‘Heavenly Horses’: Heard of the Akhal-Teke? Turkmenistan will hold a beauty contest for them today
Last year, the art of breeding the Akhal-Teke horse and the traditions of horse decoration were included in the UNESCO Representative List of the …
Is the tiger still ‘rajah’ of Java’s jungles? New study raises hopes
A single hair strand found in a village on the island in 2019 found to be genetically belonging to subspecies
WWF confirms the presence of gharials in Pakistan’s Punjab
Gharials may have been in Okara and Head Sulemanki nearly a year ago
‘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 …
‘Gorilla conservation shows that humans can right their wrongs’
Down To Earth talks to Jillian Miller, who has been leading international, community-based gorilla conservation charity, The Gorilla Organization …
The sexual world of the tiger has been invisible to the world: Valmik Thapar
Down To Earth talks to veteran conservationist Valmik Thapar about his book 'The sex life of tigers', the cat’s mating rituals and why his …
DTE Coverage: International Tiger Day 2023
DTE puts together new analysis and insights on the world's biggest and most charismatic cat
Gharial seen in Pakistan’s Punjab after 3 decades; it likely crossed over from India
Gharials were reintroduced to the Beas river in 2017, having been extirpated in the Punjab region now divided between India and Pakistan
Cat on the Roof of the World: Pallas’s cat DNA found on Mount Everest
The cats share their territory with the red fox. Their main prey on Everest are pika, a cousin of the rabbit and mountain weasel
Cheetah: Did India’s erstwhile nobility cause its wildlife’s downfall? Apply nuance, some say
The common perception that the princes along with the British obliterated much of India’s wildlife needs to be qualified, say descendants …
As told to Gujarat Vidhan Sabha: State’s donkeys, camels in peril
Chinese medicine responsible for decline in donkey population; lack of grazing areas and mechanisation responsible for camel’s decline
World Elephant Day: Poaching of elephants for their skin could wipe them out
Poaching elephants for their skins to use in Asian medicine, will not just target males but also females and calves
‘There still could be a couple of Sumatran rhinos in Myanmar’
As Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino died this week, Down To Earth spoke to expert on the Northeast’s fauna, Anwaruddin Choudhury, …
Saving a Caribbean Polly
Jon Paul Rodríguez, a Venezuelan naturalist, has been awarded the Whitley Fund for Nature’s gold award for his 30-year-long odyssey to save …
‘Indo-Nepal effort needed to prevent Ganges Basin fish from losing genetic variability’
Steve Lockett, a Mahseer expert, feels the two countries must pool in their efforts to preserve the freshwater fish stocks in the Ganga and its …
‘China committed to supporting conservation of African wildlife’
Senior Beijing official addresses delegates at a workshop in Nairobi, says China has been and will cooperate with African governments to save …
For the first time, Delhi govt plans to start bird hospitals
The proposal is part of the Animal Health and Welfare Policy 2018, recently discussed in a government meeting
Spread of glanders shows neglect of veterinary science in India
Glanders, a bacterial, zoonotic disease that affects equines and is a potential biological weapon, has been breaking out regularly across India …
Wolf snapped in the Sundarbans for the first time
It is a stray individual that has dispersed nearly 350 km from the nearest wolf population in Purulia, say experts
‘The future of the Indian Wolf is hanging by a slender thread’
Karnataka-based documentary filmmakers, Senani Hegde and Krupakar, whose work on wild dogs has been feted in the past, have recently, won another …
‘Wild tigers could be back in Kazakhstan by 2026’
Igor Chestin is the head of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s Russia chapter. He is in Delhi to attend the third Asia Ministerial …
Are langurs and rhesus macaques really sworn enemies of each other?
Science does not see this relationship in terms of black-and-white
A leonine tale for Holi: Could the Asiatic Lion have inspired the figure of Narasimha?
Religious iconography cannot be mapped onto modern taxonomy, say experts
Vaitarna river attack: Why the bull shark is among the most dangerous animals in the world
Its large size, proclivity for freshwater, abundance and proximity to human populations, particularly in the tropics, makes it more of a …
‘The charm of birdwatching is intact’
Birders are among the first to understand and warn of the repercussions of environmental damage, author Aasheesh Pittie says