Study: India's tiger numbers much lower
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India's population of wild tigers, which wildlife experts have long warned is on the decline, is dramatically lower than previously believed, according to initial results from an exhaustive study of tiger habitats released Wednesday.
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It's a jungle out there: the number of sightings of non-indigenous, exotic animals in Britain has sky-rocketed in the last six years, according to a new study.
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India's monsoon rains have been below normal this year mainly because of an El Nino weather condition and are expected to hit growth in the farm-dependent economy, weather officials and analysts said on Monday.
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AHMEDABAD, India - Those ubiquitous ringtones have reached the forests of western India, where leopards are answering their call.  So far six leopards that have strayed too close to villages have been lured into traps by ringtones playing the calls of roosters, goats and cows, said H.S.
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India&#39;s batsmen made a less than ideal start to their first innings in Bangalore, losing two wickets for just 34 runs after Australia finished strongly to build a commanding lead.
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The low number of minorities coaching college football teams reflects a lack of diversity among college and conference leaders, according to a University of Central Florida study released Wednesday.
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For decades, India focused on its domestic economy and grew more slowly. But all that is starting to change.
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A five-year survey of outdoor recreation finds a sharp drop in the number of Americans who cast a rod and reelâand a lesser decline in hunting. But that doesnât mean weâre spending less time with animals in nature.
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LONDON/NEW DELHI  - The number of people living with HIV in India could be lower than government estimates, research published in a medical journal said, but the United Nations warned against drawing "hasty conclusions".
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The world&#39;s biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, the recognized global watchdog on endangered species said Wednesday in announcing its annual list of most vulnerable wildlife.
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India has slipped further in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and is ranked 90th on a list of 146 countries, according to Transparency International ratings released today.
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KOLKATA, India  - An intriguing love triangle set   in the world's largest tiger reserve is being turned into a   Bollywood film, in a rare celluloid adaptation of a   best-selling Indian novel.
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Conservationists welcomed an Indian government plan to create eight new reserves to protect the country's dwindling tiger population, and called Wednesday for more action to prevent illegal trading in tiger parts.
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India's most ambitious scheme to reduce poverty has disappointing results in its first year, studies suggest.
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The number of loggerhead turtle nests was substantially lower in 2007 than in past years, according to preliminary numbers from scientists statewide.
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Seven tigers have died of starvation or fight wounds in the last four years at an understaffed Chinese zoo where a rare Siberian tiger was found beheaded and skinned last week, a news report said Wednesday.
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By GAVIN RABINOWITZ NEW DELHI - Poachers killed three highly endangered Asiatic lions in their only remaining sanctuary in western India, removing their claws and bones and raising fears for the future of these rare cats, wildlife officials said Tuesday.