SURAT: At least 38 crows, two dogs, two puppies and a fox were found dead due to 'food poisoning' at Mandva village near Ankleshwar in Bharuch district on Monday. Animal husbandry department officials said they suspect food poisoning to be the cause more....

In a significant catch, five caracals and a leopard cat, both rare and very less sighted members of the cat family, were rescued from trafficker in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district, forest officials said on Monday. The animals, kept in medium-siz more....

Washington: US wildlife authorities released on Monday a broad plan to try to save Arctic polar bears from going extinct, as global warming melts away their icy habitat an increasing pace. With just 22,000 to 31,000 polar bears estimated to be left more....

Already struggling to cope with climate change, the giant Arctic carnivores also face a chemical poisoning risk 100 times above levels considered safe for adult bears, according to a study released last week. For bear cubs feeding on contaminated mi more....

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu chief minister O. Panneerselvam on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to issue an ordinance permitting Jallikuttu, a banned bull-taming sport in the southern state. The Supreme Court has repeatedly voiced i more....

New Delhi: Forty-two species of waterbirds were spotted at Surajpur Wetland in Greater Noida, according to the annual Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) released on Monday. “More species of birds were spotted this year, but the total number of winged visi more....

CHENNAI: As more political parties and youth forums from Madurai and Chennai joined the chorus over the conduct of Jallikattu (Bull taming) sport, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam wrote to PM Narendra Modi seeking to consider passing an ordi more....

BERHAMPUR: Carcass of Olive Ridley turtles were found lying on the three km stretch of Rushikulya beach between Sunapur and Ramayapatana on Monday. Considered world’s second largest rookery for Olive Ridley sea turtles, citing of over 20 carcasses o more....

The Uttar Pradesh police has seized five rare caracals, a medium-—sized wild cat, from Mirzapur allegedly being smuggled to Hyderabad, leading to suspicion that a racket of people who want exotic species in private zoos may be behind this. “It is ex more....

Hundreds of "Jallikattu" (taming of bulls) enthusiasts, especially youths hit the streets demanding the Central and State governments to take urgent initiatives to hold bull-taming sports in the state. The rally was organised by the students of vario more....

MADURAI: Hundreds of youngsters marched from Goripalayam to Madurai district collectorate demanding that the ban on jallikattu (bull taming) be revoked and impose a ban on PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals). They raised slogans again more....

Forest officials have rescued 15 tortoises kept "illegally" at Chaarbhuja temple in Udaipur on complaint of a city-based animal activist. State in-charge of People for Animal organisationBabulalJajoo had lodged an FIR with Udaipur police against more....

GURGAON: Four exotic tortoises were rescued from a resort in Sohna by the wildlife department after a Delhi-based animal activist filed a complaint with the Union government against the owner of the resort for allegedly hosting a mini-zoo on its prem more....

Separated from its mother and lost in a sugarcane field in Maharashtra's Nashik district, a 12-week-old female leopard cub has found a new home at the Leopard Rescue Centre here, an official said. The cub was found in the sugarcane fields near Chapa more....

After forest officials failed to find the mother of a three-month-old female leopard that was rescued from a sugarcane field near Nashik, Maharashtra, the cub has been sent to a rescue centre. On Monday, forest officials and members of NGO Wildlife more....

BHUBANESWAR: The winged visitors continue to throng Chilika. Over the last year, their number has reported a significant increase which validates the fact that the brackish water lagoon remains their favourite winter home. The annual enumeration car more....

Five years ago, in a meeting room in Alaska, two dozen federal wildlife biologists joined other experts to begin formulating a recovery plan for polar bears because the animals’ primary habitat, sea ice, was melting beneath their feet in summer. The more....

The smog-hit Chinese capital of Beijing will establish a police force to deal specifically with environmental offences as part of its efforts to clean up its air and crack down on persistent polluters. The smog police will crack down on open-air barb more....

While a drop in maximum temperatures led to the city getting cooler during the day on Monday, an increase in wind speed helped reduce pollution levels. Mumbai’s air quality index (AQI) was 140, falling under the ‘moderate’ category as compared to ‘v more....

The 1,600-km stretch of the Western Ghats traversing the six western states in India is unique in many ways. However, people in these forests have lived in complete harmony with nature for many years and show great reverence for it. The Kodava commun more....

THANE: Armed with binoculars, high-tech cameras and environment encyclopedias, hundreds of avifauna experts, birding enthusiasts and nature photographers across Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) are participating in the pan-Asia water-bird census. more....

Sea ice changes in the Arctic may delay the annual migration of some beluga whales in Alaska by up to a month, a new study has found. Researchers from University of Washington (UW) finds that as Arctic sea ice takes longer to freeze up each fall due more....

Washington: US wildlife authorities released on Monday a broad plan to try to save Arctic polar bears from going extinct, as global warming melts away their icy habitat an increasing pace. With just 22,000 to 31,000 polar bears estimated to be left more....

Reviewing the steps taken by various land owning agencies for the prohibition of burning of garbage, dry leaves, waste, plastic, rubber etc in the open and dust control measures at construction sites, Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Mond more....

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited’s plan to build a car shed and stabling lines in the city’s green lung Aarey Colony faces another hurdle. While the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has already terminated all construction, including for the Me more....

Mumbai: A complaint has been filed with the metropolitan magistrate court of Andheri against Mumbai Metro Rail Coporation’s (MMRC’s) managing director, Ashwini Bhide, and deputy managing director of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) S.N. Subramanyan, who are joi more....

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider passing an ordinance to ensure that Jallikattu (bull taming) sport is held as a part of the Pongal festivities across Tamil Nadu this year. In a more....

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday sought a response from the Centre, the Delhi government and other agencies concerned against the 2012 government notification banning the manufacture, sale and use of plastic bags in the city. Notices were more....

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday issued notice to the Centre in a plea challenging the plastic ban under a 2012 notification issued by the Delhi government. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar sought a res more....

The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Delhi government, Delhi Pollution Control Committee and Delhi Cantonment Board while hearing a plea that challenged the ban on manufacture, sale, storage, usag more....

CHENNAI: Observing that Pongal festival, which has great importance to the people of Tamil Nadu, was less than a week away and that Jallikattu is an integral part of the Pongal festivities, Panneerselvam said “considering the urgency of the issue, th more....