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One of the nine camera traps (seven of which were placed on the advise of Adi community members) yielded this image of a Chinese pangolin digging a burrow. Image by Chiging Pilia/NCF.

Indigenous knowledge to track and save the Chinese pangolin

Nikhil Sreekandan 17 Dec 2025
An orangutan with offspring in Betung Kerihun National Park, Indonesia. Representative image by Sabar Minsyah via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

CITES withdraws recommendation to suspend trade of endangered species to India

Simrin Sirur 25 Nov 2025
A female bonobo. Representative image by Hans Hillewaert via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India defends animal imports, calls wildlife governance ‘unmatched’

Simrin Sirur 14 Nov 2025
Representative image of a male chimpanzee at a national park. Image © Giles Laurent, gileslaurent.com via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Global biodiversity assessment counters Supreme Court’s clean chit to Vantara

Simrin Sirur 5 Nov 2025

DNA test cracks the case of mistaken quails

Kartik Chandramouli 31 Jul 2025
A common colour morph of the dwarf gourami (Colisa lalia) in an aquarium. Image by Jvarszegi via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain).

Global trade in ornamental freshwater fish drives invasion and conservation challenges [Commentary]

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 14 Apr 2025
Small-scale gillnet fishers in Goa. Image by Trisha Gupta.

Understanding India’s shark supply chains to make them sustainable

Neha Jain 3 Mar 2025
captive civets seized

Thousands of live animals seized in global wildlife trafficking crackdown

Mongabay.com 17 Feb 2025
Cilantica agasthyaensis is one of the new species included in a new genus of trantulas from the Western Ghats. Image courtesy of Zeeshan Mirza.

New tarantulas described from the Western Ghats

Liz Kimbrough 8 Jan 2025

Covered in mud, buried under myths

Shatabdi Chakrabarti 10 Sep 2024

Otters face heat from smugglers in northeast India

Nabarun Guha 2 Jul 2024

Small cats’ ecology review flags declining conservation status

Arathi Menon 17 Jun 2024

Rehabilitating trafficked star tortoises using genetic intelligence

Anusha Krishnan 13 Mar 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
A leopard cat seen by the Kinabatangan River in Myanmar. The unmanned border areas along the Myanmar border and thick forest cover along the river Tiau, which divides Mizoram and Myanmar, have likely contributed to ease of access, trade, and a general increase in poaching in this part of India. Photo by Mike Prince/Wikimedia Commons.

The silent trade of elusive small cats in Mizoram

Nabarun Guha 3 Aug 2023

[Video] Combatting wildlife crime with technology

Sharada Balasubramanian 3 May 2023

[Commentary] Mobilising resources for biodiversity conservation in the far eastern Himalayas

Kripa Shrestha 21 Sep 2022
Wild animals seized at Khankawn check gate in Champhai district. Photo by Mizoram police.

Champhai district in Mizoram is now a hotspot for wildlife trafficking in India

Nabarun Guha 15 Sep 2022

[Commentary] Sustainable use of wild species is critical for the well-being of people and nature

Ganesan Balachander 29 Aug 2022

West Africa’s illegal online bird trade finds most buyers in South Asia

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Jul 2022