Simply Put: International Day for Vulture Awareness

Simply Put: Marsupial mystery

Good while it lasted: The DTE cover story on 6th mass extinction

DTE Coverage: CMS COP14 Samarkand

Uzbekistan meet ends with parties agreeing to adopt listing proposals for 14 migratory species

World Chimpanzee Day 2023: A species heading towards extinction?

Chimpanzees are seriously threatened by hunting and poaching activities, along with habitat destruction and degradation, disease risk and …

New DNA testing shatters ‘wild dog’ myth: Most dingoes are pure

While dingoes can pose a threat to some livestock, as apex predators, they play an essential role in maintaining healthy ecosystems

11 lions killed in a week in Kenya as climate-linked human-wildlife conflicts escalate

Climate change, changing land use and human, livestock and wildlife population increase are the major drivers of spiraling human-wildlife …

We hope to see Amur leopards back across their historic range in two decades: Taisiia Marchenkova

Down To Earth speaks to Taisiia Marchenkova, a researcher in the Land of the Leopard National Park in Russia, on the Amur leopard, the ‘…

In pictures: These unique ponies in Odisha need to be conserved

Adivasis in the Eastern Ghats of Odisha’s Malkangiri district have relied on a pony breed of unknown origins to transport their produce over …

Mystery solved: When mammals’ ancestors became warm-blooded

Endothermy developed in mammalian ancestors about 233 million years ago during the Late Triassic period

Reset to restore

As the world meets to discuss the next decade of biodiversity conservation, lessons from the past will be critical

Good while it lasted - II: 6th mass extinction an all pervasive loss

The loss of biodiversity is on land, water and air, across all continents, and indicates mass extinction

Australia puts koalas in ‘endangered’ category as numbers plunge

According to estimates, 60,000 koalas died or were affected by the devastating ‘Black Summer’ bushfires of 2019-2020

Drug debacle: Endangered vulture population still under threat 

India’s vulture populations are not safe; they are still small to recover quickly and will not survive another catastrophic event

Great Apes will lose 90% of their homelands in Africa in the coming decades

Scientists say the key action to avert losses is ensuring connectivity between ape habitats and by creating new protected areas

Lion, tiger & jaguar bone processing could shift from end market countries in the Far East to source nations: UNODC

While most lion and jaguar bones being trafficked are not sourced from wild populations, this could change, the 2024 World Wildlife Crime Report …

Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali and Java. Can we learn to live alongside them?

Historically, crocodiles lived throughout the Indonesian archipelago but were killed off in Bali, Lombok and Java 

Brazil GEF meet: Agreement on new biodiversity conservation fund; to be ratified in August

Indigenous peoples and local communities to get 20 per cent of the funds

South Africa confirms signing of MoU to translocate more than 100 cheetahs to India

As part of the MoU, 12 cheetahs will be brought to India annually for the next 10 years

Multi-stakeholder approach needed to address Assam’s vulture poisoning incidents

Farmers set poisoned meat to kill dogs, but vultures die in huge numbers, leaving few records of dog mortality

Snake slides: ‘Python Day’ and raising awareness on serpent conservation at Colonel Sher Jung National Park

Wildlife Institute of India fellow Nidhi Singh chronicles her survey of the park and her first encounters with creatures she fears the most

Protecting 30% of Earth’s surface for nature means thinking about connections near and far

Protecting forests and grasslands can help slow climate change by promoting carbon storage in soil and plants

NCRB: Injuries, deaths due to animal attacks increased by 19%

Most cases reported in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh

Firecracker bursting new in Kedarnath, can impact glaciers & wildlife: Experts warn as videos emerge

A section of experts say wildlife moved away from human presence, may not have an impact

Project Tiger, CAMPA funds used to finance cheetah project: Centre

Barda wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat being developed as a second home for Asiatic lions