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Lions and cheetahs closer to extinction than IUCN Red List suggests

The ratio of people to cheetahs on Earth is roughly a million-to-one

Galapagos island receives 36 endangered giant tortoises bred in captivity, quarantined

The animals were quarantined and tested for disease and parasites before their release, to prevent any spread to the native fauna.

New species of alpine plant discovered, endemic to Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh

The alpine plant species is critically endangered, as per guidelines from the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

'Paddington' bear mother, cub spotted wandering around tourist-free Machu Picchu

The Andean 'Spectacled' Bear is the only surviving bear species in South America and the last of the short-faced bear subgroup in the world.

Mahakali: An account of women's lives along the river basin as men migrate in search of work

Men are conspicuously absent from the villages and towns on the banks of the Mahakali – the transboundary river that marks the western border of Nepal with India.

At the IUCN conference, experts highlight issues of rapidly melting glaciers in the Himalayas, resultant food and water shortages

A recent report on the Hindu Kush Himalayas region found that increasing global warming was decimating its glaciers, and extremes in floods and droughts through much of the upcoming century may destroy the food production base of the region.

Extinctions of million species driven by mankind are looming, new UN report finds

We can feed the coming billion people without destroying another inch of nature, report says.

95 percent of world's lemur population is 'on the brink of extinction': IUCN

The arboreal primates with pointed snouts and typically long tails are found only in Madagascar.

Palm oil production has 'decimated' animal, plant life in Malaysia, Indonesia: Study

But banning new production in the tropics would only shift the problem elsewhere as consumer demand for vegetable oil soars

IUCN report raises red flag over threat to biodiversity in Western Ghats, says it can affect monsoon

Biodiversity in the Western Ghats is facing a threat from forest loss, encroachment and conversion, the International Union for Conservation of Nature said in its report