2023 in a blink: 10 top wildlife stories of the year

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023

Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali and Java. Can we learn to live alongside them?

Historically, crocodiles lived throughout the Indonesian archipelago but were killed off in Bali, Lombok and Java 

Rewilding Tasmania with emus will be good for the island state’s ecosystems

Why did the Tasmanian emus go extinct and should we reintroduce them?

As we fight to protect species on the brink of extinction, let’s not forget the familiar ones

To conserve nature, we must maintain our focus on the familiar

SBSTTA-25: Delegates move forward on recommendations to implement Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Synergy between climate change & biodiversity recognised; work on indicators to continue till next meeting  

Vulture nemesis still in drug store shelves

Ban on diclofenac flouted by over a third of the pharmacies

Scientists discover four-winged dinosaur fossil in China

Reptile lived 125 million years ago and is the largest ever

Northern white rhino on verge of extinction

Only six members left after male’s death on Friday

South Asian nations will now cooperate to save the vulture

Most rapid decline in vulture populations recorded in Asia

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

Ongoing coral bleaching at Great Barrier Reef may be as bad or worse than 2016 event

Coral species considered to be resistant to bleaching also found to be affected and dying

Madagascar’s ancient baobab forests are being restored by communities — with a little help from AI

Deforestation driven by slash-and-burn agriculture and vanishing of large-bodied animals that would spread the boabab seeds major reasons for decline