All hell broke loose as the one-horned rhino stepped out of the crate, the powerful male charging elephant-mounted mahouts relocating him to a new home in Nepal's far west in the hope of shoring up the vulnerable species. The cantankerous male -- more....

MEERUT: As a joint team of the UP forest department and Worldwide Fund for Nature(WWF) prepared to release 506 turtles into the Ganga near Makhdoompur section of Hastinapur wildlife sanctuary, on Monday, they were thrilled to find a new sub-species o more....

Commuting into Chakan has become a hazardous feat as some units turn one end of bridge into dumping ground Despite the presence of a common treatment plant for disposal of hazardous industrial waste at the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corpor more....

Chennai: Singara Chennai has got a new tag. The city, which had managed to keep its noise pollution at check, with an exception during the festivals, is now on a high pitch. Freshly released statistics by the ministry of environment reveals that Che more....

Help birds and strays quench their thirst this summer The heat this summer saps your energy. The first thing you do as soon as you walk in to your home is reach out for that tall, cold glass of water. Have you ever thought of the birds that fly arou more....

NAGPUR: Sighting of a greater flamingo at Ambazari lake has thrilled bird watchers. According to experts, this is for the first time a flamingo has been recorded at Ambazari lake. The bird was sighted by amateur bird watchers JaanDeshmukh and Nira more....

Visakhapatnam: A couple of international and national wildlife and nature conservation organisations have taken up a first-of-its-kind study exclusively focusing on the conservation of the highly endangered lesser known Rusty-Spotted Cat in Andhra Pr more....

ALAPPUZHA: With its ubiquitous curved horns and bristly mane, the NilgiriTahr or ibex is an integral part of the Munnarwildscape, amusing visitors with gravity-defying stunts on steep cliffs. Given its highly endangered status, authorities have alway more....

BHOPAL: Three key members of an alleged international poaching syndicate, which was involved in poaching about 20 tigers in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh in 2012 and 2013, were arrested from Katni district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday. The arrested more....

A Jharkhand government employee and his businessman-friend were arrested on the charge of killing a wild deer in a forest near Hazaribag wildlife sanctuary and carrying the carcass in the boot of their car. A police patrol discovered the dead deer i more....

Hazaribagh, April 10: Two men were arrested late last night for allegedly killing a spotted deer or chital ( Axis axis), the carcass of which the police recovered from the boot of a car owned by one of the duo, highlighting how amateur poaching goes more....

Atmakur (Kurnool): Wild animals are venturing into human habitats as water is getting evaporated with Mercury touching 42 degrees Celsius mark in Nallamala Tiger Reserve forest area. As a result, wild animals are getting trapped in the traps laid by more....

BHOPAL: In a major breakthrough, the special task force (STF) of the wildlife wing of Madhya Pradesh forest department has arrested three people wanted by the CBI in connection with tiger poaching cases reported from Vidarbha region between October 2 more....

KERI: The recent news about the presence of five tigers in the Mhadei wildlife sanctuary has gladdened the hearts of wildlifers who now want Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka to make joint efforts towards protecting and conserving their population in th more....

NAGPUR: The Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) for wildlife nabbed three dreaded tiger poachers wanted in poaching cases in Melghat. The three accused were among nine persons nabbed by assistant conservator of forests (ACF) RitheshSirothia an more....

Studies conducted abroad regarding deaths in India due to pollution are based on extrapolated data and are thus not correct, the government told the Rajya Sabha today. No study has been conducted in India on the issue, said HRD Minister Prakash Javad more....

The average level of noise pollution generally exceeds the permissible limits in seven cities of the country, including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai. The information was made available by Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave today in a written more....

Studies conducted abroad regarding deaths in India due to pollution are based on extrapolated data and are thus not correct, the government told the Rajya Sabha today. No study has been conducted in India on the issue, said HRD Minister Prakash Javad more....

