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Sloth bears at the Wildlife SOS Agra Bear Rescue Center

How Wildlife SOS rescues elephants and sloth bear from the streets of India

A deep dive into how elephants and sloth bear — two of the most exploited wild animals — are rescued from Indian streets and rehabilitated by Wildlife SOS

A. Kumaraguru, Conservation Scientist, Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, briefing the volunteers about the bird census at the Bird Sanctuary at Udhayamarthandapuram in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu on February 17, 2021.

Synchronised bird census begins

A pangolin climbs out of a cage upon its release into the wild in Sibolangit, North Sumatra, Indonesia | File

Global wildlife trade causes decline of species abundance: study

PTI International wildlife trade is said to be worth between $4 to $20 billion per year

Camera trapping images of a melanistic (top) and a rosette leopard from Manas National Park.

Leopard population tracking gets new approach

Rahul Karmakar Unique model to estimate their numbers where melanistic individuals are seen

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This Northern Shoveler duck has found a temporary home at Chinna Eri in Thuraiyur.

Northern Shoveler duck spotted at Thuraiyur Chinna Eri

R. Krishnamoorthy The Chinna Eri in Thuraiyur has attracted Northern Shoveler, a duck species, much to the surprise of bird watchers since the pollution level has been on the rise.A pair of these birds, believed to have migrated from as far as northern Europe, was spotted by Q. Ashoka Chakkaravarthy, wildlife biologist. Passage migration - stopping for a short duration during the course of seasonal migration - could be the reason. It was possible that the heavy spells of rain had brought down the pollution level

Nesting of Olive Ridleys picks up

Special Correspondent Team expects this year’s cycle, though delayed, to continue at least till April

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Theodore Baskaran wins Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020

K Jeshi Sanctuary Nature Foundation honours conservation hero S Theodore Baskaran with Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020 for his role in wildlife conservation and his continuing legacy of writings in Tamil and English to the conservation discourse

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

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How Wildlife SOS rescues elephants and sloth bear from the streets of India

Synchronised bird census begins

Global wildlife trade causes decline of species abundance: study

Leopard population tracking gets new approach

Northern Shoveler duck spotted at Thuraiyur Chinna Eri

Nesting of Olive Ridleys picks up

Theodore Baskaran wins Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020

Sanctuary Nature Foundation honours conservation hero S Theodore Baskaran with Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020 for his role in wildlife conservation and his continuing legacy of writings in Tamil and English to the conservation discourse

Leatherback nesting sites could be overrun by Andamans project

Proposed intensive growth in islands contradicts National Marine Turtle Action Plan released by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Why environmentalists encourage green drives with native trees

A renewed interest among corporates to create green spaces thriving with native trees is cheering up environmentalists

New homes to take root in: Hyderabad-based VATA Foundation translocates trees to save green space

Uday Krishna Peddireddi of VATA Foundation on saving Hyderabad’s green space by translocating trees

Sink your fangs into these home-grown apps on Kerala’s snakes

Know more about snakes from the apps SARPA, SnakeHub, Snake Lens and Snakepedia

New species of fly named after Singanallur Tank

The insect has been named Asphondylia singanallurensis

The Hindu Explains | Why are geologists worried about a slew of hydroelectric projects and environmental stress in Uttarakhand?

Should Uttarakhand worry about the effects of climate change? Are expensive hydroelectric projects worth the investment today?

Black storks sighted in the Sigur plateau

‘The presence of the migratory birds has been very rarely recorded in the Nilgiris’

This Hyderabad farmer has won a patent for Vitamin D-enriched rice and wheat

Chintala Venkat Reddy, who won a Padma Shri in 2020, applies natural processes and minerals to enrich rice and wheat with Vitamin D

Green Humour by Rohan Chakravarty

Punjab releases 23 captive-bred gharials in Beas reserve

Project comes after success of the first phase of rehabilitating critically endangered species

In Telangana, shrinking habitats lead to desperate cats and more human-animal conflicts

In separate incidents, two people were killed by tigers in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district of Telangana in a span of just 20 days in November last year. While the tiger population has increased, habitats have diminished leading to more man-animal conflicts, reports Swathi Vadlamudi

Scientist warns of water build-up near Uttarakhand disaster zone

It could tip over a mass of rock and debris, thereby impeding ongoing rescue operations

Data | Over 50,000 hectares of forest land in Uttarakhand diverted for various projects in last 30 years

Recent flash floods highlight danger of hydropower projects in State

On the ground with Chennai’s Olive Ridley turtle troops

The stretch of the coast has glad tidings, as The Forest Department of Tamil Nadu expects 2021’s numbers look set to exceed last year’s

Hydroponics farm Simply Fresh is now into neutraceuticals

The Telangana hydroponics farm Simply Fresh claims to be India’s largest plant factory

Elon Musk wants clean power, but Tesla's carrying bitcoin's dirty baggage

At current rates, such bitcoin "mining" devours about the same amount of energy annually as the Netherlands did in 2019, the latest available data from the University of Cambridge and the International Energy Agency shows.

