An internatioal ban on ivory notwithstanding, India has emerged not only as a hub of the lillegal trade in Asian ivory but also as an important conduit for African ivory to markets in West and East

A network of motion sensitive cameras is revealing what conservationsists have long feared: one of Asia's most magnificent beasts, the tiger is even closer to extinction than previously thought.

Preyed upon the hyena and lion, threatened by range lands vanishing under the plough and cattle pastures, the survival of Africa's cheetah population depends on two improverished British researchers

An artificial lake connected to an industrial-cum-residential effluent water treatment plant in Pimpri has started attracting some rare migratory birds, including Siberian

The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service plans to list the beluga whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet as a depleted population, but the designation pleases neither environmentalists nor industry

The National Afforestation and Eco-development Board has honoured Sri D N Singh, field director of Namdhapa Tiger Project in Arunachal Pradesh with the 'Mahavriksha Puraskar' for preserving the

Experiments on animals at a number of research institutiosn around the country have been affected since the National Institute of Nutrition(NIN) suspended the supply of animals from July 2 following

There is an alarming decline of the sarus crane population in Gujarat. The survey by the GEER Foundation last monsoon puts the figure at 1729 whereas in 1984, it was 19659, according to the state

As the sun shines on the "bright red river", a familiar flash of light glistens over the majestic waters and an elated Assamese villager shouts hai sowa aro eta sihu (look another dolphin). Sadly

The forests in the Kanakapura range are host to a rare guest. A team from the Bangalore Bird Watchers Field Club, comprising ornithologist S Sridhar, and wild life enhusiasts Paresh and Dr Venkatesh