One of the first Great Indian Bustard chicks of this year’s breeding season spotted

The chick has been spotted in the Desert National Park in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district, the last major stronghold of the imperiled bird

Another endangered Great Indian Bustard dies due to electrocution

This is the fifth GIB to have died due to collision with power lines in the last one year

In photos: The arid paradise that is Jaisalmer’s Desert National Park

Down To Earth’s photographer Vikas Choudhary travels through the protected area on the Indo-Pak border to bring these pictures

There are 150 Bustards in the Desert National Park, claims report

Wildlife Institute of India pegged the species' total population for the whole country at 150 during 2018

Good News: Great Indian Bustards lay 20 eggs

Four of the birds laid two eggs each in Rajasthan’s Desert National park; authorities say conservation efforts are paying off

Rajasthan announces Project Great Indian Bustard

State's population of 100 bustards crucial for recovery of the critically endangered bird in India

Two female Great Indian Bustards satellite-tagged in Rajasthan

Scientists hope to get critical information on the birds through the satellite tags

Mange in Jaisalmer’s desert foxes worries experts

Unless the forest department treats infected foxes, the disease will spread, they warn