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In search of home Habitat loss and conflict with humans are some of the reasons behind the dwindling numbers of fishing cats; Murthy Kantimahanti at an awareness camp.

A worldwide campaign by the Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance to protect the feline

Nivedita Ganguly

The team from the Alliance is working towards a world with functioning floodplains and coastal ecosystems that would ensure survival of the fishing cat

Birds called Zebra Finches perch on an electric guitar at an art installation in the Barbican's Curve Gallery, London, on February 26, 2010.

Roadsides too noisy for birds to think, crickets to mate: studies

Work has begun on a walking track inside the Turahalli forest in south Bengaluru.

Local communities up in arms over work inside Turahalli forest

Special Correspondent Forest officials claimed to be working on the upcoming tree park

Pelicans seen on a mound in Kolleru lake in Krishna district.

Rare bird species sighted in wetlands

Rajulapudi Srinivas About 80 teams carry out Asian Waterbird Census in State last month

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The picture shows a female rhino in Tugela Private Game Reserve, Colenso, Natal, South Africa, November 9, 2010, that four months earlier survived a brutal dehorning by poachers who used a chainsaw to remove her horns and a large section of bone in that area of her skull. The female rhino survived the dehorning and has joined up with a male bull who now accompanies her. Credit: REUTERS/Brent Stirton/Getty Images/Handout

Coronavirus lockdown helps reduce rhino poaching in South Africa

AP Environmental activists lauded the decline in poaching but said it also shows a general decline in the number of rhinos in the country

Chasing the Cantor’s giant softshell Turtle

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Conservation biologist Ayushi Jain managed to sight the rare reptile, Cantor’s Giant Soft Shell Turtle and is working with riverside communities to create awareness about it

Watch some rare butterflies up-close in a guided tour at Visakhapatnam zoo

Nivedita Ganguly Indira Gandhi Zoological Park initiates a series of public engagement programmes to redefine the zoo experience as a conservation education centre

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A closeup of a Ladybird Beetle spotted in farm fields near Ibrahimpatnam in Krishna district.

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A worldwide campaign by the Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance to protect the feline

Roadsides too noisy for birds to think, crickets to mate: studies

Local communities up in arms over work inside Turahalli forest

A conservationist’s song for saving the grasslands

This 19-year-old’s startup crushes used glass back into sand for commercial use

Coronavirus lockdown helps reduce rhino poaching in South Africa

Rare bird species sighted in wetlands

About 80 teams carry out Asian Waterbird Census in State last month

Visakhapatnam sees surge in startups catering to sustainable living

Pandemic increases demand for healthier and organic food products

Many Northeast wildlife habitats understaffed, says report

‘Extremely poor’ infrastructure in all evaluated wildlife sanctuaries in Assam is adversely affecting their management.

The Hindu Explains | What does ‘green tax’ mean for vehicle owners?

Will the government proposal help to achieve the clean air objective? When is it scheduled to come into force?

Hundreds of dead pelicans in Senegal test positive for H5N1 bird flu

The sanctuary is a transit place for about 350 species of birds but only pelicans were found dead.

In the spirit of recycling: how Johnnie Walker and Sepoy & Co turn bottles to glass installations and sand

By turning bottles to glass installations, and sand for construction, beverage companies like Johnnie Walker and Sepoy & Co are trying not to add to our piling landfills

Watch some rare butterflies up-close in a guided tour at Visakhapatnam zoo

Indira Gandhi Zoological Park initiates a series of public engagement programmes to redefine the zoo experience as a conservation education centre

Chasing the Cantor’s Giant Softshell Turtle

Conservation biologist Ayushi Jain managed to sight the rare reptile, Cantor’s Giant Soft Shell Turtle and is working with riverside communities to create awareness about it

Laboratory comes up with technique to identify wildlife species from DNA

Species authentication from scat and tissue samples helps in detecting illegal wildlife trade

Expert group to assess threats to plant species in the Nilgiris

Threats to endemic flora in the Western Ghats will be assessed by experts comprising the Western Ghats Plant Specialist Group (WGPSG). Members of the

Sunderbans home to 428 species of birds, records ZSI

While some species are found only in the unique ecosystem, one in three species have been recorded in the region

Ageing dams in India, U.S., other nations pose growing threat: UN report

The analysis includes dam decommissioning or ageing case studies from the U.S., France, Canada, India, Japan, and Zambia and Zimbabwe

Listen to the strange call of a possible new mammal species from Africa

In Taita Hills, tree hyraxes have only three-square kilometres of indigenous forest left and the small size of the habitat may lead to inbreeding or loss of the whole population due to diseases

Sunday Quiz: Easy like Sunday morning

Ape shall not kill ape: Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)

The Hindu Explains | What are the implications of U.S. President Joe Biden rejoining the Paris climate agreement?

