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Guns, saws and double standards

Wildmeat consumption at source countries greater threat to protected terrestrial animals than international trade

Around 70 per cent of species studied are hunted for wild meat consumption

Are Amur tigers ‘re-wilding’ China?

A camera-trap video recently captured a tiger family deep inside China

South Africa’s Cape Town restores landfill as natural reserve

Bracken Nature Reserve is rich with flora and fauna post-restoration

Tibetans breathe easy in high altitude with gene from extinct human species

Unusual gene variant prevents blood from congealing

Outstanding grain

The aromatic enigma makes basmati a clear winner among grains. The lack of knowledge of what traditional basmati is and an inability to take …

Sounds of silence: a forest that survived 'development'

A trip to the Silent Valley National Park is a valuable lesson in the history of environmental movements and biodiversity conservation

Toda traditions in peril

Can this tribal community in the Nilgiris survive the concrete trappings of civilisation? Tarun Chhabra on the eco-friendly Todas

COSTA RICA

Scientists map microbes in healthy humans

Will help in diagnosis and treatment of diseases

Self-withering: Biodiversity Convention’s new global framework raises basic questions

Fairness and North-South balance embedded in the treaty made the West uncomfortable with it

Humans and mice are similar, yet different creatures, says study

Research will help experts to better test medicines meant for humans on mice

Delhi ranked second among world’s most water-stressed cities

Five out of 20 world’s most water-stressed cities are in India, says study

Ahead of IUCN event, IFAD calls for more investment to protect biodiversity

IFAD president says protecting biodiversity is crucial to fight hunger, ahead of IUCN event in Marseille  

The animals and plants that only exist in captivity — and why time is running out to restore them to the wild

Where return to the wild is a challenge, we must redouble efforts to find and mitigate threats in native habitat

COP15 Montreal: ‘Coalition for Nature’ formed by Small Island Developing States

The goal of the coalition is to advocate for agreed common SIDS priorities and needs such as greater means of implementing biodiversity objectives

Climate change causing rainfall in Africa’s Sahel region, says study

A long drought, which started in 1968, led to the virtual extinction of crops and widespread loss of cattle in the region

Pictures on social media can help in conservation of ecology

Hundreds of geotagged photos are being analysed to find out how people use different natural spaces

Forest fires - a trailblazer

Controlled burning of woodlands can be an effective tool for enriching the land and ecology. Dipanjan Ghosh looks at the possibilities

Reptiles in South Africa are under threat — but there’s good news too

Many species of threatened reptiles are inadequately conserved in formally protected areas

Red Sanders falls back in IUCN’s ‘endangered’ category

The species was classified as ‘near threatened’ in 2018 

CoP26: Women need more space at the climate table

Climate change does not affect everyone equally: Women are disproportionately more vulnerable. This should ideally mean more women having a …

Poaching, habitat loss push Africa’s elephants to the brink

IUCN declares African forest and savanna elephants as ‘critically endangered’ and ‘endangered’ based on latest population …