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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
Western Hoolock gibbons. Photo by Udayan Borthakur/Aaranyak.

Saving India’s only ape, the hoolock gibbon

Ashvita Anand 21 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

Megaherbivores could be a potential solution to manage invasive plants, finds study

Simrin Sirur 25 Sep 2023

Darkness-loving bats are being nudged out of the shadows

Vasudevan Sridharan 22 Sep 2023

Bioinvasions are a global threat to ecosystems, says IPBES report

Arathi Menon 21 Sep 2023
A tiger peeking over grass.

Tigers struggle to move within Nepal even as they cross borders: study

Abhaya Raj Joshi 19 Jul 2023
Image shows a dugong in the sea

Researchers study the elusive dugongs of the Andamans with help from community stakeholders

Zackery Shearin 12 Jul 2023

Facing space and resource crunch, North East states to build new shelters for seized wildlife

Nikhil Ghanekar 20 Jun 2023

[Commentary] ‘Rescuing’ camels not a solution; Rajasthan needs sanctuaries for its state animal

Ilse Köhler-Rollefson 20 Jun 2023
Rupa, the rescued elephant. Photo from the Rajasthan Forest Department.

An elephant rescued in 2021 still awaits a suitable shelter, even as its condition deteriorates

Parul Kulshrestha 16 Jun 2023

With a Russell’s viper and snakebite resurgence, Bangladesh looks to developing antivenom

Abu Siddique 12 Jun 2023

Habitat loss due to tourism in the Western Ghats pushes endangered frogs to the edge

Spoorthy Raman 6 Jun 2023

Call to save rare snake habitat follows red coral kukri sightings in Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam 31 May 2023

Small cats in big trouble: Why we need to save these elusive endangered species

Sean Mowbray 25 May 2023

Nepal comes next in line to Sri Lanka to debate exporting ‘problematic’ monkeys

Abhaya Raj Joshi 16 May 2023

Environmentalists denounce Sri Lanka’s talks of exporting 100,000 crop-raiding macaques

Malaka Rodrigo 4 May 2023

Roadkill instances in Jammu and Kashmir increase as highways lengthen

Hirra Azmat 24 Apr 2023