Endangered species
- Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Nepal, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
‘They come right past the house’: learning to live with rhinos as numbers soar in Nepal
The country is seeing an increase in human-wildlife conflict as the number of megafauna, including rhinos and …
- Animals, Asia Pacific, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, India, South and Central Asia, Thailand, Wildlife, World news
What makes an elephant abandon her calf – and is it a growing problem?
A helpless baby elephant has won the Thai public’s sympathy but her case has shed light on the pressures facin…
- Animals, Asia Pacific, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Indonesia, Wildlife, World news
Indonesia floods were ‘extinction level’ disturbance for world’s rarest ape
Conservationists fear up to 11% of Tapanuli orangutan population perished in disaster that also killed 1,000 p…
- Animals, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, India, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news, Zoos
India’s supreme court orders inquiry into giant zoo run by son of Asia’s richest person
Activists claim Anant Ambani’s Vantara facility has no plan to return its endangered species to the wildIndia’…
- Access to water, Conservation, Endangered habitats, Endangered species, Environment, India, Kashmir, South and Central Asia, Water, Wild flowers, Wildlife, World news
Joy and relief as lotus flowers bloom again in Kashmiri lake after three decades
Wular Lake once supported 5,000 people who harvested the plant’s edible roots, until the lake silted up after …
- Americas, Cambodia, Colombia, Drugs, Ecuador, Endangered species, Health, Indigenous peoples, Mental health, Plants, South America holidays, Travel, World news
Amazon Indigenous peoples can benefit from ‘ayahuasca tourism’ | Letters
Visitors staying at ‘healing retreats’ bring vital income to the diverse cultures of the region, writes Enrico…
- Animals, Asia Pacific, Conservation, Endangered habitats, Endangered species, Environment, Mining, New Zealand, Wildlife, World news
Fast-track to where? The new law opening up New Zealand to a mining boom
Critics say the country’s unique biodiversity is at risk as the government plans to boost mineral exports to $…
- Animals, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Shot, poisoned and beaten to death: why leopard killings are soaring in Pakistan
A wave of incidents threatens the survival of the species in the country, say conservationistsInside the Pakis…
- Animals, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Fishing, India, Marine life, Oceans, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
More than 1,100 dead sea turtles washed up along southern India’s coastline
The mass death of once-endangered olive ridley turtles in January has prompted an increase in wildlife patrols…
- Animal behaviour, Animal welfare, Animals, Biodiversity, Climate crisis, Conservation, Deforestation, Endangered habitats, Endangered species, Environment, India, IUCN red list of endangered species, Oil and gas companies, Primatology, Science, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Guardians of the Gibbons: animal-human harmony hangs in the balance
For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the…
- Animal behaviour, Animal welfare, Animals, Biodiversity, Climate crisis, Conservation, Deforestation, Endangered habitats, Endangered species, Environment, India, IUCN red list of endangered species, Oil and gas companies, Primatology, Science, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Guardians of the Gibbons: can India save its only ape species from extinction?
For over a century the villagers of Barekuri, north-east India’s biodiversity hotspot, have coexisted with the…
- Animals, Bangladesh, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Farming, Global development, Snakes, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Snakes beware: reptiles targeted across Bangladesh after rise in sightings of Russell’s viper
Misinformation and online rumours stoke fear of the venomous species, which has led to snakes being killed ind…
- Animals, Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Coastlines, Conservation, Endangered habitats, Endangered species, Environment, Global development, Rivers, Society, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, Women, World news
‘Husband eaters’: the double loss of Bangladesh’s ostracised tiger widows
After the trauma of losing their spouse and breadwinner to the Sundarbans’ great predator, women are cast out …
- Animals, Conservation, Endangered species, Global development, India, Rail transport, South and Central Asia, Wildlife
Why are so many of India’s elephants being hit by trains?
The use of AI and ‘animal flyovers’ could prevent hundreds of wild elephants dying each year as railways cut t…
- Animals, Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Japan, Wildlife, World news
Brown bear cubs in Japan die of starvation amid salmon shortage
Experts blame rising sea temperatures caused by climate crisis for cub deaths at Unesco heritage siteAs many a…