India to improve disaster management capabilities: Modi

“The road to fighting climate change is through climate justice and the route of climate justice is in the principle of being large-hearted,” the Prime Minister says.

‘Himalayas are fragile and host to several complex processes that need to be monitored’

Ground-based measurements are critical to supplement satellite imagery but the prevailing conditions aren’t conducive, says Kalachand Sain, Director, WIHG.

Meet Prof Rattan Lal, the godfather of Soil Science, and a Padma Shri 2021 awardee

Soil scientist Prof Rattan Lal walks us through the growing urgency of this under-discussed subject within climate change

‘Mini Kaziranga’ has 58 waterfowl species

Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary had recorded 64 species in 2020

New climber plant found in Tamil Nadu

A new native plant species belonging to the Passifloraceae — Passion fruit family — has been found by scientists of Chennai.“It is a climber. We have

‘Study of impact of wind turbines on birds must’

PIL plea stresses assessment before setting up wind farms

Forest department blamed for ‘delaying treatment’ to injured elephant

Inquiry will be conducted, says MTR Field Director

Explained: How glaciers, glacial lakes form and why they break

A number of imminent potentially deadly glacier burst and flood situations have been identified worldwide

Bolivia probes deaths of 35 endangered condors

Authorities believe the birds were poisoned, possibly several days ago, though it is not clear if the species had been targeted.

Birdwatchers witness a huge flock of gulls at NTPC

‘First time the birds were seen in such large numbers’

Question Corner: Can plants produce magnetic fields?

Readers may send their questions/answers to questioncorner@thehindu.co.in

Coimbatore-based Sanjay Molur wins the Wildlife Service Award

He has been working in the field of conservation for the past 28 years and has helped in deriving the IUCN status to more than 10,000 species

Hold on to that packet of chips. It could be your next fashion accessory

Thanks to EcoKaari, a Pune-based organisation that creates fabric from plastic waste

Doe a deer

While the males may have the good looks, the dowdy females call the shots

An oriole’s winter itinerary

Sightings of the Black-naped Oriole may be patchy across the plains of Tamil Nadu, but there surely are exceptions, which include a wooded patch in Chennai

Tamed Gabonese monkeys face long journey back to the wild

In Gabon, keeping protected primates is punishable with several months in prison and a fine of up to 10 million CFA francs (almost 15,250 euros / $18,280)

Srivilliputhur–Megamalai Tiger Reserve in TN approved

The proposal seeks to declare 1.48 lakh hectares of land for the reserve, which will be the fifth for the big cats in TN

Human noise pollution making it harder for marine life to hear each other

“Imagine having to raise your kids in a place that’s noisy all the time. It’s no wonder many marine animals are showing elevated and detectable levels of stress due to noise,” said Joe Roman, a University of Vermont marine ecologist

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

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

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

Previous research has demonstrated that human noise pollution can adversely affect reproduction and offspring survival in many different vertebrates, which includes amphibians, reptiles and fish.

Local communities up in arms over work inside Turahalli forest

Forest officials claimed to be working on the upcoming tree park

A conservationist’s song for saving the grasslands

Ecologist Vasanth Bosco has launched a song to drive home the message of conservation

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

Stuck with a stock of empty bottles? Check out Udit Singhal’s initiative, Glass2Sand that turns discarded glass bottles into commercially valuable silica sand

Coronavirus lockdown helps reduce rhino poaching in South Africa

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

Rare bird species sighted in wetlands

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

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Without referring to the relentless increase in retail fuel prices, which are linked to international rates, he said India imported over 85% of its oil needs in the 2019-20 financial year. Screengrab

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Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole. File

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SNN Raj Lakeview apartment in Bengaluru on February 16, 2021.

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Journalist Priya Ramani is seen with her lawyer Rebecca John in New Delhi on February 17, 2021 after a court acquitted her in a defamation case filed by former Union Minister M.J. Akbar. Photo: Special Arrangement

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Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan (R) with Kiran Bedi. File

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Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut arrives at a police station summoned in connection with a sedition case, in Mumbai on January 8, 2021.

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A view of University Grants Commission (UGC), in New Delhi. File

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