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

Southern Africa’s new ecoregion brimming with undocumented life but in urgent need of conservation

Despite its ecological significance, SEAMA has one of the highest deforestation rates in Africa

‘Lianas threaten Earth’s carbon sinks’

Field ecologist Alain Ngute explains how lianas have lower carbon sequestering capacity than trees & when they compete for sunlight in the …

Look back at the decade: Extinction

Future loss of species to reduce plant production

Controvesy over South China tiger's photograph

SOUTH KOREA

Disappearing life

794 animal species face extinction in 595 sites over the globe

Painting vanished species

Walking tall

Forests are breaking up in tropics but coming together elsewhere — here’s what it means for wildlife & climate

Forest fragmentation is bad news for many unique animal and plant species 

World lost 68% vertebrates in 1970-2016: WWF

Freshwater wildlife down 84%; Latin America, the Caribbean particularly hit

Extreme weather events may be driving replacement of native species with exotic ones

Analysis shows higher reproduction, competitiveness and plasticity may be helping non-native species

Linking Up

Development of a protected area network is necessary to save the plants and animals of Sikkim

COSTA RICA

Protecting turtles

MoU to safeguard the dwindling number of turtles on the anvil in India

For a stitch in time

Is the Malabar civet extinct? Or is it teetering on the verge of extinction?

Sparring in the countryside

‘Alien species cause sudden disruption’

Lacking the evolutionary history with invasive species, ungulates are caught off guard 

Climate change & wildlife: How focused monitoring of distribution, population trends can help conservation efforts

Data limitation on species occurrence, evironmental parameters main hurdle for ecologists

Did war in Ukraine drive more migratory birds to Chilika lake in Odisha?

There were over a million birds of 184 species in the lagoon in December 2022

CHINA

Severe impact

Many species may become extinct due to global warming

Earth on verge of mass extinction

Event will be human-induced, warn scientists

Coffee - not for birds

Flawed conservation policies lead to decline in gharial population