Conservation

'Conservation cannot just be left to people living with wildlife': How this eco-warrior is trying to save Planet Earth

Dr Krithi K Karanth, the first Indian to receive the Wild Innovator Award, through her multiple efforts tries to address the animal-human conflict and believes that empathy is the way forward in protecting the environment

Odisha's ‘black tigers’ owe their appearance to genetic mutation, Indian scientists find

The researchers noted that this has important implications for tiger conservation as such isolated and inbred populations are prone to extinction over even short periods of time

Birds of prey are threatened with global decline due to habitat loss and poisons find IUCN

Harpy eagles were once widespread throughout southern Mexico and Central and South America, but tree cutting and burning has dramatically shrunk their range.

Indian conservationists release a dozen of the world's smallest pygmy hogs into the wild

Once thought to be existing, the conservation programme released seven male and five females to boost the population.

China's wandering elephant herd shines a light on habitat loss and conservation failures

China's strict anti-poaching laws and conservation efforts has lead to an increase in the population of the endangered Asian elephants.

Amazon's hydropower plant contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions

Indigenous and environmental groups protested the construction in 1990s but it was revived as an ROR plant in 2011.

Nature and humans collide in these eight winning images from the 2021 BigPicture Competition

The annual photography competition encourages photographers to contribute their work to celebrate Earth's rich diversity and inspire action to protect it.

National laws necessary to conserve natural resources, but empowering traditional institutions is difference-maker

Traditional institutions are efficient and speedy in dispensing justice at the community-level as they understand the needs of the people

Chernobyl's toxic nuclear site presents a unique chance to protect biodiversity

Since the disaster, elk, wolves and the stocky endangered breed of Przewalski's wild horses native to Asia.

Esplanade Mansion: As 155-year-old Mumbai landmark faces its end, a look at its past, present and future

When Watson's Hotel (Esplanade Mansion's original name) opened in 1867; its 130 plush rooms and 20 suites were meant to cater exclusively to elite English guests — not Indians. In fact, the story goes that Jamshetji Tata came up with the idea for Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Hotel after he was denied entry in Watson’s.