Small Woodbrown butterfly rediscovered in Sikkim after 120 years
The species was first discovered in Sikkim in 1887
Tigress killed
To cull or not
The killing of a gorilla in the Cincinnati Zoo renews the moral existential dilemma
Activists divided on rhino poaching numbers in South Africa
The numbers of rhinos killed in 2015 range between 1,160 and 1,500
Tiger pathways
Future of tigers depends on how well forests are connected, facilitating gene flow
Simply Put: Insect apocalypse
To create a wild haven
The Tumakuru Forest Division has submitted a proposal to the Karnataka government for declaring the Bukkapatna State Forest as a Wildlife …
New facts unearthed about impact of Polynesian settlement on New Zealand’s fauna
Researchers found evidence of 14 species of native animals that are extinct now by analysing DNA from fossils
Slingshot toting teenagers turn conservationists in Pakistan
Youngsters in northern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are giving up their guns to become a driving force behind wildlife conservation
Habitat of bird that flies non-stop for 5 days from Japan to Australia under threat
Urban development continues to threaten Latham’s Snipe habitats. Several snipe sites in eastern Australia are at risk from housing …
How bio-restoration is helping revive degraded mangroves in Sunderbans
Involves plantation of native salt-tolerant grasses, a diverse set of carefully identified mangrove species in different zones of degraded …
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (September 9-15)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Patrolling ordered on the Ganga in Bihar to conserve its dolphins
The move came after reports emerged that fishermen in Vaishali and Saran were netting small fish, the main food of the dolphins
Keeping the ‘Green Hills’ truly green
An eco-toursim model allows tourists to explore the wilderness of Tamil Nadu's Pachaimalai hills and locals to have a stake in protecting them
Gharials of Chambal
The Gharial Conservation Program is one of India's best faring wildlife conservation efforts. R K Sharma, an officer at the Gharial breeding …
‘Russia will do its best to protect the Amur tiger’
Sergey Aramilev is the Deputy Director of the Vladivostok-based Amur Tiger Centre. He is in Delhi to attend the third Asia Ministerial Conference …
Meet thy neighbours
Every existence has its excuse, it is said. Every year taxonomists in India venture into uncharted landscapes and scan every nook and corner to …
A 140-year-old Tassie tiger brain sample survived two world wars and made it to our lab. Here’s what we found
Overall, the thylacine brain resembles that of its carnivorous marsupial relatives (dasyurids, like dunnarts, quolls and Tasmanian devils) more …
Local bodies are key to decentralised biodiversity governance
It is necessary to redesign interactions between those close to biodiversity, protecting and nurturing biodiversity and those benefiting from them
CITES COP19: Read DTE’s coverage of the 19th World Wildlife Conference
The event has been dubbed as a ‘watershed’ for its ‘historic’ decisions
How many ants live on earth? At least 20,000,000,000,000,000
Total biomass of this species is about 12 million tonnes, while the combined biomass of wild mammals and birds is two million tonnes and seven …
Lockdowns brought down poaching rates in Africa, but rhinos still under threat
Poaching numbers went down in 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown; they went up again in 2021
Cheetah relocation: Wild cats likely to arrive Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno by end of August
Staff and authorities of Kuno National Park are struggling to keep leopards out of the 500-hectare enclosure made for the cheetahs
Win-win strategy: These countries’ conservation practices have helped their economy too
Countries across the world have identified and adopted measures to conserve wild species that can help develop sustainable livelihood opportunities
In the dark, freezing ocean under Antarctica’s largest ice shelf, we discovered a thriving microbial jungle
Everywhere we look, we find microbial communities making use of whatever energy source is available, creating the foundation for all of Earth&…
