News Snippets

South Asia

Algal bloom kills birds

Trial by error

Bad for wildlife, bad for people

From the blurbs

Egg on face

Birds are losing their voice

Culled, efficiently

A new model that cuts down the costs of controlling invasive animals

Odisha’s hiked ex-gratia for deaths due to attacks by wild animals insufficient? Experts think so

The revision of financial assistance for animal depredation comes after almost a decade

Five reasons people buy illegal wildlife products – and how to stop them

By understanding what drives people to buy wild species, we can figure out how best to stop them

Neglect robs Saurashtra park of greenery

A wilderness park nurtured carefully by a former maharaja of Bhavnagar looks decrepit today, with its resources plundered and its wildlife dwindling.

Mistaking guns for trees

The Tamil Nadu Green Movement wants the state government to use armed guards to protect a rain forest. Will they never learn?

Arctic plunder

The Bush administration has passed a bill that permits oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Farming out the problem

A recent report that the Union ministry of environment and forests may be "exploring the possibility of allowing private persons to breed wild …

Why the new UN resolution to fight illegal wildlife trade is historic

For the first time, every country has acknowledged the seriousness of wildlife crime

COVID-19: Surge in illegal wildlife trading amid nationwide lockdown

Poaching incidents reported in Karnataka and Maharashtra

On elephant’s trail

The animal’s movement can help ascertain seasonal boundaries

Sri Lanka devises new way to conserve wildlife

Oh dear!

The decision to import deer into mangroves lacks scientific understanding

Death of a Tigress

A hit-and-run case in Bandhavgarh. Who did it?

Lions are less likely to attack cattle with eyes painted on their backsides

As part of an expanding non-lethal toolkit, this simple, low-cost approach could reduce the costs of coexistence for some farmers

Will Fuleco score the final goal?

Three-banded armadillo, the real-life counterpart of FIFA World Cup's official mascot, is in danger of extinction

Close resorts in elephant corridors: Supreme Court

Simply Put: Wildlife trade at G20