For two years, some of them never touched the ground. Locked in tiny wire cages and destined for a life of being drained of bile through syringes or surgically implanted taps, the 27 Asiatic black bears rescued in northern Laos this week had known almost nothing of what it means to be a bear. Now, for the first time in years, some are finally drinking clean water freely. Others are feeling solid earth beneath their paws for the first time. The rescue, completed this week by conservation group...
CM Pema Khandu’s message assumes significance for Arunachal Pradesh, one of India's most ecologically rich States, and part of the Eastern Himalayan biodiversity hotspot
Top court says acute understaffing in Forest Department a ‘serious’ concern given Rajasthan’s vast and ecologically significant forest cover.
Citizen volunteer-led group continue to protest and question the felling of 45,000 mangroves for the second phase of the Mumbai Coastal Road project which aims to connect suburbs Versova and Bhayandar
In February, a landmark study in the journal Science delivered rare good news for conservation: a five-year fishing ban in the Yangtze River had halted seven decades of biodiversity near-collapse. Fish biomass has surged, and the critically endangered finless porpoise has begun to rebound. Researchers showed that sustained, collective action can revive an ecosystem. The lesson for Hong Kong is both inspiring and urgent. Hong Kong is at a critical juncture in its environmental history. Last...