God’s own country or elephants’ graveyard?

A host of reasons ranging from poaching to intake of plastic, poisonous articles and electrocution have been attributed to deaths

Odisha forest officials use recorded tiger growls to keep elephants away from villages

Conventional methods such as firecrackers and chili bombs have harmed the animals in the past

What's causing elephants in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu to die? Hunger and thirst

In last one week, two elephants died in Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka due to dehydration and heat stroke

Sliding towards extinction: scientists find 60 per cent of mammals are imperiled

Treating large mammals as ‘umbrella species’ for conservation facilitates protection of the larger ecosystems and overall biodiversity

Despite ready list, Jharkhand to identify elephant corridors

State forest department not consulted before corridor identification: Official in minutes

Elephantine problem

Proposals have been mooted to save endangered species by curbing their culling and trade. But the fate of African elephants still hangs by the nose

Fights for space

Once harmonious, the human-elephant relationship has taken an ugly turn. Faulty forest policies and nationwide destruction of elephant habitats …

Elephantine blues

A rise in the elephant population in the Chandaka reserve forests raises the basic question of ecological management keeping human needs in mind

Speeding train kills six elephants in West Bengal

The killer track has claimed lives of 52 elephants in the past decade; forest department and railways continue to blame each other

Heat stress, water scarcity threatening Zimbabwe elephants

Recent report shows high mortality rates of elephants peaking 10.47 per cent

Killer stalks sanctuary

The rage of humans

Doting on dung

Kenyan ingenuity uses elephant dung for making paper

Temples for elephant rituals

Say task force’s suggestions override Kerala’s tradition

Arikkomban should be trained to become a kumki

That is the best option for a rogue elephant in the habit of raiding human habitations, killing people and damaging properties

Photographic identities may help in elephant census: Study

Researchers used the technique to estimate Asian elephant populations in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam

‘Protocol not followed’: Complaint lodged in Karnataka forest department sharpshooter death case

Venkatesh, tasked with tranquilising an injured wild elephant in Hassan, was trampled to death by it in what his son has blamed as negligence by …

Two forest officials suspended for deaths of elephants in train accident

Environmentalists have called out the forest department for only taking action against low-rank officials

Kenya joins the ‘Elephant Protection Initiative’

President Kenyatta makes pledge as part of package of conservation on signing to the Pan-African ‘Giants Club’

Elephant memories apart

Tania James offers an insight into the elephant's mind, while exploring the human-animal conflict through a range of narrative techniques

Over 500 died in human-elephant conflict in Odisha in last 5 years

Around a quarter of these deaths occurred during summer season between April and June  

Wild Emergency: From sensational to sensible

The National Board of Wildlife’s recommendation that state governments use Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code while dealing with …

All work and no foreplay

Plans are afoot to rejuvenate an overworked elephant population in Myanmar through artificial insemination

African elephants face birth control

As the result of the ban on ivory trading, elephants are overbreeding, creating problems such as the destruction of forest land.

Dying on the edge

To reduce human-animal conflict, a 14-km-long wall will be built along the southern border of Corbett Tiger Reserve. But wall will cost Rs 4.5 …