Simply put: Tiger census

Tiger Census 2018: None found in Buxa, Palamu and Dampa reserves

The presence of tigers in these reserves was scarce in 2014 too; nation-wide population up 30 per cent

Run-up to World Tiger Day: Can India become a tiger utopia?

The country should put more emphasis on educating people and changing their attitudes, so that a doubled tiger population can thrive with lesser …

India's killer wire snares

New analysis reveals the damage done to wildlife by poachers' wire snares over the past one decade 

Forest officials attacked in the Sundarbans

A party of officials led by the Divisional Forest Officer in the South 24 Paraganas were attacked with sticks when they tried to arrest an …

Is India turning into a death bed for the last remaining South Asian tigers?

If the government does not wake up now and take corrective measures; Indian forests, wildlife and biodiversity have a very slim chance of recovery

Roars in lost land

As tigers are sighted in high mountains scientists wonder if they have always lived there or are migrants in search of a better habitat

Simply put: Climate change will wipe out the Sundarbans till 2070

Body parts of hundreds of tigers seized between 2016 and 2018

Around 150 seizures were made from countries across the world, even from those that are not home to tigers

In a first, tiger spotted at 9,500 feet in Sikkim

Snow leopard also caught by same camera trap in Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, confirming the overlap in the migratory routes used by the …

The sexual world of the tiger has been invisible to the world: Valmik Thapar

Down To Earth talks to veteran conservationist Valmik Thapar about his book 'The sex life of tigers', the cat’s mating rituals and why his …

Shoddy translocation of tiger Sundari leads to bloodshed

India's first interstate tiger translocation was done in violation of the protocol

Translocation project shelved after Satkosia loses second tiger from MP

While Sundari was recently captured after it killed two people, Mahavir was found dead yesterday 

3 tiger cubs mowed by train in Vidarbha forest

The bodies were discovered on Thursday morning; the mother is suspected to be in the vicinity

Avni’s cubs found safe in Yavatmal

Forest officials are trying to catch them and relocate them

Conservationists have a problem with tiger relocation to Satkosia

The reserve’s officials have not been held accountable for the collapse of the tiger population in the park, which has led to translocation;…

Critical Wildlife Habitat guidelines issued; NTCA order superseded  

Forest rights activists criticise Ministry of Tribal Affairs' decision to accept the guidelines without making any revisions or inviting comments …

To conserve tigers, 2 villages in Jharkhand to be relocated

While forest dept says the villagers have agreed to move, activists call it a lie

The green crusader

On the centenary of Indira Gandhi's birth, Down To Earth reveals her hitherto unknown role, that of an environmentalist

New study shows over a third of protected areas in Asia are severely at risk of losing tigers

Southeast Asia more likely to lose tigers than South or East Asia, it says

Tiger poaching issue reaches Uttarakhand High Court

The court has asked the respondents to file their independent replies on the seizure of five tiger skins in March 2016

Who will protect wildlife from the conservationists?

The environment ministry’s decisions on wildlife protection contradict the pledge for conservation

Tiger poaching in India has risen by 63% in two years

Despite the government spending Rs 15,000 crore on tiger conservation between 2014 and 2016, poaching cases rose by 63 per cent

The catch in conservation

Ullas Karanth has many lessons to offer to make wildlife management in India more scientific

30,382 wildlife crimes recorded in India

Poaching and wildlife crimes have increased 52 per cent in India even though the environment ministry claims otherwise