Peafowl population is growing in Kerala. But are they threatening humans?

The human population is also on the rise. Does it pose a threat to the Earth’s environment and other species?

Namibia to pay $8,297 to relatives of people killed by wild animals

However, families whose kin have been killed by crocodiles and hippos while swimming and bathing in rivers won’t get any compensation

Burden or boon? Wayanad residents divided on wildlife as interest groups advocate trigger-happy responses

Since January, a pervasive anti-wildlife sentiment has descended over the district and violent protests erupted against animals and conservationists

Cautious cats: Africa’s lions changing behaviour, skipping high density human areas to avoid conflict

Human-lion conflicts may increase due to shrinking lion habitat, lack of food availability, warns study

Shark Week looms, but don’t panic

Not all sharks are the same. Only a dozen or so of the roughly 520 shark species pose any risk to people.

Researchers quantify damage caused by peafowl to farmers

They selected two plots. Peafowl were allowed in one and not in the other. After four years of repeated estimates, the researchers have concluded …

A tiger’s tale

Avni, the Yavatmal tigress, died because she was caught in the crossfire of people's expectations from the government and the pretence …

Damage to crop and livestock from wildlife continues to be high despite mitigation efforts: study

AS per the study, 71 per cent of the households surveyed had suffered crop loss, and 17 per cent livestock loss

Odisha’s hiked ex-gratia for deaths due to attacks by wild animals insufficient? Experts think so

The revision of financial assistance for animal depredation comes after almost a decade

Efforts to conserve marine mammals threaten poorer communities. A study examines how

Conflict between seal, sea lion populations and fishing communities has been on the rise in west coast of South America; fishers say …

Academia can help humans and large carnivores coexist

It can help foster better institutional arrangements, especially in places like Romania, India and Brazil, where there are substantial …

How 2021 offered us a ‘wall of opportunity’ to improve Tamil Nadu’s environmental scene

The Chief Wildlife Warden of Tamil Nadu enumerates what he and his team did to improve environmental affairs in the state in the midst …

Early elephant warning systems help, but are short-term measures: experts

Two projects in Karnataka and Jharkhand meant to warn people about elephant movements have led to a decrease in human-elephant conflict. But they …

Europe has a wolf problem, and a late Norwegian philosopher had the solution

Norwegian environmental philosopher Arne Næss was clear: wolves have just as much a right to be here as we do  

Wolf a part of Europe’s natural heritage, write 300 groups in open letter to Ursula von der Leyen

Letter comes in the wake of wolf culling operations in Switzerland; a cull was also carried out in Sweden earlier this year

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 13, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Kerala’s gaur-human conflict debates fail to address some core issues; here is why

Gaurs had turned violent & aggressive after being shot by poachers; contentious issues, including the role of poachers, remain unaddressed

Sherni: A Bollywood film that knows its environmentalism well

Every scene is finely etched in this very accurate portrayal of how India’s forest service actually works

Royal Bengal tiger that stoked panic in Bihar villages caught

The tiger had strayed 130 km from Valmiki Tiger Reserve in villages of East Champaran district, Bihar 

Food waste from hotels attracting sloth bears into Mt Abu, increasing conflict: Study

This speaks more of how badly hotel waste is managed rather than anything about natural food and natural habitat, say researchers

Odisha forest fires spark human-wildlife conflict

Elephants, wild boars have started coming out of forests on fire and entering human habitations

India must adopt holistic approaches to handle human-wildlife conflicts

Essential to integrate conservation goals with community welfare

What can you do to prevent an attack in tiger territory? Follow these simple rules

Rahul Shukla, an expert on Terai tigers, devised an SOP in 1984 to ensure non-fatal encounters with the big cats

Croc kills again: Sixth fatal attack in a year near Bhitarkanika

The national park in Odisha is home to over 1,700 saltwater crocodiles

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