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 …
India to host Global Wildlife Programme from October 2
The GWP will address issues related to illegal wildlife trade across 19 countries in Asia and Africa
The hidden secrets of insect poop
Bugs use their own defecation to defend their young, locate their homes and increase mating opportunities. For humans, insect faeces may even …
Penguin fight: understanding animal contest behaviour in five easy steps
The battles seen in a recent viral video and the BBC's Planet Earth II documentary are just a glimpse of the contests that take place throughout …
Genetic studies may hold the key to saving west and central Africa's lions
African lions were initially thought to belong to a single subspecies but new research shows that there is more diversity on the African continent.
Feral animals are running amok on Australia’s islands – here’s how to stop them
Eradicating feral animals from islands can be expensive, but new research shows where to get the biggest bang for our buck
Whale of a problem: why do humpback whales protect other species from attack?
Humpback whales have been spotted fending off killer whales from attacking other species. But this kind of interspecies altruism raises an …
‘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 …
Kaziranga needs both, animals and humans
We cannot straitjacket the park and its neighbouring areas into “humans-only” and “animals-only” landscapes
Let the Sangai dance
A critically endangered brow-antlered deer found in the world's only floating wildlife park in Manipur may soon lose its habitat
Winged birds flock Chilika a little early this time
Odisha wildlife officials spotted 22,000 birds of 62 different species in the Chilika lake till October 20, 2021
The jury is still out on the de-extinction of the woolly mammoth
There are several ethical concerns in bringing an extinct species back to life, some scientists have said about the woolly mammoth; others …
Habitat change may wipe out a newly discovered cascade frog species in Arunachal Pradesh
Changing course of streams due to anthropogenic reasons is bad news for Adi cascade frogs
The forgotten tigons and litigons of Alipore Zoo and other hybrids: Part 2
‘Species’ is a concept invented by human beings. And that concept is not clear-cut
African cheetahs may adapt well to Kuno-Palpur: Dereck Joubert
Down To Earth speaks to veteran wildlife filmmaker Dereck Joubert about how the cheetah introduction project in Kuno-Palpur could pan out; …
Human-driven speciation: A peek into how we may alter the morphology of African elephants
Anthropogenic activities such as global warming, poaching, mining, deforestation and noise pollution will form a more wrinkly, hairier, tuskless, …
Is apple really good for the Himalayas?
Apple is the major crop in hills, but its role as a water guzzler or spread of orchards at the cost of nature is rarely discussed
Missing the woods: 18% of India’s 2,603 tree species threatened with extinction
Globally, nearly 30 per cent of trees are threatened due to a number of factors, according to the State of the World’s Trees report
Tag Garuda: Bihar plans GPS trackers for endangered Greater Adjutant Storks
Bhagalpur’s riverine plains have led the fight to conserve Greater Adjutant Storks; Now, the birds are being tagged to study their movements
How do Olympic athletes stack up against invertebrates? Not very well
Once you take the relative sizes into account, it’s clear invertebrates have the winning edge
Odisha’s forest department rolls out conservation plan for new gecko species discovered in Ganjam
The species was first spotted within the premises of a temple at Humma in Ganjam district in 2014
Mammals in wildlife trade host 75% of known zoonotic viruses
The researchers surveyed the association of 226 viruses responsible for zoonotic diseases with more than 800 mammal species
Back after 70 years: Narendra Modi releases African cheetahs into Kuno enclosure on his 72nd birthday
Prime Minister asks wildlife aficionados to be ‘patient’ and ‘give the cheetahs some time’, thanks Namibia and South Africa
How the Ice Ages spurred the evolution of New Zealand’s weird and wiry native plants
Frosty and droughty climates posed direct physiological challenges to plants, but they also left them more exposed to browsing; they thus …
What is in a name: Should cheetahs arriving in India be given names?
It may appear a trivial issue but there is a serious ethical and scientific debate underlying this proposition