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Global wildlife has shrunk 68% over past three decades: WWF

Emergence of 60% infectious diseases is linked to increased harvesting of wildlife, livestock production

2 min read9 Sep 2020
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Why India’s count of its tigers is crucial ahead of 2022?

The population of the Asian cat is dwindling across countries due to habitat loss and poachingThe results to be shared today are also expected to show an increase in the number of the tigers

2 min read29 Jul 2019
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Celebrating the frog at FrogFest in Delhi

An exhibition at Delhi's World Wildlife Fund (WWF) office aims to bring frogs into the limelight by focusing on the role they play in our lives

1 min read2 Sep 2021
Science

Rare Bornean clouded leopards caught on camera in Malaysian reserve

A Bornean clouded leopard and her two cubs were captured on camera strolling through a Malaysian forest reserve last week

1 min read11 Nov 2017
Science

Earth's 2017 resource 'budget' spent by 2 August: report

The report says humanity will have used up its allowance of planetary resources such as water, soil, and clean air for all of 2017 by Wednesday

1 min read1 Aug 2017
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World’s rarest marine species may go extinct in a year: report

A new study warns that with an estimated 30 individuals remaining, vaquita porpoise , the world's most endangered marine mammal, may go extinct by 2018 if no action is taken to save them

1 min read21 May 2017
Politics

30% of world’s natural heritage sites threatened by wildlife trafficking: WWF

Between 1970 and 2012 global wildlife populations fell almost 60% on average and illegal harvesting of species in world heritage sites was one of the main drivers for this decline, says WWF report

2 min read19 Apr 2017
Science

Oil spill near Chennai threatens Olive Ridley turtles

Indian Coast Guard says around 35 km of coastline off Chennai has been affected by the oil spill while locals say govt slow in containing harm to Olive Ridley turtles

2 min read3 Feb 2017
Science

Rainbow-headed snake among 163 species discovered in Greater Mekong region

The discoveries include a gecko in Laos with pale blue skin and a rare banana species discovered in northern Thailand that is critically endangered because of increasing deforestation

1 min read21 Dec 2016
Politics

Where is Jai the tiger, asks MPs in Lok Sabha

MPs asking the environment minister to take steps to find 7-year-old Jai who vanished from Maharashtra's Umred-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary 6 months ago

1 min read30 Nov 2016
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