Activist protesting Odisha’s plan to divert river forcibly removed from protest site, in hospital
The Odisha government has filed 1,000 cases and arrested 24 people who ransacked a project to divert water from the Kharosotra river
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
Urban Menace: Make designated monkey zones
There is a need to create spaces conducive to monkey migration from human habitations
The future of the chimpanzee
On the first-ever World Chimpanzee Day, we should consider the ways we can ensure that future human generations can enjoy sharing the earth with …
How J&K reduced snow leopard attacks on livestock
Herders in villages on the outskirts of Ladakh's Hemis National Park were involved in initiatives that helped reduce attacks on livestock and …
World Health Assembly: India abstains from voting on providing health services to Palestine
India was among 20 countries who abstained during a vote on a draft decision on 23 May, proposing support to Palestine to provide health services …
Half the global snake bite deaths happen in India. Why are we not prepared?
WHO now recognises snakebite as a neglected disease. But India, which has the highest number of snakebite deaths, is woefully ill-prepared in …
Three of Namibia’s most famous lion family were poisoned – why?
Ongoing drought means increased encounters between people and lions in north-west Namibia
Gir deaths: one lion, two lionesses found guilty
While the lion killed and ate a teenager, the lionesses were not involved in attacking and killing, and ate leftover body parts
'Lions’ presence in human-dominated areas is neither new nor surprising'
Wildlife expert and authority on Gir lions Ravi Chellam, who is currently the executive director of Greenpeace India, talks about attacks on humans
God’s own country or elephants’ graveyard?
A host of reasons ranging from poaching to intake of plastic, poisonous articles and electrocution have been attributed to deaths
As war looms over West Asia, many of its major water bodies are already on the brink
The Tigris-Euphrates and Jordan river basins, Dead Sea, Zayandeh Rud, Red Sea and Persian Gulf are symbols of the intertwined geopolitical & …
Beyond the Dasara parade: 59-year-old elephant Abhimanyu’s final assignment highlights tradition-conservation clash
There are varying reports on how Abhimanyu was caught but little is known about circumstances surrounding his capture
2022 too short, too far: How the Russian invasion of Ukraine impacted the world
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022
Asian Elephant Specialist Group meet starts in Malaysia
Various issues concerning the Asian Elephant to be discussed at the event
Elephant kills five in Odisha
The victims were asleep on their verandahs when the tusker trampled them
Urban Menace: Focus on human-monkey conflict management
Translocation alone will not bring an end to human-monkey interactions
6 died in encounters with elephants in Odisha last week
From April-June 2023, at least 25 people died due to human-elephant conflict
One in four children in conflict zones are out of school: report
South Sudan, Niger, Sudan and Afghanistan are worst affected
Study documents 245 human-leopard conflicts in Karnataka
Researchers use news reports to provide an insight into the ecology of leopards
War in Sudan enters its breadbasket, threatens to worsen hunger, malnutrition
A third of Sudanese in need of emergency food aid; country faces the greatest displacement crisis in history
‘Rogue elephant’, ‘Crocodile-infested’, ‘Tiger-haunted’: It is all in the semantics
Language has shaped or disfigured landscapes, human communities, wildlife populations and our perception of the very earth we call ‘home&…
Dog attacks a ‘serious menace’, say SC court judges, urge CJI to address issue
Conversation began when CJI noticed a lawyer’s bandaged arm & learnt he was attacked by street dogs
11 lions killed in a week in Kenya as climate-linked human-wildlife conflicts escalate
Climate change, changing land use and human, livestock and wildlife population increase are major drivers
‘Ghost villages’ of Uttarakhand report mass migrations for the fear of leopard attacks
One man-eater hunted last week; Villagers claim no help from forest department