France's parliament cocked a snook at the European Commission on June 19th when it adopted a law letting migrant birds and waterfowl be shot for up to seven-and-a-half months a year, giving the

Two of the three artifically reared Siberian cranes who had made Keoladeo National Park their home this year and had successfully braved the scorching heat of Bharatpur, have suddenly disappeared.

Costa Rica's pro-wildlife image is at risk, warn animal protection groups, unless authorities stop a "dolphinarium" being developed as a tourist attraction off its northwestern shores. Involving the

Zoologists have discovered a mysterious fungus that "could be the cause of a major decline in frogs reported around the world," reports New Scientist magazine. The scientists do not know where the

The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad's (MCH) mass-killings of stray dogs to control the burgeoning canine population in the city, has met with strong disapproval from Union Minister of State Social

Alarmed at the growing number of elephants in the state and the resultant conflict between man and elephant, wildlife experts have recommended a family planning programme for the pachyderms.

Eight star tortoise babies have taken birth at the Surat nature Club. They weigh 20 gm each and are four cm long.

The Nameri Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam's Sonitpur district has been made a national park. Home to the rate, white-winged wood duck as well as tigers, elephants, leopards and other wildlife, it is

The havoc being wreaked by wild boars on standing crops in thousands of tribal villages adjoining various forests in Madhya Pradesh has reached an "alarming level" according to a Betul-based tribal's

Over 2,500 black bucks have been killed in the Karera national park in Shivpuri district in the last two years. Forest officials have admitted that hunters were killing the wildlife as the foresters