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

Cautious cats: Africa’s lions changing behaviour, skipping high density human areas to avoid conflict

Human-lion conflicts may increase due to shrinking lion habitat, lack of food availability, warns study

Elephant teeth: How they evolved to cope with climate change-driven dietary shifts

20 million years ago, proboscidean teeth looked completely different

The secret world of rhododendrons: A plant more ancient than the Himalayas

Rhododendrons have a history intertwined with poison, medicine and folklore.

Can animals give birth to twins?

Twins are defined as two offspring from the same pregnancy

They sense electric fields, tolerate snow and have ‘mating trains’: 4 reasons echidnas really are remarkable

Echidnas are even more mysterious and unusual than commonly assumed.

How robust is India’s tiger census?

Government officials and independent experts help decode the riddle of tiger estimation

Simply Put: Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill

Project Cheetah: Two more cubs die, toll increases to six

Officials say the cubs died of severe dehydration caused due to extreme temperatures

Penguin paradise and geological freak: Why Macquarie Island deserves a bigger marine park

The island is a subantarctic environment crucial for seabirds marine mammals

Halt deforestation by 2030: Are we on track to meet global pledge?

Brazil was the world’s largest contributor to deforestation in 2021

Insects today damage plants more despite dwindling numbers: Study

Human influence may have a role to play, say scientists

Extinction threat: Vaquita porpoise global population down to only 10

The species saw a 98% decline in population in 2 decades

Geneva meet concludes with progress on ‘Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework’ for CoP15

CoP15 was to be held in Kunming, China in 2020 but will now be held in August this year

The world’s largest organism is slowly being eaten by deer

The organism has been around for about 14,000 years

Facebook posts lead to leopard skin seizure, arrests near Similipal

Fifteen leopards have died in Odisha in the last 3 years; 5 were poached

Sharp decline in India’s donkey population might be due to Chinese demand: Brooke Hospital for Animals

The number of donkeys in India decreased by over 60% in a decade

Global Eco Watch: Two giant pandas mate at empty Hong Kong zoo

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Global Eco Watch: Will burbot return to UK after half a century?

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (February 10 – 16, 2020)

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Sumatran rhino is now extinct in Malaysia

Iman, the last Sumatran rhino in the country, passed away on November 23, 2019

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (July 8 – July 14)

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