Captive breeding, protected zones, safe drugs and even special ‘restaurants’ are among the steps being taken in India to conserve the scave...

In April this year, researchers discovered a new tadpole that burrows through sand and live in complete darkness in streambeds in the Weste...

N Raveendran, a Madurai-based naturalist, expected to see when he participated in the vulture census in the forests of the Nilgiris was a H...

A new bird species, which is common in the eastern Himalayas but was overlooked till now, has been identified.

The award, instituted since 2004, is usually given at an interval of two to four years with 18 individuals and an organisation receiving th...

Denying eggs and banning meat does not promote vegetarianism — it simply leads to unhealthy children and resentments that increase the desi...

Bird watchers in city have a reason to rejoice as large flocks of Sarus Cranes are winging their way to Yeshwant Sagar Lake, recognized as ...

Endangered Indian Skimmer, which is fighting for its survival, seems to have found a new home at Satpura National Park. Around seven birds ...

Indian skimmer, an endangered species, is fighting for survival at its last stronghold, Chambal River, which is its only breeding ground.

The crow — the original pourakarmika (sanitary worker) of our cities, who cleaned up entire neighbourhoods of left-overs — is being seen le...

The three-day bird survey, which concluded on Wednesday, threw up quite a few surprises for the officials of Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR).

The numerous hillocks in Madurai have been home to a large number of Indian eagle owls, but their number has dwindled in the last decade du...

The monsoon is in full bloom, with Bihar recording over five per cent surplus rainfall till June 30.

Inclusion of well deserving high altitude lakes of tiny Indian Himalayan state Sikkim into the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Imp...

The variety of migratory birds wintering in Pong wetlands, a Ramsar site, is growing by the year with ornithologists sighting new species a...

Wildlife activists and conservation organizations have praised Ministry of Environment and Forests' (MoEF) move to reject a proposal by the...

The birds found in Maharashtra are White-rumped vulture, Indian vulture, Red-headed vulture, Forest owlet and Sociable lapwing.