Month: May 2016

A red panda in western Arunachal Pradesh. Credit: Anil Cherukupalli, WWF India/thethirdpole.net

Saving the Red Panda: Giant Steps by Tiny Hamlets

Nivedita Khandekar 27/05/2016

From banning tree felling to half yearly patrols, two...

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Adapting to Climate Change Will Cost a Lot More Than Previously Thought

Ramesh Bhushal 26/05/2016

The UN Environment Programme has increased by nearly five-fold...

Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), attends a news conference during the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, in this December 7, 2015 file photo. Credit: Reuters/Jacky Naegelen/Files

Trump “Highly Unlikely” to Be Able to Renegotiate Climate Deal, Says UN Climate Chief

Susanna Twidale 26/05/2016

The Republican presidential nominee has said in the past...

The Taj Mahal. Credit: friarsbalsam/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Have You Seen the Dirt Around Taj Mahal, NGT Asks Agra Civic Bodies

The tribunal rapped Agra Development Authority and Agra Nagar...

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After Its Height, the Giraffe is Also Unique in How it Compensates for it

Janaki Lenin 26/05/2016

Biologists have long debated whether giraffes extended their necks...

Squids galore. Credit: Kristina Vackova/shutterstock

Octopus and Squid Populations are Booming – Here’s Why

Alexander Arkhipkin 25/05/2016

These fast-growing, adaptable creatures are perfectly equipped to exploit...

The most unusual of bonds – between a human child and a wolf. ©2015 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

How Feral Children Raised By Animals Continue to Fire the Imagination

Samantha Hurn 25/05/2016

Stories of feral children are widely disputed because the...