red panda

Shy, tree-loving, and endangered, the red panda survives in only a few Himalayan forests. Here are six parks in India where you might be lucky enough to see one.

With its fiery red coat, masked face, and ringed tail, the red panda may seem like a creature out of a storybook. Yet, in the wilds of the Himalayas, it is a symbol of an ecosystem in peril. The Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park has been tackling this crisis from the front through its conservation breeding programmes.

Exemplify the guardianship of biodiversity by locals, these two tiny villages in Arunachal are among the few truly successful community-based conservation models in India.

For many of India’s magnificent creatures, time is running out. Climate change, deforestation, unhindered poaching and other man-made problems have all resulted in fewer of these species. Here's a look at 16 of them.