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In Maharashtra's Beed district, a camera trap set up in the Brahmgaon forest range has photographed a four-year-old male tiger weighing more than 200 kg, the first tiger record there in close to a century. The animal cam...
The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has got under way in Yerevan, Armenia. The meeting will take stock of global efforts to implement the Kunming–Montreal Global Bio...
A 2026 survey puts the number of Aldabra giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) on Aldabra Atoll at 180,000–183,000, exceeding the human population of Seychelles. The Seychelles Islands Foundation and the University of...
International Sloth Day falls on 17 October and aims to raise awareness about sloths, their habitats and their conservation. It was started in 2010 by AIUNAU, a wildlife conservation organisation from Colombia. The 2026...
The Central Asian Conservation Network (CACN) has rolled out the Central Asian Flyway Digital Hub, an online platform meant to aid the protection of migratory birds. The hub brings together details on bird species, key s...
Assam's Nameri Tiger Reserve has been granted Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS) Approved status in recognition of how it protects tigers and manages its protected area. CA|TS is an internationally accepted fra...
Ladakh's Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has launched India's first high-altitude wildlife safari built around snow leopard trails. It is run by the Snow Leopard and High-Altitude Nature Conservation (SHAN) Societ...
Madhya Pradesh is preparing a third home for cheetahs: the Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve (VDTR). The State's first two cheetah sites are Kuno National Park and Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, both in Madhya Pradesh...
In a first, two male Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) bred in captivity were released into the wild at Desert National Park in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The release forms part of the Bustard Recovery Programme for this criticall...
World Rivers Day falls on the fourth Sunday of September each year, and in 2026 that date was 27 September. The observance is meant to encourage the conservation of rivers and the protection of freshwater ecosystems that...
The 6th Management Effectiveness Evaluation of Tiger Reserves (MEE-TR 2026) was launched in New Delhi to assess all 58 notified tiger reserves in India. It is conducted by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)...
World Car Free Day is marked every year on 22 September. The day encourages people to travel without using private cars and to choose cleaner and safer modes of transport such as walking, cycling and public transit. By h...
