From Past To ProgressScientists Discover Oldest Animal DNA Ever, Recovered From Mammoths This DNA could help evolutionary researchers convey statements about "how mammoths came to be mammoths, why they look the way they do and how diverse they were." By Aditi Murti
A Game Between Big CatsIndia’s Cheetah Reintroduction Plan Is Fraught With Political Symbolism, Short on Scientific Rigor The very idea of cheetah reintroduction belies a heroic, political symbolism aimed at boosting a sense of national pride and identity. By Sonakshi Srivastava
Cause CélèbreScientists Say Ill‑Informed Celebrity Conservation Advocacy Jeopardizes Wildlife Habitats, Livelihoods Across Africa Popular efforts to ban trophy hunting ignore the activity's positive ripple effects for endangered animals, experts say. By Aditi Murti
Trash TalkThailand National Park Officials Are Mailing Trash Back to Litterers’ Homes “I will pick up every single piece of your trash, pack them well in a box and mail it to your home as a souvenir,” the minister said. By Devrupa Rakshit
Keystone SpeciesEndangered Sea Otters Can Protect Plant Life In Highly Polluted Ecosystems: Research An increase in the sea otter population within a region created a food chain shift that allowed crucial sea grass to thrive, say researchers. By Aditi Murti
Doing The Absolute LeastScientists Find Deep‑Sea Microbes That Expend The Least Amount of Energy Possible to Exist Scientists said microbes that exist on so little energy - 50 quintillion times less than humans - can expand our notions of what being alive looks like. By Aditi Murti
Return of the KingsAntarctica’s Emperor Penguin Population Grew By 20%, Satellite Images Show Emperor penguins are the only penguin species that breed on sea ice, which has made them vulnerable to the climate crisis. By Aditi Murti
Flesh OutNagaland’s Dog Meat Ban Is an Exercise in Bias, Not Animal Rights The belief that some animals can be ethically consumed, while others can't, is an irrational, arbitrary feeling that is completely subject to a person's culture, upbringing and personal tastes. By Rajvi Desai
Sex MachineDiego the Tortoise, Who Fathered 800 Offspring in Captivity, Retires After Saving His Species When Diego, 100, first started his work, the giant Española tortoises were nearing extinction. By Rajvi Desai
Save The DolphinsEndangered River Dolphins Found Dead in Bangladesh, Poaching Suspected Often poached for the 'healing' properties of their fat, the number of river dolphins has dwindled to less than 2000. By Aditi Murti