Bullet injury claims, protocols not followed: Questions shroud death of Dasara elephant Arjuna
Beloved tusker was gored by wild elephant during a recent operation by forest department
73 elephants, 4 lions run over by trains in 4 years along with 63,000 other animals: CAG report
Report found that preventive measures circulated to zonal railways to prevent animal deaths had not been implemented even after 10 years
Elephant electrocution deaths: Odisha gives Rs 445 cr to power DISCOMS to prevent live wire snare
Electric wire trap poaching is a growing concern in the state; at least seven elephants have died in the last 10 months
Forest officer suspended in Odisha’s Sambalpur over death of 6 elephants
The elephants died by poaching, train accidents and electrocution
Human-driven speciation: A peek into how we may alter the morphology of African elephants
Anthropogenic activities such as global warming, poaching, mining, deforestation and noise pollution will form a more wrinkly, hairier, tuskless, …
Landscape-level approach necessary to address human-elephant conflicts
A study involving close monitoring of elephants on daily basis for two years in Karnataka has concluded that landscape-level management is …
Parbati Barua's predicament: What kills an elephant?
On march 6, 2003 all of us came to know what Parbati Barua had done. It made sensational news: she had -- sin of sins -- killed an elephant. As …
Nilgiris Elephant Corridor: SC upholds Madras HC order affirming animals’ right of passage
Apex court also sets up committee to look into complaints on the issue
Man v elephant
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 …
Karnataka forest department performs rare ‘operation’, trims tusker’s irregular dentition
Pachyderm had taken to raiding villages for food as it could not get its regular forage
Why should only jumbos matter?
The outrage over the death of a pregnant elephant in kerala highlights our skewed notion of biodiversity and its conservation
Elephant dies after falling in a pit at Patanjali project site in Assam
A total of three elephants fell in the pit, prompting questions on allocation of land in a possible elephant corridor to the company
Live electric wires a huge threat to wild elephants; two female jumbos die in Odisha
Forest department, power distribution companies to blame, say experts
World elephant day: Recent killings show Odisha’s elephants live in constant danger
The elephant mortality rate has gone up alarmingly: The average deaths per year was 33 in 1990-2000, 46 in 2001-2010 and 76 since 2010.
Save Africa’s forest elephants if you want the Congo rainforest to continue capturing carbon: Study
World’s second-biggest rainforest could lose 6-9 % of its carbon capture ability, if the forest elephant goes extinct, says Saint Louis …
Seal them within 48 hours: SC to TN govt on illegal private resorts in the Nilgiris
The resorts have been built in the major elephant corridor in the area, something that the court was especially displeased about
On same day, 3 elephants die in 2 Odisha districts
The development has raised concerns among forest officials and animal conservationists
Tusker dies after being allegedly poisoned by villagers in Angul
Conservationists blame inadequate patrolling by forest officials and a lack of monitoring for the poisoning of a tusker in Odisha
How did elephants evolve such a large brain? Climate change is part of the answer
The evolutionary history of elephants is interesting. It parallels humans’ in many ways
'Elephant conservation is not exactly anybody’s priority'
M D Madhusudan is an ecologist and conservationist with Nature Conservation Foundation in Mysore, Karnataka. An elephant expert, he is a member …
Beyond the Dasara parade: 59-year-old elephant Abhimanyu’s final assignment highlights tradition-conservation clash
There are varying reports on how Abhimanyu was caught but little is known about circumstances surrounding his capture
6 died in encounters with elephants in Odisha last week
From April-June 2023, at least 25 people died due to human-elephant conflict
Asian Elephant Specialist Group meet starts in Malaysia
Various issues concerning the Asian Elephant to be discussed at the event
Elephant kills five in Odisha
The victims were asleep on their verandahs when the tusker trampled them