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Narendra Modi’s dream of a ‘self-reliant India’ comes at a terrible price for its indigenous population

Roughly three decades ago, the International Union for Conservation of Nature classified giant pandas as an endangered species. In 2016, giant pandas moved from endangered species to "vulnerable" on the official extinction...

Even before Jaws, people were fascinated with sharks. But they are much more than the menacing villains they portray in movies. Their beauty is impossible to ignore. There's a whole week of TV dedicated to sharks, because...

Now, people who like to watch animal-focused films will be able to find many choices in one place. A new platform called VegMovies debuted this week, featuring 200 films with strong animal rights, environmental and vegan...

$100m to be spent on conservation after critics expressed concerns for Kosciuszko national park

Thirteen years ago, Pollinator Partnership initiated the annual designation of a week in June to help address the urgent issue of declining pollinator populations...

Humans must address environmental issues now if they wish to avoid future pandemics, WWF International stated in a report released last week. Top drivers of new zoonotic diseases include wildlife trade and consumption, deforestation...

Botswana wildlife conservation officials are investigating the mysterious death of 154 elephants in just 3 months. Wildlife officers in the country have said that there has been a sudden surge in deaths of elephants in the...

Lakhaan Singh recalls the day he first killed a tiger. But the arrival of a solar panel in his village has meant there are now fewer excuses for poaching, and a community is being transformed, writes Luke Taylor.

Suddenly, the streets emptied and the air became cleaner. Much of the population — at least those who still had jobs — were at home in a Zoom meeting while nature regenerated. It seems like a no-brainer — if everybody...

Conservationists welcome ruling to protect koalas and greater gliders but point to approved coalmine that required destruction of habitat

While nearly everyone has heard of IKEA, you may not be familiar with its design lab, called SPACE10, which is focused on creating sustainable and functional solutions for the evolving challenges of daily life...

Recently published research in Science magazine warns that older, taller trees are quickly becoming a thing of the past, consequently leaving forests in disarray. Forest dynamics being disrupted...

It’s a bad week for horseshoe crabs as their defenders have failed to convince big pharma that synthetic crab blood is a viable alternative for endotoxin testing in drugs...

A new nationwide right-of-way agreement aims to protect migrating monarch butterflies. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) signed the agreement, which involves more than...

Given the amount of industrialization occurring around the World, its very important that we preserve what 'wilds' we have left for future generations and to make sure we keep the natural species diversity high.