Elephant tales

A new book recounts the intimate experiences of prominent writers with elephants. Exclusive excerpts

Growing old in the wild

The conventional belief is that animals don't live into old age, but succumb much earlier to "unnatural" causes. Recent research, however, …

Much-maligned bats need more protection

Scientists insist bats are a muck-maligned bats mammal that in fact plays a crucial role in the propagation of several plant species

Africa is full of bats, but their fossils are scarce — why these rare records matter

Scarcity of bat fossils has implications for bat conservation strategies today

Tiny trouble-maker

Hippo fossil trail

China

Cloned to cure

Asian origins

These giant ‘drop bears’ with opposable thumbs once scaled trees in Australia. But how did they grow so huge?

Scientists look into skeletons of huge tree-dwelling herbivorous marsupials, known as Nimbadon

Is climate change killing Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlands?

During a climate crisis, the world’s largest tropical wetlands must be saved before it is too late

What elephants teach us about cancer prevention

Elephants naturally avoid cancer after 55 million years of evolution. Scientists are studying if they can extract lessons that could help people

Free-ranging domestic cats eat 2,084 species globally & are pushing some to extinction

Researchers use a method called ‘observed predation’ to learn what free-ranging cats prey upon using the application of camera traps …

UNITED NATIONS

Altering genes - Squirrels respond to global warming

Mammals in wildlife trade host 75% of known zoonotic viruses

The researchers surveyed the association of 226 viruses responsible for zoonotic diseases with more than 800 mammal species 

Global warming: Africa, Asia most at risk of zoonotic spillovers

There can be 15,000 instances of viruses jumping from one species to another over the next 50 years

Global warming in past caused mammals to shrink, and it could happen again

Will today's animals have enough time to adapt to human-induced climate change that's happening fast?

Hundreds of whales die in third largest mass stranding incident in New Zealand

Golden Bay is conducive to stranding because its shallow muddy waters confuse whales’ sonar, making it difficult for them to swim out once …

Survey of global species' distribution data shows gaps in emerging economies

As part of the survey, scientists investigated millions of records about the distribution of known species of mammals, birds and amphibians

Global warming causes extinction of species

Scientists warn a rise in temperature will reduce the habitable area in North America's mountains and cause a reduction in the number of mammal …

Climate shift may have sparked warm-blooded evolution in dinosaurs 180 million years ago

Warming climate could have prompted ecological changes, leading some species to develop a faster metabolism — a trait shared by modern day …

GABON

Peru

Funds for J&K park