The real Jurassic Park is happening: Woolly mammoths are returning and that's not even the biggest news — here's what else is comingExtinct animals coming back: Scientists are pursuing de-extinction, aiming to bring back species like the woolly mammoth and bluebuck. The ...
03 May, 2026, 11.35 PM IST
Not seen for 120 years: Small rabbit with black tail found in Mexican MountainsThe Omiltemi cottontail rabbit, endemic to Mexico, was seen for the first time in over 100 years. It is quite easy to recognize the Omiltem...
07 Sep, 2025, 03.55 PM IST
What we know about the Barbados threadsnake, the world’s smallest snake missing for 2 decadesBarbados threadsnake, the world's smallest snake, resurfaces after two decades. Ecologist Connor Blades found it during a survey in March 2...
24 Jul, 2025, 08.03 AM IST
Human-caused bird extinctions reduced diversity in functions, unique history, study findsA study led by the University of Birmingham reveals that human-induced bird extinctions over 1,30,000 years have dramatically reduced birds...
07 Oct, 2024, 03.01 PM IST
Nearly incognito for 80 years, rare Golden rat species resurfaces in South AfricaThe De Winton's golden mole -- a small, blind burrower with "super-hearing powers" that eats insects -- was found to be still alive on a be...
30 Nov, 2023, 10.48 PM IST
India's reintroduction project on course despite challenges, says Cheetah Conservation FundThe cheetah reintroduction project in India, led by the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), has experienced both setbacks and successes in its...
18 Sep, 2023, 12.12 PM IST
Management issues led to most Cheetah deaths: Project lead scientist YK JhalaYK Jhala was lead scientist of Project Cheetah from 2010 to February 2023. He escorted the cheetahs when they arrived from Namibia and was ...
06 Aug, 2023, 08.46 AM IST
A 5-point agenda to make India's 50-year-old Project Tiger take the much-needed great leap forwardIn the last 4-5 years, the tiger population has only increased by 200 tigers to just under 3,200. That is barely 44 tigers a year. In 1989,...
02 Jun, 2023, 11.11 PM IST
In a first, ten captive-bred critically endangered Asian Giant Tortoise to be rewilded in NagalandThis first monitored rewilding of the critically endangered tortoise in India comes after over five years of conservation breeding efforts ...
20 Dec, 2022, 11.17 AM IST
India rediscovers its cheetah spotsNearly 70 years after they went extinct in India, the cheetah returns to the country. Eight big cats, travelling from Namibia, will be rele...
17 Sep, 2022, 11.15 AM IST
Sacred Groves CIC in talks for 10-year investment for restoration of forest lands near KazirangaA meeting was held by India's representative of the environment conservation oriented social enterprise set up with the objective of conser...
14 Aug, 2021, 11.53 PM IST
Shivraj Singh Chouhan asks Naveen Patnaik to care 'Tigress Sundari'Quoting media reports, Chouhan pointed out that Sundari is not being treated as per the prescribed guidelines and experts from the state ha...
09 Dec, 2020, 12.49 PM IST
India's first wilderness park opened near HyderabadP. Raghuveer, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Telangana State Forest Development Corporation (TSFDC), opened the park to nature lovers...
27 Nov, 2020, 10.22 PM IST
Lease of Life: A 380-acre plot in Gurgaon is now home to hundreds of native trees and bird speciesOver the course of a decade and with the help of thousands of volunteers, more than 70 companies and the Gurgaon Municipal Corporation, the...
23 Feb, 2020, 09.25 AM IST
Lease of Life: 5 conservation efforts that have reversed the damage done to flora and fauna in Indiahey could be ecologists who have spent their life studying conservation, concerned citizens who feel it is time to roll up their sleeves or...
22 Feb, 2020, 11.35 PM IST
Relocate Tiger T-24 to Ranthambore National Park, say wildlife expertsUstaad was shifted to Sajjangarh Zoological Park in Udaipur, after it allegedly killed 42-year-old forest guard Rampal Saini.
29 Jul, 2015, 10.17 PM IST
- Eurasian lynx is all set to make a comeback in Britain after 1,300 years
One of the world’s most solitary predators – Eurasian lynx - often referred to as the keeper of secrets that rarely leaves the forest in po...
09 Mar, 2015, 11.57 AM IST