Leading wildlife conservation body IUCN has added thousands of plants and animals to its endangered ‘Red List’. And in doing so, it has also sent out a chilling warning. read more

According to a sanctuary official. there are many Pangolins in Dalma Sanctuary but they are vulnerable to extinction as they are world’s most trafficked scaled mammals read more

The Centre has given approval for incubation of six eggs of lesser floricans, a first of its kind initiative. read more

The fire-capped tit, which can be recognised from its small build and orange-scarlet crest, was spotted by Mamta Kacker Muttreja, an amateur birder from Gurugram who took up the hobby about five years ago. read more

Over the last three years, the people of Hima Malai Sohmat are working proactively to conserve the Western Hoolock gibbons and in the process, they are saving their forests too. read more

The Aquilaria malaccensis tree, which produces one of the world’s most valued woods, moved from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘critically endangered’ as logging and deforestation caused population to decline by more than 80% over the past 150 years, the IUCN said. read more

Strict monitoring has helped raised the number of nests from five in 2005 to 24 now. read more

These shrines are mostly in areas around Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary and Vasai, says recently published study. read more

Listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List, villagers trapped the fishing cat in net after it preyed on their goats. read more

Native to southern US and Mexico, the turtles have flourished ever since 40 of them were released into the pond 10 years ago read more

While the dolphin is listed as an endangered species according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN ) Red list, the Gharial is critically endangered in the same list read more

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will conduct the project in the three countries, with the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) and Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) playing a crucial role in synchronising the programme. read more

If the extinction trends continue, it would mean the loss of mammals such as elephants, giraffes and hippos. In March, the world’s last male northern white rhino died in Kenya. read more