The tanchozuru, or Japanese crane, a once near-extinct species whose population has rebounded thanks to human help, seems to have reached a growth crisis. A shrinking and deteriorating breeding

Japan and the United States on Aug. 17 will start ringing about 700 dunlins in Alaska as part of the first joint research on the migratory habits of the 20-centimeter-long bird that commutes between

The National Institute of Nutrition, one of the premier animal houses in the country, was agog with activity today as two city-based voluntary bodies, armed with a central Animal Welfare Board order,

Tigress 'Sita' which created a world record by giving birth to 18 cubs is reported missing from the Bandhavgarh National Park leaving the authorities clueless. With public and the animal lovers

The findings of a pilot survey of Neora vally national park are set to radically alter the balance sheet of the wildlife population in West Bengal. The seven-day survey ended last Friday with the

Relocation of some villages lying on the periphery of the Corbett National Park has led to an increase in the population of animals. During the past four years since the relocation of Dhara, Jirna

Godrej : WWF-India is in touch with WWF-International to resolve the differences that have arisen following the Union government's withdrawal of the no-objection certificate allowing the latter to

Officials of the Andhra Pradesh forest department have seized 186 tortoises which were being illegally transported from Gannavaram of Konaseema area near Rajahmundry to Raipur in Madhya

Conservation groups have warned that continued deforestation will put further pressure on Vietnam's already endangered wild elephant population and lead to increased confrontation

The Union ministry of forest and environment will soon form a committee to look into the modalities of granting autonomy to the National Zoological Park in Delhi. "A zoo might be a low-priority area