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The Great Banyan tree, spread over 1.5 hectares with more than 2,800 prop roots, is one of the biggest attractions of the Indian botanical garden in Howrah, West Bengal.

Paradise in Peril: India’s great banyan garden fights for survival

The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, a living heritage site, is in desperate need of funds to sustain itself.

Forest officials carry a tranquillised leopard that had taken shelter in a construction site.

HUMAN-ANIMAL CONFLICT

India sees spike in deadly leopard attacks with rising human encroachment on animal habitats

Conservationists say understanding the behaviour of the big cats is key to coexistence.

Vedanta’s oil exploration plan threatens Assam’s last gibbon sanctuary

Modi government’s new policy lets Cairn Oil & Gas advance Rs.264 crore project near Hollongapar reserve, while wildlife board demands inspection.

Our planet’s future hinges on seeing sustainability as a win-win for all

It should be a non-zero-sum game. Climate actions must create benefits for all, rather than advantages for some at the expense of others.

Raghu Murtugudde

A pair of black-necked cranes near Hanle, Ladakh.

Bird Photography

Ladakh: Birding in the Land of High Passes

A spectacular variety of species find habitat in the plateau, set at the border of two zoogeographic zones.

How controversial development chokes India’s archipelagos

The strategically important Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep are seeing a clash between development and conservation.

‘We can easily reach 10,000 tigers’: Dr K. Ullas Karanth

The leading tiger expert sheds light on aspects on the finer nuances of tiger conservation.

Shekar Dattatri

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At Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh. Questions can be asked about the “success” of Project Tiger: after 50 years, there has been only a 33 per cent increase in the population.

Project Tiger @50: Success but at what cost?

The count of tigers in India has increased but has this come at the expense of other species and vulnerable local communities.

Rajkamal Goswami,Abi Tamim Vanak

The largest haul for the day: two pregnant bull sharks, one of which had 10 pups.

Sustainable fishing sorely needed to save sharks off India’s coastline

The continued demand for them has led to a steep fall in shark landings over the last three decades.

A view of the Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary in New Mumbai, which lies in the path of the to-be-constructed line.

Mangroves to be cut for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project after court order

The rail corporation has undertaken to carry out compensatory planting of 1,10,000 saplings.

The ladies of the Save Rani Bagh Foundation. From left: Sheila Tanna, Shubhada Nikharge, Hutokshi Rustomfram, Katie Bagli and Hutoxi Arethna.

Rani Bagh at 160: Celebrating the heritage garden of Mumbai

Five extraordinary women stopped it from falling victim to slipshod renovation plans.

Tiger cubs at the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve near Nagpur in Maharashtra on July 29, 2019.

1973: Project Tiger

After Project Tiger, their population has shown a gradual rise.

A lioness resting with her young cubs which are about four months old.

Why the Asiatic Lion needs a second home

Kuno in Madhya Pradesh is still waiting for the translocation of lions from Gir forest.

Tagged turtles heading back to the Arabian sea.

On the turtle’s trail

The satellite-tagging of five Olive Ridley turtles marks the beginning of a milestone project in sea turtle conservation on the western coast of India

Image 9 - Eucentrobolus maindroni - A spirobolid bulldozer from Southern Western ghats

Mulch munchers: How millipedes contribute to conservation

Millipedes, which are “looked down upon”, contribute to conservation by breaking down wood and leaves and increasing soil mineralisation. They also ca

Mulch munchers

Millipedes, which are “looked down upon”, contribute to conservation by breaking down wood and leaves and increasing soil mineralisation. They also ca

A mangrove forest in the Thane creek.

Thane creek soon to be Maharashtra’s first urban Ramsar site

The government of Maharashtra recently cleared the decks to declare the Thane creek the State’s first urban Ramsar site, which, if approved by the Min

Officials of the Forest Departments of Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra have monitored the herd over the years.

Elephantine journey: Maharashtra's elephant corridor bodes well for conservation efforts

A herd of 22 elephants has been camping in different parts of Maharashtra’s forested areas with no incidents of conflict, giving conservationists, the

Lime shell mining activities carried out in and around Pulicat Lake are destroying the wetland’s mudflat habitats

Precious Pulicat

To ensure that the unique fragile ecosystem of Pulicat Lake gets the protection it deserves, the Centre and the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh governme

Dr Vaithianathan Kannan,Photographs by Dr Vaithianathan Kannan

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