3 women among 6 finalists for prestigious Indianapolis Prize

The Indianapolis Prize has named six distinguished conservationists as DeHaan Finalists for the 2025 award. The biennial award recognizes animal conservationists who have achieved major victories in saving an animal species or group of species. The DeHaan Finalists will each receive an award of $50,000, or about Rs43 lakh, to continue their efforts. Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Indianapolis Prize is the world’s leading award for animal conservation, honouring individuals who are at the...

IBM roped in to design systems to monitor keystone species

IBM, provider of global hybrid cloud, artificial intelligence, and consulting expertise to clients in more than 175 countries, and the World Wide Fund for Nature-Germany have announced that they will work together to develop a solution to help monitor keystone species. The first keystone species to be taken up by the project is the critically endangered African forest elephant. The International Union for Conservation of Nature defines keystone species as those that are critical to...