Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
The world's count of wild tigers roaming forests from Russia to Vietnam has gone up for the first time in more than a century, with 3,890 counted by conservation groups and national governments in the latest global census, wildlife conservation groups said on Monday. The tally marks a turnaround from …
The world’s count of wild tigers roaming forests from Russia to Vietnam has gone up for the first time in more than a century, with some 3,890 counted by conservation groups and national governments in the latest global census, wildlife conservation groups said Monday. The tally marks a turnaround from …
The dry forests of Cambodia once serve as the home for a number of Indochinese tigers, but now, due to excessive human activities, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has declared tigers to be "functionally" extinct. Years of conservation efforts in hopes to prevent the extinction of the endangered green sea turtles …
Dehradun: Learning no lessons from the past, wildlife officials in Uttarakhand continue to be on the defensive and in denial of an alarming spurt in incidents of poaching in the hill state. When TOI spoke with DVS Khati, principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife), about the seizure of a leopard …
Researchers investigated whether Neogobius melanostomus, an invader of biodiversity ‘hot-spots’ in the Laurentian Great Lakes region, facilitates or inhibits unionid mussel recruitment by serving as a host or sink for their parasitic larvae (glochidia). Infestation and metamorphosis rates of four mussel species with at-risk (conservation) status (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana, Epioblasma …
A federal judge on Monday rejected a decision by U.S. wildlife managers to deny wolverines Endangered Species Act protection, ruling the government erred in discounting the threat posed by climate change to the weasel-like predator of the Northern Rockies. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2013 proposed an endangered …
KLERKSDORP, South Africa - South Africa will decide this month whether to push to end a global ban on buying and selling rhino horn, a move that could unlock a $2 billion (1.40 billion pound) bonanza and determine the fate of a critically endangered species. Rhino horn is prized in …
A government consultation on whether to change the rules governing how contractors deal with protected species when developing sites ends this week. The focus is on the great crested newt, a species classified as endangered under European law. Natural England, a government body in charge of protecting wildlife, is in …
Tigers could soon be making a roaring comeback, according to the latest forecast by experts. Scientists say the endangered animal's global population could almost treble in the next two decades if sufficient action is taken to restore its habitat. In the past century, tiger populations have been decimated as a …
It’s hard to ignore a red colobus monkey in the forests of Equatorial Guinea’s Bioko Island, off the coast of Cameroon. The shaggy, orange-and-maroon-hued primates bark and squawk like barnyard animals. Top notch communications skills, perhaps, but their noise-making has also played a role in their endangered status. That’s because …
The population of the world's largest primate, Grauer's gorilla, found only in the conflict-plagued Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), declined calamitously in 20 years according to a report co-authored by a Smithsonian scientist and published by the Wildlife Conservation Society, Flora and Fauna International and the Congolese Institute for …
Satellite maps show tiger habitat is being lost but still adequate for meeting international goal of doubling tiger numbers by 2022 Forests that harbour tigers are being lost but are still large enough to take double the world’s tiger population in the next six years, according to a study using …
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday inaugurated the world's maiden 'White Tiger Safari' at Mukundpur in Satna district in the state's Vindhya region where the feline was first discovered more than 100 years ago. The first of its kind safari has cost Rs 50 crore and is …
While the state's 523 lions have been provided around 500 cement-concrete watering troughs, the 5,000-odd blackbuck in and around Velavadar and the 4,451 wild asses in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) have to make do with just 50-odd such artificial watering holes. The majority of these artificial watering holes …
Mohawk the lion, one of Kenya's most famous big cats, was fatally shot on Wednesday by wildlife rangers. In a country that has invested millions in protecting its wildlife, Kenyans are trying to figure out what went wrong. The rangers had no tranquilisers, only rifles. A veterinary team was on …
Cape Town - The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and Eskom are probing the electrocution of approximately 49 endangered Cape vultures along power lines in the Eastern Cape town of Elliot at the weekend. EWT energy programme manager, Constant Hoogstad, said they were addressing "the devastating situation " after conservationist Walter …
The rich natural heritage of the geographically-diverse West Bengal has now become a motif for the Election Commission to attract voters to polling booths. Each of the districts in the state have launched varied election mascots like tiger, red panda, rhinoceros, dolphin or even rivers like Teesta. Sporting a typical …
Tadpoles of the monotypic Indian dancing frog family Micrixalidae have remained obscure for over 125 years. Here we report the discovery of the elusive tadpoles of Micrixalus herrei from the sand beds of a forested stream in southern Western Ghats, and confirm their identity through DNA barcoding. These actively burrowing …
Smallest of the Asian rhino species that number fewer than 100 in the world was captured in a wooden pit in Borneo, Indonesia, to protect and relocate it Conservationists have made the first physical contact in over four decades with a Sumatran rhino in Indonesian Borneo. The smallest of the …
Two tigers in core area and four to five in the buffer zone. Hyderabad: The Telangana government does not seem to be serious about taking long-term measures to conserve the tigers residing in the state's two tiger reserves — Kawal and Amrabad. Last year, the Forest department had announced with …
