Hundreds of thousands of birds from Nepal and India are being smuggled into Pakistan and the Gulf countries through this Himalayan Kingdom, conservationists and ornithologists claim. They warn that

Animal lovers are up in arms against the Gujarat government's decision to permit a ropeway through the Gir forest area. According to environmentalists commercialisation would lead to depletion of the

Carcasses of 159 elephants have been found in Kerala forests in the past three years.Of these 63 were tuskers and 21 had been slaughtered for their tusks, state minister for forests P.R. Kurup told

Plans are afoot to introduce "camera traps" soon in the Kalakkadu Mundanthrai Tiger Reserve(KMTR) in Tirunelveli district to monitor the movement of big cats in the area.Dr. V.K. Melkani, Field

After resisting the move for years, the US Fish andWildlife Service yesterday proposed listing the Canada lynx as threatened in the US under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal is the result of

Coal-fired and nuclear power plants along the east and west coasts of Florida are providing habitat for several endangered species, reports the Tampa Tribune. American crocodiles nest at Florida

Animal-lovers are up in arms against the Gujarat government's decision to permit a ropeway through the Gir forest. Every year thousands of pilgrims make their way to Girnar hills in Junaghad

Efforts to save the dwindling tiger population in Katarniaghat sanctuary have paid rich dividends as their number has increased to

The decline in the population of the Indian crane, locally known as the Saras, is causing concern among experts who attribute the fall in numbers to increasing fragmentation and encroachment on its

The PEZ, Chennai today joined the global group of activist organisations working for animal welfare and vegetarianism with its website on the Internet.The aims of the PFA, the campaign organised by