Australia once paid bounties to kill kangaroos; up to 27 million marsupials died

Australia once used government-funded bounties to encourage people to kill native marsupials, including kangaroos, wallabies ...

How India saved its tigers—and lions and rhinos and elephants

IN JUST THE past few weeks Indians have been mauled by tigers (in the west), attacked by leopards (in the north) and trampled ...

Lord Howe Island declared its rats eradicated, then scientists found suspicious rodents; DNA is revealing whether they are survivors or new invaders

Lord Howe Island was considered free of rats after its rodent eradication programme ended in 2019. The last rat was detected ...

CM Vijay takes out roadshow, slams DMK for 'derogatory' remarks on women

TIRUPPUR: Drawing a definitive line in the sand against political misogyny during his Dharapuram campaign, Chief Minister C ...

Two-year-old killed in leopard attack in Satara

The incident sparked anger among villagers, who alleged that they had repeatedly alerted the forest department about leopard ...