Animals News

RSS
332 stories

Himalayan pikas wait for weather cues to make winter plans

Arathi Menon 21 Aug 2024

Biologists turn content creators to teach Indians about native biodiversity, ethically

Rhea Arora 6 Aug 2024

Does size matter? How leopards on forest fringes choose livestock kill

Divya Kilikar 26 Jul 2024
Kadaknath chicken at a government farm in Jhabua. Its color is black—every part of it, including its blood. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra / Mongabay.

A fowl that travelled from forests to farms

Manish Chandra Mishra 23 Jul 2024

Otters face heat from smugglers in northeast India

Nabarun Guha 2 Jul 2024

Study finds leopard cats and red foxes cohabit regions in the Western Himalayas

Simrin Sirur 27 Jun 2024

Civet latrines in the shade puzzle researchers

Arathi Menon 25 Jun 2024

The hispid hare’s habitat in Himalayan grasslands is shrinking fast

Sneha Mahale 21 Jun 2024

To save the vulnerable fishing cat, protect its threatened wetland habitat

Sean Mowbray 20 Jun 2024
Dr. Mohsin Ali Gazi (incharge veterinary officer) along with staff treating a leopard in Kashmir: Image- Arranged from Dr Mohsin Ali Gazi

Wildlife rescue operations in Kashmir face an uphill battle with rising human-wildife conflict

Mudassir Kuloo 26 Apr 2024

Species no bar: Langurs forge unusual alliances in the wild

Arathi Menon 18 Apr 2024

Insufficient data hinders otter conservation in northeast India

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 19 Feb 2024

Indrella ampulla’s genetic tapestry unveils colour morphs isolated across the Palghat Gap

Arathi Menon 6 Feb 2024

Study finds more animals showing same-sex behaviour, but also reveals stigmas in research

Swati Thapa 16 Jan 2024
A lion in Gir National Park.

A new web tool offers ways to trace where illegal lion parts come from

Malavika Vyawahare 15 Jan 2024
Nilgai grazing in Keoladeo National Park

Domestication trials in Bihar aim to mitigate farmer-nilgai conflict

Alok Gupta 4 Jan 2024
Farmer Ghulam Hassan examines the feathery shell of the damaged saffron corms and a quill that is left behind by the porcupines following a nocturnal attack on his field.

Loss of forest cover in Kashmir is pitting a protected animal against the world’s costliest spice

Abrar Mattoo 23 Nov 2023
A free-ranging dog on the hunt, capturing a pika. Photo by Neeraj Mahar

Ladakh’s small cats face resource competition, intimidation by free-ranging dogs

Shailesh Shrivastava 13 Nov 2023
Pallas's cat captured by a camera trap. Photo by Forest, Ecology & Environment Department, Ladakh

Pallas’s cat’s sightings become more common in Ladakh

Manish Chandra Mishra 9 Oct 2023

Scavenging hyenas save carcass disposal costs

Neha Jain 4 Oct 2023