40% fire incidents not responded to by officials, Odisha govt admits
People arrested in several forest areas for starting fires
International Red Panda Day: How safe are India's Red Pandas?
The cute and cuddly carnivore is threatened by a host of factors
Three in every five wildlife crimes in Europe go unpunished: Report
Birds were the species most targeted in wildlife crimes
When forest officials help poachers hunt down protected animals
A government report has exposed Rajaji Tiger Reserve's most gory secret
Global Eco Watch: Pregnant Gaur killed in Kerala; 6 held
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Poaching biggest threat to sturgeon species in Danube; 337 illegal activities in 7 years: Report
At least 955 sturgeon specimens seized during 2016-2022, the study showed
Global Eco Watch: Arm forest guards with guns instead of lathis, suggests SC
Global Eco Watch: 1.2 million Indians died of snake bites in last 20 years
Global Eco Watch: Reindeer may have been domesticated 2,000 years ago
Global Eco Watch: Ice Age woolly rhino unearthed in Siberia
World Rainforest Day: Goliath frogs need urgent conservation measures
Goliath frog population is estimated to have halved in the last 15 years
Global Eco Watch: Leopard killed, eaten in Idukki as revenge for sheep-killing
‘Konkan’s rich biodiversity has lured poachers to its pangolins’
Vishwas Katdare is the founder of Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra, a non-profit operating for the last 26 years, mostly in Maharashtra's coastal Konkan …
‘Sambar poaching highlights the indifference to Reserve Forests’
Experts talk to Down To Earth about the killings of India’s largest cervid species
Sotheby’s and Bonhams not to auction rhino horns from now on
A third leading auction house, Christie’s already has a policy in place to not auction such products
Lockdowns pull down poaching rates in Africa but rhinos still threatened
Rhinoceros poaching rates in Africa have declined from a peak of 5.3 per cent of the total population in 2015 to 2.3 per cent in 2021
‘Insatiable demand from the East, greed & lack of political will is enabling poaching across Africa’
Wildlife veterinarian Dave Cooper talks about poaching, effect of climate change and his experience with conservation
Yes, jackals are poached in India too
Jackals, those tricksters of our folktales, are poached too, but for reasons entirely different from charismatic species
We asked people in Vietnam why they use rhino horn. Here’s what they said
The findings suggest that the demand for rhino horn is unlikely to fall because people’s beliefs are firmly entrenched. The hope is that …
South Africa to set up panel to look into rhino policy
New panel to review earlier recommendation of legal trade in rhino horn; look into trade and handling of elephants, lions, leopards
Rhino poaching in South Africa: A slight decline in the first half of 2023, says environment ministry
But 143 rhinos were killed in KwaZulu-Natal in the first six months of this year, an increase from 133 in the first half of 2022
Forest officials attacked in the Sundarbans
A party of officials led by the Divisional Forest Officer in the South 24 Paraganas were attacked with sticks when they tried to arrest an …
How some poachers became protectors of birds in villages around Chilika
Sensitisation activities by wildlife officers helped former hunters to turn a new leaf and become guardians of migratory birds visiting …
At least 22 leopards poached in Odisha in a year, say forest officials
As many as 20 leopard skins were seized and two more cases of poaching of the animal were reported
RTI points to poaching behind dead elephant in Tamil Nadu
Forest officials had covered up the death of the tusker in 2018 and said the animal was a female that had died due to electrocution