Lives of others
Wildlife is more of an academic concern except when the charismatic tiger is wiped out from a protected forest or our favourite fish vanishes …
Urban Menace: Make designated monkey zones
There is a need to create spaces conducive to monkey migration from human habitations
China reports first human death from Monkey B Virus
The 53-year-old veterinary surgeon was infected after he dissected two dead monkeys early March
How monkey fever in Goa is linked to deforestation, climate change
From Karnataka’s Shimoga district, this virus-borne disease has spread to the entire Western Ghats
Meet Deben Bora
As field researchers will tell, you don't get up one fine morning and cut through an unknown forest in search of an elusive animal species. Even …
Unsuccessful copycats
Mutations in cloned monkey embryos prove that a lot has to done before primates can be cloned successfully
Iqbal Malik on how Delhi government created a dysfunctional monkey sanctuary
The Delhi government did not follow its plans to contain monkeys in the Asola Bhatti Sanctuary, says primatologist Iqbal Malik
Rights for apes
We are ready to give rights to animals. It sounds and looks good. The question is where do we draw the line?
Blurring identities
Recent cases in the US and Argentina have reignited the debate on granting "personhood" to animals
The guinea pig debate
Is there an alternative to guinea pigs in laboratory testing? Two members of the scientific community give their views
Monkeypox outbreak most geographically widespread in half a century
Monkeypox cases have been on a slow but steady incline, a trend that has often been overlooked by many
Life, again
A story about the return of the orangutans from the concrete jungle to the wild woods to be what they were meant and named to be -- each a man of …
Killing is no answer
Here are 18 steps to deal with monkeys that enter human habitation areas. They do not involve killing them
Supreme Court refuses to stay culling of vermin in Himachal, Bihar and Uttarakhand
Petitioners had contended that the provision was illegal as it gave the government excessive and arbitrary powers to allow ill-informed …
Urban Menace: India can no longer afford to monkey around on macaque management; here is why
First humans encroached on macaque habitat. Now they invade ours, and are unwilling to return because of easy availability of food
Expanding palm oil cultivation in Africa can be risky for endangered primates
A new study says that it will be challenging to reconcile oil palm expansion and African primate conservation as most areas suitable for …
I've found a new species of monkey
Mukesh Chalise , the general secretary of the Natural History Society of Nepal and an assistant professor of zoology at Kathmandu University, has …
Monkeypox in UK: 7 cases reported, 1 with travel history
All seven cases in the UK till now are of the West African clade, a milder version of the virus
Disappearing with the forest
Survival is not easy for an endangered species of gibbons when its habitat is being destroyed, says Kashmira Kakati
Rhesus macaque declared vermin in Himachal Pradesh
Minister Maneka Gandhi has criticised the environment ministry's recent decisions to declare some animals as vermin
Animal sacrifice
150 million animals are killed for research worldwide. Do humans really benefit?
‘Vermin’ politics: Human-wildlife conflict mitigation needs to be based on science, not historical biases
Bill to amend Wild Life (Protection) Act gives Centre direct power to declare any species ‘vermin’, potentially impacting hundreds of …
Disappearing Act
Only special breeding programmes and creation of corridors can save the lion-tailed macaque from extinction
Rubber plantations in Tripura affecting monkeys, vegetation, suggests paper
Authors warn against monoculture farms, suggest eco-friendly measures to increase biodiversity
Monkey business
Coping with the nuisanceof urban monkeys may be beyond human patience. But shooting or declaring them pests will not serve the problem. Only a …