Threats Loom Large Over the Sarus Crane “We found only three nests this breeding season. Out of the five chicks, only two have survived. One of the breeding Sarus Crane pairs, which lost its chicks earlier in the season, laid … Read More
In the real world, a world in which biodiversity and ecosystems need protecting by humans from humans, and I can’t stress this enough, for the very survival of us, humans, wildlife conservation has become a necessity. Yet, conservation is approached … Read More
In November of 2023, very exciting news came to light. A male tiger from Maharashtra, that had been captured on Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (WCT) camera traps in Brahmapuri in 2021, had travelled nearly 2,000 km. and had been spotted in … Read More
There was a time when millions of vultures soared across the skies of the Indian subcontinent. This was true right uptil the late 1980s, when the estimated population of vultures was around 4 crore. Then, in the 1990s, the vultures … Read More
Ganges river dolphins are never quiet. They are effectively blind and do not need eyesight to live in the super-murky, sediment-rich waters of their riverine habitat. But this means that they must echolocate almost constantly to map their environment and … Read More
European Bison disappeared from Romania over 200 years ago. WWF Romania and Rewilding Europe have been working together to reintroduce this iconic species back to the Southern Carpathian mountains. Since the first translocation in 2014, more than 100 Bison have … Read More
It is interesting to behold the pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial trajectory of forest governance in India. The forests have been viewed through a spectrum of administrative lenses over the past few centuries, ranging from subsistence to extraction in the past, … Read More
It was 9.30 a.m. in May 2022, and the forest had already gone silent under the overpowering blaze of the sun. Just as our vehicle drove up a small but steep slope, leading to a large dike that encircled a… Read More
Protecting and enhancing wildlife populations could be a global warming game changer New science recently published reveals that protecting and enhancing the populations of even a limited number of wildlife species could help to keep rising global temperatures below the … Read More
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others*: A review of carnivore research in India (1947-2020) Paper titled ‘Chasms in charismatic species Research: Seventy years of carnivore science and its implications for conservation and policy in India’… Read More