Goa’s tiger deaths must be understood through its local politics and anti-conservation history

Last month, the death of four tigers at Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary was met with nationwide uproar.

Pamela D’Mello

· Feb 14, 2020 · 08:30 pm

‘We must realise that man-animal conflict threatens our existence’: Meet Assam’s Elephant Doctor

Kushal Konwar Sarma was recently awarded the Padma Shri for his services over the past three decades.

Nabarun Guha

· Feb 10, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Smiling chimpanzees on Instagram are not cute – they are under stress and often mistreated

What happened to the chimpanzee from The Wolf of Wall Street? He is now in a roadside zoo, forced to perform circus tricks.

Zara Bending, The Conversation

· Jan 12, 2020 · 11:30 pm

What Australia’s bushfires mean for the country’s most enduring tourism icon – the Koala

A study suggests that koala tourism is worth at least AUD 3.2 billion to the Australian economy and accounts for 30,000 jobs.

Kevin Markwell, The Conversation

· Jan 07, 2020 · 09:30 pm

For the first time, a new frog has been discovered in Jharkhand and Bihar region

The tiny Magadha Burrowing Frog has been observed in farm fields, which proves that previously ignored agroecosystems are also hubs of scientific interest.

GBSNP Varma

· Sep 16, 2019 · 08:30 pm

In Assam, a beloved wandering rhino was killed and the forest department tried to ‘hush it up’

Eight months after a rhino wandered out of its sanctuary, forest officials lost track of it. Then it was found dead.

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya

· Sep 16, 2019 · 01:30 pm

A forest in the Western Ghats is helping scientists understand how malaria spreads in birds

The spread of the infection disease has been hastened by climate change.

TV Padma

· Sep 13, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Grey, cinnamon, black: The many colours of the Asiatic golden cat in Arunachal Pradesh

Hidden cameras placed in Dibang Valley recorded six coat colours of the Asiatic golden cat.

Shreya Dasgupta

· Jun 26, 2019 · 08:30 pm

New tortoise species found in India for the first time

The first-ever sighting of the rare Impressed Tortoise or Manouria impressa will help to focus on turtle conservation in Northeast India.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 25, 2019 · 10:38 pm

Arunachal pit viper: How researchers chanced upon a snake species that hadn’t been described before

The species has been named Trimeresurus arunachalensis.

Shreya Dasgupta

· May 18, 2019 · 09:30 pm

The red barking deer enigma: A little-known Indian species has been puzzling scientists for decades

Until recently, Indian red muntjacs were believed to be a single species. But some researchers believe there are multiple species in India alone.

Bhanu Sridharan

· May 07, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Behold the Chorao island otter, an unexpected resident of Goa’s brackish mangroves

Mangroves dominated by humans are far from what is considered an ideal environment for otters.

Visvak P

· Mar 17, 2019 · 07:30 pm