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Six critically endangered black rhinos are being transported from South Africa to Chad, restoring the species to the country in north-central Africa nearly half a century after it was wiped out the

Nainital: In a first, Uttarakhand forest department has included Kedarnath, Nainital and parts of Pithoagarh and Tehri forest divisions in the ongoing tiger census.

While poaching and wildlife crime are on the rise with high-tech criminals posing new threats online, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), a Central wildlife crime investigation agency, is gra

NHAI asked to conduct Environmental Impact Assessment study and prepare plan to compensate loss of tree cover through massive plantation programme

Obligate river dolphins occur only in the rivers of Asia and South America, where they are increasingly subject to damaging pressures such as habitat degradation, food competition and entanglement in fishing gear as human populations expand. The Amazon basin hosts two, very different, dolphins—the boto or Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) and the smaller tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis). Both species have wide geographical ranges and were once considered to be relatively abundant.

The future of the vulnerable Cape Vulture hangs in the balance as older design power lines continue to kill or maim birds, non-governmental organisation VulPro said this week.

In many Asian cultures the tiger tops the lion as the king of all beasts. Symbolising power and strength, it also holds the potential for great violence and destruction. Asia's rich natural tapestry treads an equally fine balance, defining whether its people and communities simply survive or are able to thrive.

Estimation will kick off on Tuesday, when forest department officials, along with 77 volunteers, will begin a field survey.

With more than 30 camera traps, FD will study their habitat.

Member secretary of the Central Zoo Authority raised various issues related to tiger safaris

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