Ahead of biodiversity meet, study finds amphibians face highest risk of extinction

A sizeable 44 per cent of global agricultural lands posing the greatest danger to amphibians

Study highlights importance of last patches of tropical lowland forest in Assam

Forest fragments protect key interactions between plants and fruit-eating birds, thus maintaining biodiversity in fragmented landscapes

Migratory birds leave Chilika early as summer sets in

Eastern Odisha’s average maximum temperature for February has gone up by 3-4 degrees Celsius

Chilika sees record number of migratory birds amid bird flu scare

Rare falcated teal, mallard spotted during bird census

Are Siberian migratory birds increasingly falling prey to India’s power lines?

A joint study by Russian and Indian scientists on two ospreys shows that this could indeed be the case

Free as a bird?

Thriving illegal trade in wild birds benefits city-based traders, while the traditional trappers are blamed and struggle to survive

Unhearthed

Human encroachment has created imbalance in the avian ecology. Better management practices are needed for the conservation of species diversity

I compete with birds

When Peter Kaestner is not holding visa interviews at the US Embassy in Delhi, he prefers nurturing his ambition of spotting all the 10,000 …

Venomous vendetta

Coffee - not for birds

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Vultures on death row

Human persecution is the main cause behind the high mortality of vultures in India

Beautification drive

Evolution faster in temperate zones than tropics

Some birds respond better to habitat change

Wet end of 2021 leads to fewer migratory birds in Odisha’s Chilika this year

Migratory birds are wintering in cultivated farmland near Chilika because of more water in it this year, say experts  

These animals and plants of India could have become 'possibly extinct' : IUCN

A number of fish, birds, crustaceans and plants could have died out according to the IUCN’s latest Red List of Threatened Species

From permafrost microbes to survivor songbirds: Research projects are also victims of COVID-19

Ornithologists are committed to determining why North America lost 3 bln birds in last 50 years, and seamless records of individual birds’ …

Book Digest: The battle for Bihar, rumor and reality of COVID-19 and more

Accounts of evolution of animals and human realationship with the environment, DTE tracks contemporary books on environment and development from …

Mediterranean countries agree to curb killing of migratory birds

 A taskforce of over 20 countries agreed to strong political commitments to curb the slaughter of migratory birds with severe penalties

Yet another hypothesis to explain decline in vulture population

Another theory has implicated a commonly used veterinary medicine for the large-scale disappearance of vultures from the Indian sub-continent. …

Craning glory: Demoiselle cranes find sanctuary in Rajasthan village

Kheechan village on the edge of the Thar desert lies on the migration route of demoiselle cranes travelling from their breeding grounds in …

Kanwar lake, Bihar’s only Ramsar site, faces challenge of survival but not a poll issue

Encroachment and drying of the lake has badly affected birds who have lost their habitat

Odisha starts evicting illegal prawn gherries in Chilika

Around 349 hectares cleaned on first day; drive to continue for a few more days

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