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Indian Star Tortoise is protected under Wildlife Protection Act

A male Western Hoolock Gibbon was recorded using newly installed canopy bridges over railway tracks in Assam's Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary. This marks the first confirmed use by a gibbon and the first documented use of such a structure over a railway globally, offering hope for isolated arboreal species.

The practice of drawing plants in minute, scientific detail is resurging in India, and a growing breed of enthusiasts, on the cusp of art and science, are helping document our flora, deepen observation and support conservation efforts

Discover the Children's Python, a small, non-venomous snake from Australia, ideal for beginners. Named in honor of John George Children, this nocturnal hunter grows up to 4 feet and thrives in diverse Australian habitats. With a captive lifespan of 15-30 years, it's a fascinating and manageable pet.

The elusive pink fairy armadillo, once thought to have disappeared, has been sighted again in Argentina's Ñacuñán Biosphere Reserve. This tiny mammal, crucial for its arid ecosystem through insect control and soil aeration, signifies a healthy environment. Its reappearance offers hope for conservation efforts focused on protecting entire habitats.

While the water from the Pachna dam have spelt life for the otherwise parched Keoladeo national park but may be responsible for atleast two precious nests of the Saras crane being abandoned by the bird.

About 5,000 Indian softshell turtles, listed vulnerable on the iucn red list, were seized on Monday from Bongaon on the Bangladesh border.

iucn red list completes 50 years, but news is not very good for India, which has many of its species in the critically endangered category, opines Suman V Tari

Red sanders, the most-smuggled wood in the country, is back on International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of endangered species.

Why should tigers hog all the limelight when only 300 Great Indian Bustards are left in the wild?

Crow pheasant and white-breasted waterhen are falling prey to poachers and superstition.

World over, the Red List published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is seen as the Magna Carta in the wildlife conservation and all conservation programmes are designed based on the recommendations of threat. However, for the first time ecologists have disputed the IUCNs Red List and with their independent studies along the Western Ghats have proved that IUCN had underestimated the threat status of about 17 species of birds.

Nordmann's Greenshank, a beautiful Russian shorebird which migrates annually to many south Asian countries, including India, is listed as 'endangered' on the iucn red list of Threatened Species.

In an encouraging sign and possibly as a result of recent conservation efforts, some of the vulture species that went nearly extinct around two decades ago in India have been recently sighted in parts of Uttarakhand and western UP.

In a worrying development, nearly 30 bird species from Maharashtra find a place on the endangered list prepared by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).