BENGALURU: The High Court on Monday asked the MS Ramaiah North City Layout Residents Welfare Association to submit a representation to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on the problem they are facing due to the noise from diesel gen more....

BENGALURU: The city is the third-largest producer of e-waste in India, preceded by Mumbai and Delhi. But Bengaluru's official recycling units are woefully underutilised as around 70 per cent of e-waste is handled by the unorganised sector and the res more....

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a first of its kind event across the globe, five CEOs went 6 metres under water to the ocean bed at Kovalam, a famed beach in Kerala, to do a 20-minutes conference on Monday morning, and took a pledge that they will do their be more....

GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad district administration on Monday shut down 25 illegal factories in Krishna Vihar Phase 2 area of Loni. The units, mostly chemical-manufacturing and clothes-dyeing factories, did not possess permits from any government autho more....

The levels of noise pollution and particulate matters exceed permissible limits in most locations in Delhi where nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels too cross the permissible threshold in some locations. However, the Air Quality data for the period 2014-1 more....

Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai on the list, says Dave The average level of noise pollution generally exceeds permissible limits in seven Indian cities, which include Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai, Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave more....

While the Capital and the NCR grapple with the problem of pollution, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government is moving so slow in this regard that any solution seems like a distant dream. Though the Comprehensive Action Plan, suggested by the Suprem more....

With culling of monkeys yet to begin despite almost a year since they were declared vermin within the Shimla Municipal Corporation, the state government has decided to entrust the task to Eco Task Force. The decision was taken by the high powered com more....

Shimla, Apr 10 (PTI) An eco task force will be constituted for scientific culling of monkeys declared as vermin in Himachal Pradesh as the religious sentiments hinder people from killing the simians, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said today. The an more....

GUWAHATI, April 10 - Shocking as it is, close to five hundred vultures have died due to poisoning in Assam in little more than four years. Conservationists believe that given the spurt in unnatural deaths, vultures, which witnessed the fastest ever d more....

Facing flak for dragging its feet on monkey culling, Himachal Pradesh Government has now decided to constitute Eco Task Forces for the purpose. Getting support from the forest department, Eco Task forces would cull monkeys scientifically. The decisi more....

Shimla: As Himachal Pradesh has not killed even a single monkey despite declaring them vermin in 38 tehsils of the state, the government has now decided to form eco task forces for scientific culling of simians. The decision was taken at at a high more....

HAVING TRIED several ways to control the population, and menace, of monkeys, including declaring them vermin in many areas of the state, the Himachal Pradesh government on Monday decided to constitute a special eco-task force in scientific culling of more....

CHANDIGARH: Fed up with the monkey menace in the State, Eco Task Forces, will for the first time be constituted to scientifically cull monkeys, which have been declared as vermin in Himachal Pradesh. As the religious sentiments prevent the people fr more....

Five honchos swim 150 metres away from Kovalam, dive five metres down and pledge to protect sea and marine lives How deep do you dive to pledge to fight marine pollution and global warming? Just after rahukalam passed on Monday morning, five Chief more....

Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, said while in 2014-15 fiscal, 6,161 trees were cut, in 2015-16 financial year, 4,689 trees were cut. The number of trees cut in 2016-17 was 4,759. (Reuters)Over 15,000 tree more....

Thiruvananthapuram: In a first-of-its-kind event in the world, five CEOs, including a woman, went 6m under water to the ocean bed in Kovalam to do a 20-minute conference on Monday morning. They took a pledge to protect aquatic life. Well-equipped more....

New Delhi: Delhi is among the seven cities in the country where the average level of noise pollution generally exceeds the permissible limit. The levels of noise pollution and particulate matters exceed permissible limits in most locations in Delhi w more....

New Delhi: Delhi is among the seven cities in the country where the average level of noise pollution generally exceeds the permissible limit. The levels of noise pollution and particulate matters exceed permissible limits in most locations in Delhi w more....