Sri Lanka has 7,370 elephants

It is the first ever census of its kind in the country

Setback for jumbo corridor

SC stays order evicting resorts near sanctuary in Tamil Nadu

Elephant repellent

Rogues tamed

In a unique operation, forest departments of two states use trained elephants to capture crop-raiding tuskers in the forests of southern Maharashtra

Three elephants die on Bengal's killer track

Speeding trains have killed 43 elephants in Jalpaiguri since 2004; forest and railway officials propose constructing bridges, underpasses for the …

Botswana elephants episode: There’s a colonial underpinning to conservation

Conservation should indeed be a global priority. But understanding of the complexity and colonial roots of this problem and the shocking double …

Centre removes Bander coal mine from auction list but no decision on Chhattisgarh plea yet

Bander removed as it is part of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve

An open letter to forest denizens to avoid being roadkill

The hapless leopard, imprudent tiger, unreasonable tortoise, witless pangolin, incautious deer and the irrational elephant should just stop …

Poisoned again

The death of 18 elephants in Assam revives the debate over human-animal conflict once more

Fish on the front burner

Marine species likely to top CITES meet agenda

Whose corridor is it?

A proposed elephant corridor has turned eco-sensitive Sigur plataeu into a war zone

Problems of solutions

Birth control measures in African elephants have been withdrawn following undesirable results

Viral attack

CITES COP19: India’s freshwater turtle in danger of extinction

India puts forward proposal to move it to Appendix I; Common hippo, straw-headed bulbul, African elephant at risk too

Global Eco Watch: 1.2 million Indians died of snake bites in last 20 years

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Supreme Court issues notices to nine states on welfare of captive elephants

Many captive elephants are forced to endure difficult conditions during fairs and festivals

Border conflict

Clashes between wild animals and farmers are rising along forest fringes. But the government is yet to gauge their intensity, forget developing a …

Ideas to save government money

Elite in an ivory tower

Should ivory trade be legalised?

International ban on ivory trade has neither reduced elephant poaching nor the volume of the illegal trade. Is it time the trade is legalised? …

Too little in environment ministry's kitty

Reduction in ministry's budget by almost half expected to hit forestry research the most

Orissa government withdraws elephant reserve plan

Making slow headway

Hurdles in the way of a buffer zone in Arunachal tiger reserve

Sri Lanka grapples with elephant-human conflict

Assam government wants to build flyovers for Kaziranga rhinos

Elevated roads are expected to provide an easy passage to animals while moving between two adjacent forest reserves