To cull or not

The killing of a gorilla in the Cincinnati Zoo renews the moral existential dilemma

The monkey's paw of Lutyens' Delhi

More than 1,000 cases of monkey bites are reported every day in Indian cities

South Africa bans leopard hunting for this year

The hunting industry adds US $410 million to the country’s coffers every year

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

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&…

Bihar plans to sterilise, not cull, nilgais

State government plans to sterilise 5,000 nilgais in 2022, says Bihar forest minister 

EO Wilson’s lifelong passion for ants helped him teach humans about how to live sustainably with nature

Wilson, who died December 26, 2021, at the age of 92, discovered the chemical means by which ants communicate

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 …

Why we should change how we talk about nonhuman animals

We wouldn’t say “it” or “that” when referring to humans, so why would we for other sentient individuals?

How ecological restoration helped transform a degraded land parcel in Maharashtra

The conservationists steered clear of monoculture to focus on a holistic process of replenishing the soil, water and biodiversity

Humans force wild animals into tight spots, or send them far from home. We calculated just how big the impact is

Because animal movement is linked to many important ecological processes, disruptions to movement can cascade through ecosystems

Giant ancient sharks had enormous babies that ate their siblings in the womb

It seems the start of a megalodon’s life was a tale of two halves. They were protected by a wonderful mother sacrificing time and energy to …

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

A step forward for conservation at CMS COP 13

Ten different species, including three from India have been recommended to be added in Appendix I and II of the CMS CoP 13

Crowd-sourcing, community participation to help in conserving rare toad

Bengaluru-based non-profit grantee to build citizen conservationist group for mapping, conserving Malabar Tree Toad in the Western Ghats

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 …