Binny, India’s only orangutan, dies at 41 in Odisha’s Nandankanan Zoological Park

The ape was brought to the Odisha zoo in November 2003, when she was 25 years old, from the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park in Pune.

Scroll Staff

· May 31, 2019 · 10:34 am

Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhinoceros dies at 30

The Sumatran rhino was declared extinct in the wild in Malaysia in 2015.

Scroll Staff

· May 28, 2019 · 12:14 pm

Why wildlife scientists want to transport wild buffaloes from Assam to Chhattisgarh

After the monsoon this year, five wild buffaloes will be transported from Manas National Park to Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary, 1500 km away.

Arunabh Saikia

· May 08, 2019 · 07:30 am

As India’s dholes face decline, scientists say more research is needed to frame conservation plans

New study finds that distribution of the Asiatic wild dog in the Western Ghats is shrinking.

Garima Prasher

· Apr 29, 2019 · 01:30 pm

India’s little-studied sea snakes are under threat. New research hopes to change that

An inventory of marine snakes reported a total of 26 species in India.

Manupriya

· Mar 25, 2019 · 01:30 pm

With love and some cardboard, villages in Assam are helping save the house sparrow

After a 2009 survey showed rapid decline of the sparrow population, a scientist came up with a low-cost solution.

Kasturi Das

· Mar 19, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Found in Manipur: Eastern hog deer earlier believed to be confined to Southeast Asia

Hog deer at the Keibul Lamjao National Park have very different features than the rest of their species in India.

Garima Prasher

· Mar 07, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Making roads safer for wildlife also saves money

Wildlife-vehicle collisions annually cause an average of about 200 human deaths, 30,000 injuries, and economic impacts exceed $8 billion, say researchers.

Brandon Keim

· Feb 08, 2019 · 08:30 pm

The biggest threats to wildlife in India: Forest fires and an ‘unhealthy’ plantation model

All that is needed to restore Indian ecosystems is protection, not plantation.

Peter Smetacek

· Feb 08, 2019 · 08:00 am

Migratory harrier birds are no longer flocking in large numbers to India

One of the main reasons for the decline in harrier numbers is the destruction of the grasslands in both breeding and wintering areas, according to scientists.

Vrushal Pendharkar

· Jan 31, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Conservation success story: How gharials were bought back from the brink in Bihar’s Gandak river

A joint initiative between the Wildlife Trust of India and the Bihar Forest Department released captive bred gharials into the Gandak in 2014.

Gurvinder Singh

· Jan 17, 2019 · 09:30 pm

In the shadow of tiger conservation, poaching of leopards in India grows unchecked

At least 260 leopards have been killed in the last four years alone.

Mayank Aggarwal

· Dec 30, 2018 · 07:30 pm