Barkhera, a modest wetland about 30 km from Jaipur near Shivdaspura, has long been a quiet favourite among birders, but this winter encroachment has become visible to the naked eye.
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Researchers at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology have produced the first detailed climate-based assessment of the ibisbill in the north-western Himalayas, finding that warming could widen the area with suitable climate for the bird while boulder mining eats away at its breeding rivers.
Three orphaned Asiatic black bear cubs left the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation on 24 September for a pre-release site inside Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, a 26-kilometre journey on foot and elephant back.
The Wildlife Trust of India says 35 wetlands across ten districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh were legally notified in April 2026, putting 1,243.8 hectares under statutory protection.
An Indian-born cheetah at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district has given birth to five cubs, taking India’s cheetah count to 60 and starting a Botswana lineage in the population.
Polish wildlife photographer Hubert Mielnik camped out in a soaked hide, tucked his batteries into his underwear to keep them warm, and came away with the best photographs of his life.
A satellite-tagged Olive Ridley turtle from Odisha has travelled 6,719 km in 271 days to waters east of Sri Lanka, an early result from a tracking programme that aims to follow a Schedule I species well beyond the nesting beaches where its conservation has traditionally focused.
Two male Great Indian Bustards raised in captivity were released into the wild at Desert National Park in Jaisalmer on Sunday, the start of a release protocol the environment ministry says it will refine as it learns from these birds.
TRAFFIC says the five orangutans found abandoned in Odisha last month show that India plays a part in the illegal trade in these apes.
More than 40,000 people across 30 states and union territories declared their non-native exotic pets under the Voluntary Disclosure Scheme, and experts now say the follow-up has been limited in a market worth about $42.6 million in 2024.