forward in this direction, Rajasthan already has five …

New lizard species discovered in Mumbai; more pan-India studies needed

At least 10-15 new species of lizards have been discovered in the last 2-3 years

Know your law

Geneva meet concludes with progress on ‘Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework’ for CoP15

CoP15 was to be held in Kunming, China in 2020 but will now be held in August this year

Network Nature: The Place of Nature in the Digital Age

How do people avoid the stresses of the digital age?

Land Bridges: Ancient Environments, Plant Migrations, and New World Connections

Land bridges are the causeways of biodiversity.

Our Oldest Task – Making Sense of Our Place in Nature

This is a book about nature and culture. 

COP28: Climate change having devastating impact on migratory species

Habitat loss, impact on reproduction, reduction in food availability among factors threatening migratory animal popualtions  

Protect world heritage sites to conserve biodiversity: UN

World heritage sites house 20% of mapped global species   

Brazil GEF meet: Agreement on new biodiversity conservation fund; to be ratified in August

Indigenous peoples and local communities to get 20 per cent of the funds