A unique rejuvenation camp in Tamil Nadu for captive elephants

Nutritious food and restorative care help relieve the stress that such elephants develop during captivity

Bandipur: Evolution reason behind twinning being rare among elephants, say scientists

A cow elephant in Bandipur Tiger Reserve recently gave birth to twin calves

Paris fumigated for 1st time as disease-carrying mosquito spreads, likely triggered by climate change

It has become easier for the species to thrive in a warming Europe

Preventing forest loss on private land can aid elephant conservation: Paper

Elephants prefer areas close to forests, with high vegetation cover and low human population densities, according to a recently published …

From being stranded to being free

How six elephant calves were rescued and brought back to the wild

So long, An An: World’s oldest male giant panda dies in Hong Kong

Bye Bye Batavia, Hullo Palangka Raya

Indonesia will shift its capital from Jakarta to the heart of Borneo for environmental reasons. Down To Earth finds that this isn't the first …

ADB backs first climate bond in Asia

Bank will provide credit-enhancement and loan to bonds issued by Philippine company

World Elephant Day: India’s jumbos stare at a worrying future

Today only about 27,000 wild elephants remain in India, as opposed to a million a decade ago. There has been a 98 per cent nose-dive in their …

Don’t drive Indian farmers to suicide through RCEP

India's political leadership seems to be favouring narrow corporate interests over those of the people

Equitable water for all

ADB takes first step to spur private investments through equities

Private desires, public fears

Asian Development Bank’s new plan insists on the private sector answer to water woes

Jumbo secrets

Elephants possess social and emotional intelligence

Preserving India's pachyderms

The recently-concluded 'Gaj Mahotsav’ in Delhi celebrated the Indian Elephant, an animal that is fast losing its habitat in India

The jury is still out on the de-extinction of the woolly mammoth

There are several ethical concerns in bringing an extinct species back to life, some scientists have said about the woolly mammoth; others …

ADB averse to sharing information

Governments should give information, says bank

How solar-powered fences mitigated human-elephant conflict in Assam

A biologist employed with a non-profit in the North East describes her organisation’s efforts at reducing negative encounters between …

Asian elephant expert Raman Sukumar now a Vice-Chair of the IPCC

As part of the new IPCC Bureau, he will work on the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report, expected to be completed in the coming 5-7 years

Ask no questions, just pay the water bill

Kuala Lumpur

Central Asian Flyway recognised to protect over 600 migratory bird species

The flyway covers countries ranging from Russian Siberia to the Maldives

Stakeholders discuss measures to reduce elephant mortality from rail collisions at meet

Organised in mid-March, government agencies and conservation organisations at the meet also agreed to begin a series ‘focused workshops&…

Do elephants grieve? Maybe, though not in the ‘human’ sense of the word

The apparent emotionality and the wide-ranging individual differences in the responses of elephants to their dead do indeed deserve further study

Activists point to ‘frightening trend’ of wild elephants being brought into captive elephant trade

Activists raise red flag after yet another instance of elephants being transported from Arunachal to Gujarat is discovered

Asian Elephant Specialist Group meet starts in Malaysia

Various issues concerning the Asian Elephant to be discussed at the event