Women Biologists Take Centre Stage In Saving Forests And Wildlife
Breaking new ground along with gender barriers, India has seen many pioneering women biologists who…
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A Citizen-Led Initiative Contributes To Wildlife Conservation In Ladakh
Stanzin Chamba, a 35-year-old resident of Leh, has been exploring Nubra Valley in Ladakh for…
Cheetahs In Kuno Struggle With Humidity And Weather Conditions
Since the launch of India’s ambitious cheetah reintroduction programme in 2022, six of the 20…
Improved Tiger Numbers Come With Certain Hidden Messages
India is now home to at least 3,682 tigers – a new record that surpasses…
Privacy Concerns Rise As Wildlife Surveillance Tech ‘Watches’ People
In 2017, a camera installed on the fringes of Corbett Tiger Reserve in northern India…
Silent Trade Of Elusive Small Cats In Mizoram
The commercial value of products coming from rarer wildlife species has increased because of their…
Project Tiger Could Do Even Better: Experts
Fifty years after the launch of Project Tiger in India, the country hosts 75% of…
Facing Space Crunch, NE States To Build New Homes For Seized Wildlife
India’s northeastern states are building new homes for seized exotic animals and rescued native wildlife….
Opinion: Trafficking Of India’s Pangolins Needs Focused Attention
In India’s forests, grasslands and shrublands, one may, with some luck, come across tigers, leopards,…
Three Dead Parrots Show Need For Proper Ban On Wildlife Trade
In November 2019, three African grey parrot chicks (Psittacus erithacus) were seized at Oslo airport…
Projects That Are Changing The Image Of SA’s ‘Unattractive’ Wildlife
Culture has always shaped human societies’ relationships with wild animals. The way a species is…
What Is CITES And Why Does It Matter For SA?
What Is CITES? CITES (or the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild…
New Pipelines Will Fragment Assam’s Protected Forests: Environmentalists
Four oil and gas pipelines being laid through protected forests in Assam could be “disastrous”…
Helping Wildlife In Navigating Road & Railway Infrastructure
Reflected in key goals and targets, ecological connectivity will be decisive, as countries move to…
Wildlife Trade Meet Ends With More Protections For SA Species
A global wildlife summit has concluded with a suite of new protections for South Asian…
Earth Has Lost 83% Of Its Freshwater Aquatic Life In 50 Years
Wildlife populations, including birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and fish, have seen an average 69% decline…
An Algorithm To Save Wildlife From Poaching
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Harvard University researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm…
Black Bears Stray From Assam National Park In Unprecedented Numbers
On the night of 15 December 2021, Suken Gayari got the shock of his life….