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Endangered Species

Last-known female Yangtze softshell turtle, which represented Vietnam’s ‘turtle god’, found dead

Jeremy Hance
· May 14, 2023 · 07:30 pm
Eco India, Episode 206: How do we coexist with vulnerable species instead of competing with them?

Scroll Staff
· Dec 04, 2022 · 08:55 am
Endangered whale sharks are getting stranded on Andhra’s shores – and dying

Almaas Masood
· Jul 19, 2022 · 07:30 pm
In India, habitat loss may be forcing a formerly monogamous bird to form breeding trios

Kasturi Das
· Jul 02, 2022 · 01:30 pm
Once ruled by dacoits, Chambal is among the last viable habitats for red-crowned roofed turtle

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi
· Jun 03, 2022 · 09:30 pm
Scientists are hoping to develop a vaccine – for the world’s most endangered species of penguin

Vartul Sangal, The Conversation
· Jun 19, 2021 · 11:30 pm
Watch this rare, close-up sighting of the elegant snow leopard in Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh

Scroll Staff
· Feb 18, 2020 · 07:34 am
As tiger numbers rise in India, here are five critically endangered species that need protection

Vijayta Lalwani
· Jul 31, 2019 · 06:30 am
How should the world respond as Japan resumes commercial whaling after 30 years?

Sui Phang and Peter Bridgewater, The Conversation
· Jul 08, 2019 · 11:30 pm
In Meghalaya, tribal communities join hands to ensure that the hoolock gibbon’s song stays alive

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya
· Jun 10, 2019 · 01:30 pm
Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhinoceros dies at 30

Scroll Staff
· May 28, 2019 · 12:14 pm
Global biodiversity is declining ‘more rapidly than ever’, according to an alarming new report

Joydeep Gupta
· May 06, 2019 · 08:30 pm
As global smuggling networks flourish, Indian turtles disappear from traditional habitats

Juhi Chaudhary
· Apr 15, 2019 · 01:30 pm
With love and some cardboard, villages in Assam are helping save the house sparrow

Kasturi Das
· Mar 19, 2019 · 01:30 pm
Species thought to be extinct are being sighted again. Are they rising from the dead?

David Roberts, The Conversation
· Mar 10, 2019 · 09:30 pm
A lesser-known grizzled giant squirrel species in Kerala is at the risk of dying out

Manupriya
· Feb 15, 2019 · 08:30 pm
A matchmaking service helped a frog in Bolivia find a mate – and could save an endangered species

Mongabay.com
· Jan 26, 2019 · 09:30 pm
A British study examines pangolin poaching in Assam to tackle global illegal trade

Mike Gaworecki
· Dec 18, 2018 · 09:30 pm
Fishing cat: Researchers are trying to shed light on the little-known felines that swim for food

Bhanu Sridharan
· Nov 27, 2018 · 11:30 pm
Swooping eagles, duelling cobras and other winners at the Sanctuary Wildlife Photography awards

Scroll Staff
· Nov 23, 2018 · 07:00 pm