Cheetahs in India: Why is it a new experiment?

Cheetahs became extinct in India in the 1950s

Giant: Meet a bacterium that is visible to the naked eye

Simply Put: Sariska ablaze

Simply Put: 6th mass extinction

Leopard hide trade on the rise: 10 skins seized in Odisha in 10 days

All five accused arrested

Nipah virus antibodies found in Indian bats in Mahabaleshwar cave

Two bat species had the virus and antibodies

Simply Put: Tigers & tribals

40 gharials released in Ghaghara river amid lockdown

About 250 gharials have been released in the river since 2014

Amid gloom of COVID-19, rhino breeding centre begins at Patna zoo

The first pair of one-horned rhinos named Ganesh and Lali have been released into the pen

Light wavelength can determine plants’ greenness: Study

Too much exposure to far-red light was harmful to plants, according to the study

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 14-21)

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

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (July 29 – August 4)

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

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (June 10 - June 16)

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

New vine snake species found after a gap of 113 years

Vine snake is a slender rear-fanged snake with narrow heads and pointed snouts

Mob slaughters 300 crocodiles after one kills a man in Indonesia

They killed a protected species and can be fined or imprisoned for it

Don’t bait the King

“Lion Live Bait tourism” mushrooming in Gir

What causes whale mass strandings?

More than 400 whales have died on a beach in New Zealand

New lizard species discovered in Mumbai; more pan-India studies needed

At least 10-15 new species of lizards have been discovered in the last 2-3 years

Neck deep in trouble

The Rothschild giraffe is vanishing from the Kenyan landscape due to loss of habitat

Simply Put: Microplastic, not pollen

40 spotted deer translocated within Karnataka marking a new era in wildlife management

Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has also successfully translocated bigger herbivores like gaur and sambar, said the state's activists  

Simply Put: Safe place to migrate

Double jeopardy

Pollinator-plant mismatch spells disaster for both species 

‘Konkan’s rich biodiversity has lured poachers to its pangolins’

Vishwas Katdare is the founder of Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra, a non-profit operating for the last 26 years, mostly in Maharashtra's coastal Konkan …

What’s behind hundreds of vulture deaths in Guinea-Bissau — and what can be done

More than 2,000 critically endangered Hooded Vultures are reported to have died in Guinea-Bissau since 2019. They were deliberately poisoned with …