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 …
A study says climate change, humans are to blame for the wipe-out of several species Giant Ice Age species such as the elephant-sized sloth and the powerful sabre-toothed cat suddenly went extinct around 12,300 years ago as a result of rapidly warming climate along with human activities in South America, …
Patagonia in South America was once the home of Ice Age giants, like huge sloths, bears and saber-toothed cats. Suddenly, they all died at exactly the same time--around 12,300 years ago. A new study published in the journal Science Advances revealed that the species were killed off as a result …
Exclusive: scientists find no trace of the Bramble Cay melomys, a small rodent that was the only mammal endemic to Great Barrier Reef Human-caused climate change appears to have driven the Great Barrier Reef’s only endemic mammal species into the history books, with the Bramble Cay melomys, a small rodent …
As amphibian crisis persists across the United States, scientists are working continuously to come up with an emergency response to reverse their decline. However, a new research has confirmed that there is no simple solution to stop or overturn amphibian declines. Writing in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the …
The endangered hangul , also known as Kashmir deer , is in the throes of extinction, largely because of human intrusions and domestic livestock grazing at its only habitat here. Wildlife experts and activists claim they have been raising the alarm, calling for stringent measures to check human intrusions at …
Indonesia’s national bird, the Javan hawk-eagle, is among 13 species threatened by illegal trade, warns a wildlife watchdog Thirteen species of Indonesian birds, including the country’s symbolic Javan hawk-eagle, are at serious risk of extinction mainly due to the pet trade, a wildlife watchdog warned Wednesday. The vast Indonesian archipelago …
The Black-capped Petrel, pictured above, ranks among the most threatened bird species in North America, a new report from the North American Bird Conservation Initiative found. More than one-third of North America’s 1,154 native bird species are at high risk of extinction due to climate change and other manmade factors, …
The endangered hangul, also known as Kashmir deer, is in the throes of extinction, largely because of human intrusions and domestic livestock grazing at its only habitat here. Wildlife experts and activists claim they have been raising the alarm, calling for stringent measures to check human intrusions at Srinagar's famed …
Jodhpur: Wolf is in high demand at all the zoos of the country. The declining population has led this schedule I animal near extinction with presence in Gujarat and Rajasthan only. Recently, the Machia Biological Park at Jodhpur had a lion pair from Shakkarbagh Zoo in Junagarh (Gujarat) in exchange …
The spread of pests and pathogens that damage plant life could cost global agriculture $540 billion a year, according to this report released by the Royal Botanic Gardens in London. An increase in international trade and travel had left flora facing rising threats from invasive pests and pathogens, and called …
Current estimates of the number of cheetahs in the wild are `guesswork', researchers, including those from India have found, amid fears that the fastest land mammal is racing to extinction. A study has found that population in cheetah strong hold of Maasai Mara, Kenya, is lower than previously thought. In …
The diversity of life on Earth—which provides vital services to humanity —stems from the difference between rates of evolutionary diversification and extinction. Human activities have shifted the balance : Species extinction rates are an estimated 1000 times the “background” rate and could increase to 10,000 times the background rate should …
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 …
Nashik: The majestic Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) are vanishing from sight, at least in the Nashik region. According to forest officials, not a single GIB has been spotted in the region since 2007. Officials said three GIBs were seen in the Ozar air strip that year. In 2014, the forest …
China’s lucrative black market for fish parts is threatening the vaquita, the world’s most endangered marine mammal. The porpoises, who live only in the Gulf of California, are getting caught up as bycatch in illegal gill nets and killed, reports Yale Environment 360 In 2013, Song Shen Zhen, a 75-year-old …
Biologists have described a new species of extinct plant, based on two fossil flowers that were trapped in chunks of amber for at least 15 million years. Strychnos electri belongs to the genus whose tropical shrubs, trees and vines are famous for producing the deadly toxin strychnine. The US researchers …
Large herbivores and carnivores (the megafauna) have been in a state of decline and extinction since the Late Pleistocene, both on land and more recently in the oceans. Much has been written on the timing and causes of these declines, but only recently has scientific attention focused on the consequences …
The biggest ape to roam the Earth went extinct 100,000 years ago because the species was not able to adapt to just consuming savannah grass after climate change hit its favoured diet of forest fruit, according to scientists. Weighing five times as much as an adult man and standing up …
Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region has seen its wildlife population increase in recent decades thanks to protective measures. The regional forestry department said Thursday that the population of the Tibetan red deer, a species on the verge of extinction, has been growing since the late 1990s, with over 8,300 today. …
The extinction of large animals from tropical forests could lead to potentially stronger impacts of climate change, a new study warns. A decline in the number of fruit-eating animals could lead to lower number of large hardwood trees, reducing the capacity of tropical forests to store carbon and prevent climate …
