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Global illegal trade and farming flourish amid tiger conservation efforts

Sharon Guynup 17 Jun 2022

Farmer unions demand vermin status for wild boars, Centre highlights their role in forest habitat

K.A. Shaji 9 Jun 2022

Protecting the critical Chambal landscape, one of last viable habitats for red-crowned roofed turtle

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 31 May 2022
Tamil Nadu maintains that the neutrino observatory project and allied activities could impact the movement of tigers. Photo by Timothy A. Gonsalves/Wikimedia Commons.

Tiger movements between India and Nepal become increasingly restricted, even as numbers rise

Abhaya Raj Joshi, Sahana Ghosh 17 May 2022

Failure to cut GHG emissions is putting species conservation in eastern Himalayas at risk

Sahana Ghosh 16 May 2022

[Interview] Whitley Award winner from Nepal emphasises on crossborder collaboration to protect the red panda

Abhaya Raj Joshi 11 May 2022

Trafficked kangaroos rescued in north Bengal en route to Indore turn the spotlight on Indian zoos

Nabarun Guha 10 May 2022
Elephant herd crossing roads at Bandipur. Photo by Lokeshlakshmipathy/Wikimedia Commons.

Corridors with high human activities may not ease elephant connectivity: study

Rupsy Khurana 9 May 2022
Aedes aegypti in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo by Muhammad Mahdi Karim/Wikimedia Commons.

The cost of invasive species bears heavy on Indian economy, finds study

Sahana Ghosh 3 May 2022
Pangolins are able to swiftly roll up into ball-like posture when stressed or under threat.

[Interview] Priyan Perera: Shining a light on the little-studied Indian pangolins in Sri Lanka

Dilrukshi Handunnetti 28 Apr 2022
Forest team patrolling with the help of captive elephants in Madhya Pradesh. Image by Satyendra Kumar Tiwari

Spirits are low this mahua season as fear and grief take over these MP villages

Manish Chandra Mishra 26 Apr 2022

Mahatma hill’s avian diversity shows the importance of conserving the ‘tekdis’ of Pune

Vinaya Kurtkoti 31 Mar 2022

For two years, hundreds of turtles at Varanasi breeding centre are surviving without funds

Chandan Pandey 31 Mar 2022

Sri Lanka growing as smuggling hub for star tortoises mainly collected in India

Malaka Rodrigo, Pragati Prava 28 Mar 2022
A single full-grown mosquitofish eats about 100 to 300 mosquito larvae per day Wikimedia Commons Toby Hudson

Twin lives of the Gambusia fish: a protector against disease or a pest?

Sneha Mahale 24 Mar 2022

India needs more conservation-relevant research on sharks and rays

Neha Jain 22 Mar 2022

Crimson rose butterflies migrate across the sea, leaving a trail of questions

Malaka Rodrigo 14 Mar 2022
Image shows a pack of Indian grey wolves in a grassland habitat in Nandurbar, Maharashtra, India

Counting India’s wolves, one howl at a time

Siddhant Pusdekar 7 Mar 2022

Mahananda river survey records 190 dolphins, warns of fishing threats to Red List species

Seema Sharma 17 Feb 2022
Men carry baskets of tomatoes in a field adjacent to the solar park in Pavagada, Karnataka. Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Mongabay.

Given land for power, Pavagada residents now powerless

Arathi Menon 14 Feb 2022