Two years of concerted campaigning against nerve-agent pesticides that decimate bee populations paid off in a landmark victory on Monday when the European Commission voted to ban the use of a class of chemicals known as neonicotinoids…

By Valmik Thapar, Romila Thapar and Yusuf Ansari My first reaction was “Impossible!” The very suggestion that lions and cheetahs might have been imported into India by humans relatively recently, and…

Few people are aware that the Great Indian Bustard could have been India’s national bird. Dr. Sálim Ali had recommended that the bustard would be an ideal choice. "This bustard is a large and spectacular bird, indigenous…