Biodiversity

Wildlife SOS successfully rescued a 15-foot Indian rock python trapped beneath a sewage slab in Agra. Despite challenges from a crowd of nearly 200, the team extricated the snake and released it into a nearby forest, ensuring its safe return to nature.

India’s 2022–23 Elephant Census shows a 20% population decline, with infrastructure projects and habitat loss driving severe regional drops, especially in Kerala.

Wildlife SOS mourns the passing of Suzy, a 74-year-old rescued elephant. Blind and elderly, Suzy inspired many with her resilience and deep bonds at the sanctuary.

A new model tracks large mammal population trends, identifying habitat loss, poaching, and predation as key factors in topi antelope decline, with implications for conservation efforts.

The elusive Honey Badger has been captured on camera in Uttarakhand’s Terai East Forest Division, marking the first photographic evidence and calling for better conservation efforts.

The Terai-Duar savanna, spanning India, Nepal, and Bhutan, supports diverse wildlife, blending grasslands, wetlands, and forests, but is endangered by human impacts.

Wildlife SOS rescued a distressed peacock from the PM’s residence, amid multiple calls for help, underscoring the challenges wildlife face in urban Delhi.

Tourists visit Ladakh to see the snow leopard, feeling grief (solastalgia) for nature's loss. Ironically, their trips, fueled by energy-intensive travel, worsen climate change.

The Assam government approved oil exploration near Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, endangering the Hoolock Gibbon. Habitat loss from deforestation and fragmentation already threatens these endangered apes, and new drilling project poses a significant risk

The Tamil Nadu government's move to shrink the Pulicat Bird Sanctuary's eco-sensitive zone for industrial development, including the Adani-Kattupalli port expansion, is raising alarms. Environmentalists and locals warn of severe impacts on biodiversity.