Endangered whale sharks are getting stranded on Andhra’s shores – and dying

The state’s shores are heavily industrialised with busy ports and fishing operations, complicating efforts to save the species.

Almaas Masood

· Jul 19, 2022 · 07:30 pm

In India, habitat loss may be forcing a formerly monogamous bird to form breeding trios

A new study has discovered a novel social unit among sarus cranes.

Kasturi Das

· Jul 02, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Thousands of birds are dying every year in Kutch after colliding with power lines

Once considered a paradise for birds, is the region turning into their graveyard?

Ronak Gajjar

· May 21, 2022 · 09:30 pm

A second vulture-safe drug offers hope for the dwindling population of scavengers in India

Diclofenac continues to threaten the region’s remaining vultures. So scientists have come up with another alternative.

Athar Parvaiz

· Nov 28, 2021 · 09:30 pm

In Assam, the rare Barca snakehead fish is on the brink of extinction

Since it is an ornamental fish, it is in high demand in the international market and is susceptible to illegal trade.

Anuraag Baruah

· Nov 18, 2021 · 07:30 pm

One in three species of sharks and rays is nearing extinction because of overfishing

Research shows that establishing fishing quotas and closing some areas to fishing can help rebuild threatened populations.

Wade VanderWright, The Conversation

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Nicholas Dulvy, The Conversation

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Samantha Sherman, The Conversation

· Oct 24, 2021 · 11:30 pm

In Bhutan, the world’s rarest heron is on the brink of extinction

With as few as 50 of the species left on Earth, their continued decline is alarming.

Dawa Gyelmo

· Aug 06, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Scientists are hoping to develop a vaccine – for the world’s most endangered species of penguin

There are only 4,000 yellow-eyed penguins left in the wild.

Vartul Sangal, The Conversation

· Jun 19, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Tightening the ban on a cow medicine can save India’s vultures

In just over a decade, crores of vultures have died from kidney failure after feeding on cattle carcasses laced with an anti-inflammatory drug.

Nikhil Eapen

· Feb 23, 2021 · 09:30 pm

In Tripura, the spectacled leaf monkey is facing a dire future because of rubber plantations

Scientists worry over the change in the endangered goggle-eyed primates’ food ecology.

Shatabdi Chakrabarti

· Feb 11, 2021 · 07:30 pm

While India’s wildlife is declining, its environment ministry remains in denial

India is among nations most threatened by biodiversity loss, yet the Centre obscures data and allows exploitation of environmentally sensitive areas.

Nikhil Eapen

· Nov 11, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Illegal trade is killing off medicinal plants that are found only in Jammu and Kashmir

The Himalayas are one of the world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots and are rich in plants found nowhere else on Earth.

Mudassir Kuloo

· Nov 03, 2020 · 09:30 pm