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The Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, is preparing the country's first national-level assessment of the population, distribution and range of all four bear species in India, which belong to the family Ursidae....
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...
The latest global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) was released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the University of Oxford. Launched in 2010, the index spans 108 countries and assesses poverty th...
Barda Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat has become a key second habitat for Asiatic lions, which returned there after roughly 144 years. Situated in the Saurashtra region across Porbandar and Devbhumi Dwarka districts, Barda...
Launched on 4 August 2026 by Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund, the Phoenix Species Project commits $200 million to recovering 100 threatened species in 30 countries, from mammals, birds and fish to amphibians, reptiles,...
The WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) Living Planet Report 2026 recorded an average 73% fall in monitored vertebrate population sizes between 1970 and 2022. Its Living Planet Index (LPI), compiled by the Zoological Societ...
West Bengal began its first tiger reintroduction project after a three-year-old Royal Bengal tigress was shifted from Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar and released into Buxa Tiger Reserve in Alipurduar district. The transl...
Wildlife Week is celebrated every year in India to raise awareness about the protection of wildlife and their habitats. The observance was first started in 1952. The theme for 2026 is “Connecting Habitats and Thriving Wi...
For the first time, captive-bred Great Indian Bustard (GIB) chicks are to be released into the wild at Desert National Park, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The GIB (Ardeotis nigriceps) is Critically Endangered on the IUCN list an...
India co-hosted the launch of OneSCD, the Global Partnership to Advance Equity and Transform Sickle Cell Care, during the 81st UN General Assembly in New York. Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder in...
The National Statistical Office (NSO) has, for the first time, published district-level labour market indicators under the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS). About 57.8% of districts had a female Labour Force Participa...
India's cheetah count has reached 56. India-born cheetah KGP12, daughter of the South African cheetah Gemini, gave birth to four cubs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
