Wildlife Destruction

This year's World Wildlife theme, 'Partnerships for Wildlife Conservation', celebrates all conservation efforts, right from inter-governmental initiatives, down to the local scale

The district administration of Nagaon and Sonitpur has on Tuesday started a drive to free the Burachapori Wildlife Sanctuary from illegal encroachments

The carcasses were burnt to prevent the further spread of the fever among the wild boars in the area

Wildlife populations monitored across the globe have declined by a massive 69 per cent between 1970 and 2018, according to the WWF's Living Planet Report (LPR) 2022. Featuring almost 32,000 populations of 5,230 species, the Living Planet Index (LPI) provided in the report shows it is within tropical regions that monitored vertebrate wildlife populations are plummeting at a staggering rate. "Latin America and the Caribbean regions have seen the largest decline of monitored wildlife populations globally -- an average decline of 94 per cent during the period," the report said. Wildlife populations have dipped by 66 per cent in Africa and 55 per cent in Asia Pacific. Freshwater populations have declined by 83 per cent on average compared to other species groups, according to the report. The IUCN Red List shows cycads are the most threatened species, while corals are declining the fastest, followed by amphibians. Habitat loss and barriers to migration routes are responsible for about h

Solar power not cause of increased bird deaths, will be basis of state's argument

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday appealed to ensure protection of animals and preserve forest and safe habitats for them

It is more common for nature videos to lift our spirits with magnificent sights than to try and shake us out of our complacency about the state of the environment

The second of a three-part series looks at the fallout of construction near wildlife habitats