The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has instituted two national awards for wildlife conservation after the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The annual awards carrying Rs. 1,00,000 each and

The majestic Kerala elephant has become the subject of controversy with foreign animal-lovers complaining of cruelty to the beast in the name of cultural

The 121-year-old Nilgiris Wildlife and Environment Association (NWLEA) has expressed deep concern over the killing of elephants by poachers and the death of the animals due to electrocution in some

WWF : The World Wide Fund for Nature said it hoped the Chinese Year of the Tiger which begins on January 28, would be a Year for the Tiger. The WWF said it was launching an "international action

A small Indian owl that was last sighted in the wild 113 years ago-and was considered extinct-has been found by researchers from the United States in a wooded area north-east of Mumbai. An

Binding European legislation to ensure that zoos throughout the EU respect certain basic minimum standards is likely to come a step nearer soon. Under the proposal, the 1,000 zoos in the EU would be

About 75 young cormorants,pond herons and little egrets were rescued to safety by two bird lovers in Chennai and lodged at the Children's Park, Guindy. They had dropped out of tree branches that

The 2,320 acre Hosakote and 40 acre Yellamallamma tanks, near Bangalore have again turned into killing fields for water birds.Trigger-happy visitors from the city and towns across the border in

A recent study makes shocking revealations about the smuggling of north Bengal flora and

In an effort to protect the Olive Ridley sea turtles, an endangered species, the eastern regional headquarters of the coast guard has set up six special "environment camps" for the NCC cadets on the