Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (June 3 - June 9)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino dies

Tam died on the afternoon of May 27 local time of old age illnesses

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (May 20-26)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Zimbabwe sold 97 sub-adult elephants to China, UAE

Cash-strapped southern African country earned $2.7 million

Simply put: Climate change will wipe out the Sundarbans till 2070

Yellowstone’s solution to its excess bison problem: Capture and send them for slaughter

Park officials will capture 600-900 of the animals this winter and ship them

Elephant found dead in Odisha’s Angul, tusks missing

The incident comes within days of 7 elephants dying due to electrocution in Dhenkanal

Extinction is a natural process, but it's happening at 1,000 times the normal speed

The Earth is losing more and more biodiversity every day, and we should all be worried

Volcano erupts on small Galapagos isle

Eruption followed a series of nine earthquakes

Climate change may destroy sources of income for rural Africa: Report

62 per cent of rural Africa depends on natural resources for its livelihood

Why we shouldn't be too quick to blame migratory animals for global disease

Recent research indicates that migratory animals may not be the primary culprit

Camera trap captures snow leopard in high altitude region of Arunachal Pradesh

Trap set up as part of state-wide survey carried out by state government and WWF-India

Marine parks and fishery management: what's the best way to protect fish?

Marine parks can benefit fish stocks, the fishery and also the overall marine ecosystem

WWF report sounds alarm over China's state of biodiversity

Notes that country’s terrestrial vertebrates have declined by half

Zimbabwe lifts ban on lion hunting

Ban was imposed recently, in the wake of Cecil the lion’s death

A roar in captivity

A Ranthambore tiger wakes up the world community

A conservative agenda

Debates explode over more focus on species beneficial to humans

Gangetic dolphin rescued in Odisha, may be indicator of more freshwater dolphins in river

Caught in finishing nets, forest officials to release it into the Budhabalang river

New butterfly species endemic to Western Ghats discovered in Karnataka

The species was first sighted in 2008, followed by an extensive research in 2021  

A brinjal that democratised science in India

Aniket Aga examines the interplay of science and India’s complex politics in genetically modified democracy 

Dogs are incredible – if unlikely – allies in conservation

Learning through association — called classical or pavlovian conditioning — is very easy for dogs

Shark & ray meat consumption no longer restricted to India’s tribal & coastal peoples: Paper

Tourists and middle- & upper-class domestic consumers emerging consumption classes for elasmobranch meat  

Three cheetah cubs born at Kuno National Park, second litter since arrival

Cubs were likely born around a week ago

Simply Put: Broken Covenant

Book Excerpt: The Peepal, a tree sacred to Hindus, Buddhists and Jains of the Subcontinent

The peepal is native to India and other countries of south and southeast Asia; its cultural importance is immense in these areas, writes V Sundararaju