The pig-headed species

Overzealous conservationists block progress at CITES meet (Read full article)

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DNA trail nails ivory cache

Ivory trade

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Before the last trumpet

Captive elephants of Kerala suffer because there is no proper policy for their management and welfare

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

Pressure tactics

The logistics of conservation

Wildlife mismanaged

The biggest threat to wildlife comes from foresters themselves

Making slow headway

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

Towards a tusk-less future

The role of tusks in sexual selection questioned

On the trail of rampaging elephants

Down To Earth reporters visit human-elephant conflict zones and discover that affected people are increasingly venting their ire on forest staff …

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

Whose corridor is it?

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