What areas will Mr. Biden focus on to cut emissions? What does his policy mean for other countries?

Lookalike snakes but with self-styled venoms

Indian antivenoms were ineffective in neutralising venoms of cryptic kraits

More flash droughts in India by end of century

Atmospheric anomalies, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions play a role

Two new species of ants discovered from Kerala and Tamil Nadu

Two new species of a rare ant genus have been discovered in Kerala and Tamil Nadu by a team of scientists, the Department of Science and Technology

Satellite images to aid elephant conservation from space

Currently, the most common technique for surveying elephant populations in savannah environments is aerial counts from manned aircraft.

Bangladesh zoo seeks mate for lonely Kanchi the Rhino

Abdul Latif, curator of the zoo, said the coronavirus pandemic had blocked recent efforts to bring in a male rhino from Africa

Free parking is not your right

Why we need to encourage paid car and bike slots in our cities

Chandigarh schools’ ‘Climategiri’ shines despite pandemic

Students drop off plastic waste for no-contact weighing outside school gate

Western monarch butterfly population moves closer to extinction

Scientists say the butterflies are at critically low levels because of destruction to their milkweed habitat along their migratory route as housing expands into their territory and use of pesticides and herbicides increases

How the male mantis avoids being decapitated after mating

Sexual cannibalism — when the female of a species consumes the male during or after mating — is also known among spiders and scorpions

Joe Biden plans temporary halt of oil activity in Arctic refuge

The fight to open the coastal plain to drilling goes back decades, with the State’s Republican congressional delegation hailing the issuance of leases as “significant and meaningful for Alaska’s future.”

Follow the howl

An online survey seeks to find out if the common jackal is disappearing from Kerala’s countryside

BBC’s Elizabeth White talks about Emmy Award-winning series 'Frozen Planet'

The filmmaker talks about filming in frigid zones, climate change and more

Chennai birders go on a guided walk around Pallikaranai marshland

Birders young and old went on a guided walk around Pallikaranai marsh as part of Margazhi Bird Utsav 2021, documenting resident and migrant species

Steep decline in bird count worries birders

Bird census spots 108 species at 10 locations in Kochi

India home to both species of red panda, says ZSI study

Siang river serves as boundary between the two phylogenetic species, it says

Flying oranges at the gardens of Theosophical Society

Two sub-species of the Orange-headed Thrush keep their date with this lush-green and leafy woodland of a campus every winter

Study finds metal pollution in aquaculture farms

Threat of anti-microbial resistance looms large with the profligate use of antibiotics and insecticides for cultivation.

NGT directs government to finalise EPR regime within 3 months, says plastic waste serious hazard

EPR (Under Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016) puts the onus on the manufacturers for the treatment, recycling, reuse or disposal of products after a consumer has used and disposed them.

Hot again: 2020 sets yet another global temperature record

While NASA and a couple of other measurement groups said 2020 passed or essentially tied 2016 as the hottest year on record, more agencies, including the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, said last year came in a close second or third.

Watch | The world’s insect population is declining

A video on the world's declining insect population

ZSI starts tagging olive ridleys to track migration path

Rushikulya beach is one of the largest mass nesting sites for sea turtles

A new species of fruit fly named after Siruvani

A new species of fruit fly discovered for the first time has been named after Siruvani in the Western Ghats

Watch | Using AI to survey African elephants

A video describing how a team of international researchers developed an artificial intelligence-powered method to survey African elephants in various landscapes.

Orphaned rhinos find safe refuge in South Africa sanctuary

The mission is rescue, rehabilitation and release. No tourists allowed, very few visitors and minimal human contact

Investigation into who etched ‘Trump’ on manatee’s back

According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, of the 637 manatees that died in 2020, 90 were victims of collisions with boats and 15 others were killed by other interactions with humans

50 countries vow to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030

Top U.S. officials were notably absent, as were the leaders of Russia, India and Brazil

World insect population declining at an alarming rate, say studies

Honeybees have been in dramatic decline because of disease, parasites, insecticides, herbicides and lack of food

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