Purnima Devi Barman, a tireless conservationist from Assam, saved an endangered species of stork, which put her on the map.

Supporting Barman in her efforts is her “Hargila Army”—a team of “some 20,000 women who protect the birds’ nests and educate ...

Indian conservationist Purnima Devi Barman has made it to Time magazine's Women of the Year 2025 list for her exceptional ...

The list of 13 women also includes actor Nicole Kidman and Gisele Pelicot of France who was drugged by her husband and raped ...

Having witnessed the extinction of the Japanese oriental stork and the Japanese crested ibis, Dr. Shimano knew he had to help.

The birds were introduced by the British colonial administration in 1880 to help clean up street litter and animal carcasses ...

The White-bellied Heron (WBH), the world's second-largest heron, is a symbolic bird for the people of Bhutan and also a ...