A year of war: Step back from the brink, Guterres urges at UN General Assembly special session on Ukraine
Some 20,000 civilians and many soldiers are dead and countless more injured, while eight million refugees have spread across Europe and beyond
Ukraine War: CERN has shortened runs; policy on publications involving Russian scientists ‘very soon’, says expert
We would like to remain neutral to keep science above politics, senior scientist at the CERN lab said
No one-size-fits-all approach to human-crocodilian conflict globally: Delegates at IUCN meet
The great diversity of crocodilians, their distribution and the diverse cultures of people who share their habitat, make a common solution impossible
FAO acknowledges Indian wheat exports helped in reducing April inflation
There has been some relief in inflation in April according to the Food Price Index of the FAO, released May 6; this relief has been seen in …
Odisha readies radio collars for 7 elephants: Why experts don't like that
Radio collaring to track wild elephant movement has failed in other states, say conservationists; add exercise will be a waste of public money
Giving birth to a poverty-free world
Reduction of poverty among children is central to a world without extreme poverty
Planting trees to protect tiger habitat in Maharashtra
A safe forest corridor was critical for the facilitation of tiger dispersal between Kanha and Pench Tiger Reserves, the organisation said
Earth Day 2020: Wildlife runs wild amid COVID-19
With humans across the world cooped up in their homes due to COVID-19, wild animals have made appearances in human-dominated areas
Israel's fiscal standoff impacts environment, health of Palestinians: UNCTAD
People living in Gaza, the West Bank including East Jerusalem are facing major shortage of electricity, access to good quality water, destruction …
Why black kites attack humans
A new study has found that the probability of attack by kites, birds of prey that inhabit urban areas, increases in neighbourhoods where human …
‘India has to change its attitude towards leopards’
Leopard expert, Vidya Athreya responds to alarming report on leopard mortality, says finger-pointing must end
MoEF&CC increases compensation for crop damages and loss of life by wild animals
The compensation amount in case of loss of life by a wild animal has been increased from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh
How can humans & animals exist more peacefully? Global conference tries to find solutions
International Conference on Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence is being held in Oxford, the United Kingdom
Why is there a wheat crisis in Pakistan?
Experts say that the crisis has been caused by several reasons, the first being the Russia-Ukraine war
73 elephants, 4 lions run over by trains in 4 years along with 63,000 other animals: CAG report
Report found that preventive measures circulated to zonal railways to prevent animal deaths had not been implemented even after 10 years
Run-up to COP27: LDCs want clear process to bridge $100 billion fund gap, loss & damage finance structure
Manjeet Dhakal, advisor to the LDC chair, talks about challenges faced by disadvantaged countries & their agenda for CoP27
Kashmir human-wildlife conflict: Children being increasingly preyed upon by black bears, leopards
Experts have blamed rapid urbanisation and deforestation for the human-wildlife conflict in the Kashmir Valley
Only a piglet in Russia’s war on patents
Post-Ukraine, Russia has held back from appropriating intellectual property despite a law to punish unfriendly countries
Food for all to free for all: The collateral of Russia vs Ukraine
Russia-Ukraine war has razed global agriculture system, once sold as the magic formula. It led to concentration of food production in a few …
South Asia to see slower growth as war in Ukraine impedes recovery: World Bank
The region is projected to grow by 6.6 per cent in 2022 and by 6.3 per cent in 2023, according to the World Bank’s latest report
Third railway line through Palamu Tiger Reserve threatens to increase human-elephant conflict
Expert says it’s a vital passage used for crossing by elephants coming from Baresarh in Latehar district to Betla National Park and back
Elephants' conflict of diet
It's not just fragmented corridors that take elephants to farms. They get drawn towards crops that improve their state of mind and well-being
World Elephant Day: Why conservation efforts in Africa evoke opposing reactions
Uneven distribution of the jumbos across the continent has led to increase in human-wildlife conflict and loss of habitat
Encroachment pushes Himalayan brown bears into Kashmir’s villages
Improper disposal of food waste means that the bears are straying more often into human-dominated areas
Ustad redux? Ranthambore ‘mankiller’ T-104 could be shifted to a cage in Mukundara
The tiger killed three people in 2019 and is considered ‘a threat to human life’