Wildlife lovers are being asked to spend 15 minutes in a wood this week to chart the spread of the speckled wood (Parargeaegeria), Britain’s most successful butterfly. The speckled wood is one of a handful of species that appear to be benefitting fr more....

ChittaranjanTembhekarMUMBAI: The growing risk of climate change in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) due to ever-increasing carbon emissions and fast-depleting agricultural and forest land can be curtailed provided state and local bodies and peopl more....

The president of the African Wildlife Foundation has called on African governments to urgently address the issue of poaching, which he said is depriving the continent of its resources. But Zimbabwe says the international ban on the sale of ivory — wh more....

The Tamil Nadu forest department has decided to build underpasses for elephants between Madukkarai on the outskirts of Coimbatore and Walayar near the Kerala border after two jumbos were killed on the track in just over a month. According to The H more....

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: This time an overflowing canal will welcome those reaching SreeParasurama temple, Thiruvallam, to perform balitharpanam. The irrigation department, which has started operating pumps round the clock, has managed to bring fresh wate more....

Border police seized 399 baby Siamese crocodiles, a protected endangered species, in southern China, state-owned Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. The roughly 25-cm long crocodiles were about 15 days old and were likely trafficked from Vietnam, more....

Beijing, Jul 31 (PTI) Border police in south Chinas Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region seized 399 baby Siamese crocodiles, most probably trafficked from neighbouring Vietnam, state media reported today. The crocodiles were found in a rented house in D more....

Vadodara: A seven-foot long crocodile was rescued by the forest department on Sunday after it ventured out of a lake in Chhani. The reptile that had been residing in the lake for quite some time came out as the water began to overflow. Locals saw more....

In an unusual case forest officials in Uttarakhand reported having caught sight of a Royal Bengal tiger at altitudes higher than 12000ft in the Himalayas, which has raised a sense of alarm among ecologists worrying about the climate. A tiger which i more....

Aurangabad: Laxmi, a female elephant in the city zoo, will soon be shifted to the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park in Visakhapatnam. A senior officer in the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation said on the condition of anonymity that the zoo recently rec more....

Mysuru: A tiger cub died of starvation at Nagarahole tiger reserve on Sunday while two of its siblings are in danger of death, after their mother went missing. A postmortem conducted on Sunday revealed the cub had not eaten anything for at least five more....

Owing to the alarming increase in the number of road accidents involving stray animals – especially dogs and cattle – after sunset, Dhyan Foundation, a non-charitable organisation, has started an initiative of tagging them with reflective collar belt more....

HYDERABAD: Over the last one month, many incidents have come to light on how cruelty is being meted out to dogs, with each episode taking a nasty and ugly turn. On Friday, a complaint was lodged in a police station by an activist stating that three d more....

TWO MONTHS ago, city-based theatre artiste ShrikantBhide stumbled upon a Facebook page that was dedicated to rhinoceros — an animal listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation (IUCN) Red List. As he started browsing the page a l more....

A 10-month-old tiger cub was found dead in the D.B. Kuppe range of the Nagarahole National Park on Sunday. It is suspected to be one of the three cubs which were apparently desperate and searching for their mother that had been missing since the l more....

Forest Department not working on fencing project despite SHRC order, allege farmers Rural farmers of Kanthaladu and Thalayadu regions have called upon the Forest Department to speed up measures for the proposed solar fencing project aimed at protect more....

The Mumbai suburban collectorate and state mangrove cell asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to explain the alleged destruction of mangroves at Evershine Nagar, Malad (West) by municipal workers. HT had reported that Malad resid more....

PradipPatade quit his job of 22 years as a human resources professional to pursue his passion for studying the marine life along Mumbai’s coast. In the past six years, Patade, 48, has photographed more than 250 species, including crabs, jellyfish, co more....

ONE OF the oldest zoos in the country, the VeermataJijabaiBhosale Zoological Park, more commonly known as Byculla zoo, located in Ranibagh has long been in need of a makeover, which can restore its lost glory. With the recent addition of eight Hum more....

After hearing reports of the floods in Assam that have affected the Kaziranga National Park, animal rescuers from the city are flying out on Monday to lend a helping hand. Nishanth Ravi, Shravan Krishnan and Robin Paul will be working at the park more....

With Railways, Forest Dept. agreeing to proposal, work expected to start soon The Forest Department will identify two places for construction of railway underpasses for elephants between Madukkarai and Walayar where the railway line is close to the more....

Nagpur: With more clues about presence of iconic tiger Jai coming in from Bhandara region, forest department is focusing there too along with South Umred forest range where several cattle kills have been reported. According to forest officials, on Sa more....

GUWAHATI, July 31: The Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) was monitoring only three of the twelve air pollutants notified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for monitoring, thereby risking exposition of people and other wildlife in th more....

BANKURA: A full grown rogue tusker, which had attacked people and destroyed crops, was put to sleep on Sunday by forest personnel in Beliatore range here. Bankura Divisional forest officer (north) Pinaki Mishra said four rounds were fired to kill more....

GUWAHATI: With flood water receding, Kaziranga National Park (KNP) officials have stumbled upon more carcasses of animals that have perished in the deluge. As on Sunday, the toll of animals has increased to 198, of which 16 are rhinos. At present more....

A recent study by the Delhi University has revealed the presence of harmful chemicals and heavy metals in the city’s groundwater resources. If this groundwater is consumed, according to the study, it can lead to serious health problems in the nervous more....

Students of Rathinam College of Arts and Science and Environment Conservation Group (ECG), a Non-Government Organisation working on wildlife and nature conservation, organised a street play to stress the need to protect tigers in the wild, as part of more....

Vizag: The employees of Gangavaram port planted 5,000 saplings in and around the port surroundings on Saturday as part of ‘VanamManam’. As part of the programme, the Gangavaram port management launched the sapling plantation drive at the park situ more....

In its endeavour to combat increasing pollution levels and global warming, NGO GayatriParivar on Sunday completed 300 consecutive weeks of tree plantation in the northern suburbs of Kolkata. The youth wing of GayatriPariwar, which has been undertaki more....

VARANASI : In the late 1960s, BD Tripathi, a professor at the Banaras Hindu University, took his mom for a holy dip to the river Ganga. He spotted the carcass of a cow floating in the river, with vultures preying on it. ‘’Maa, the Ganga is polluted,’ more....

With the inception of drones and connected vehicles, the prospect of commuting seems bright than ever. Over the past few years, relentless mutual efforts by automobile companies and tech vanguards have helped in the development of future-ready vehicl more....

Centres will be linked to central server through software to be procured from Keltron : The Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) is preparing to tighten the grip over automobile pollution testing centres to ensure that they comply with emission norms, an more....

Nagpur: High-level pollution in Gosikhurd irrigation project, and in rivers Nag,Kanhan and Wainganga , is set to reduce to some extent. Following TOI's expose, the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited ( Mahagenco ) has started treating more....