Two Indian women win the Whitley Awards 2026 — the Green Oscars of conservation — for saving the Indian skimmer and the Himalayan salamander. Plus: Ahmedabad launches its first-ever monkey census, and the week’s wildlife news in brief.
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For the first time in decades, Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh forest department shifted its annual wildlife census to an evening start — running through the night by moonlight and camera trap — because May daytime temperatures have become unworkable.
Clocked at 80 km/h across open grassland, the blackbuck is India’s fastest land animal. It was once nearly extinct. Now it’s running again in Chhattisgarh — after 50 years of absence.
As temperatures breach 45°C across India in April 2026, the country’s wildlife is facing acute stress — from birds falling mid-flight to elephants shifting migration routes. Here’s what the heat means for India’s wild.
The Ministry of Environment’s Regional Empowered Committee has raised fresh concerns about the Wildlife Institute of India’s impact […]
India’s environment ministry has issued a new draft for notifying eco-sensitive zone in the Western Ghats, after the […]
In July, during a trip from Haridwar to beyond Rishikesh in India’s Uttarakhand state, we happened to cross […]