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

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 31 May 2022
An adult male blackbuck in the IIT Madras campus. Photo by B Vinoth, Care Earth Trust.

[Commentary] The shrinking habitats of blackbucks in Chennai

R.J. Ranjit Daniels, Anjana Vencatesan 26 May 2022

India has high proportion of priority areas for tree conservation and restoration, says study

Carolyn Cowan 23 May 2022

Celebrating tiger numbers in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, while tribal residents await their rights

Arathi Menon 17 May 2022

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

Sahana Ghosh 16 May 2022
Illegal logging in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis will hit country’s environment and conservation hard, experts warn

Malaka Rodrigo 16 May 2022

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

Abhaya Raj Joshi 11 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
Glossy ibis flock in a flooded field. In addition to recording observed bird species, Katwal and colleagues also assessed how different agriculture practices influence the abundance of birds by season and the crop mix in the fields. Photo by K. S. Gopi Sundar.

Nepal, India need robust conservation policies for farmland birds outside protected areas

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 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
Image shows woody stem of Rubus ellipticus with fruiting

Himalayan medicinal plants under threat due to climate change

T. V. Padma 19 Apr 2022
Jim Corbett National Park. Sekhsaria speaks up for wildlife not just inside PAs, but for the wildlife outside PAs. He talks about involving people living inside PAs in their management, and on sensitising people outside PAs. Photo by Shashwat Jha/ Wikimedia Commons.

[Book review] A rough draft of conservation history

T. R. Shankar Raman 19 Apr 2022

How Sosamma Iype became the icon of native cow breed conservation

K.A. Shaji 14 Apr 2022
Dogs not only compete with the raptors for food but there are many instances when they chase and attack them. Photo by Prasanna Kalita.

Vultures in Assam die by pesticide poisoning targeting stray dogs

Nabarun Guha 11 Apr 2022
National Tiger Conservation Authority report says a majority of the 575 local people surveyed were positive about the introduction of the tiger. Photo by Ayush Baheti/ Wikimedia Commons.

Is a tiger reserve in Rajasthan’s Kumbhalgarh a bad idea?

Rosamma Thomas 8 Apr 2022

As the climate crisis deepens, Indian scientists call for the conservation of caves

Catherine Gilon 4 Apr 2022
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Nepal’s first bird sanctuary could be a new attraction for Indian tourists

Abhaya Raj Joshi 1 Apr 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