Odisha loses 24th elephant in 8 years on railway tracks
While forest department wants speed checks, railways seek better coordination
Close resorts in elephant corridors: Supreme Court
67 elephants died in Odisha in last nine months
Poaching, train accidents and electrocution killed more than half of these elephants, says Wildlife Society of Odisha
Elephants have first right on forest, says SC while ordering demolition of Numaligarh Refinery wall
The 2.2-km boundary wall has been erected in 2011 on an elephant migration corridor in eastern Assam’s Golaghat district, for the …
How to save India’s elephants from killer rail tracks
The government, railways and forest department have it within their power to initiate a number of measures to reduce elephant deaths on rail tracks
Elephants' conflict of diet
It's not just fragmented corridors that take elephants to farms. They get drawn towards crops that improve their state of mind and well-being
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 …
South Africa to set up panel to look into rhino policy
New panel to review earlier recommendation of legal trade in rhino horn; look into trade and handling of elephants, lions, leopards
Guns, snares and bulldozers: New map reveals hotspots for harm to wildlife
Researchers identify global hotspots of human impacts on threatened species, as well as “coolspots” where species are largely threat-free
‘China committed to supporting conservation of African wildlife’
Senior Beijing official addresses delegates at a workshop in Nairobi, says China has been and will cooperate with African governments to save …
West Bengal’s tea-tribe voters have a jumbo problem
Workers in Majherdabri tea estate say no candidate is addressing their fear of elephant attacks
Elephant kills five in Odisha
The victims were asleep on their verandahs when the tusker trampled them
Talcher's killer elephant detusked
The rogue elephant that killed five persons in Talcher was de-tusked
Ahead of CITES CoP18, Botswana tries to lift ban on ivory trade
It is trying to mobilise other Southern African countries to come to a common consensus on how to deal with the rising population of elephants
Third railway line through Palamu Tiger Reserve threatens to increase human-elephant conflict
Expert says it’s a vital passage used for crossing by elephants coming from Baresarh in Latehar district to Betla National Park and back
Elephants reduced to a political football as Botswana brings back hunting
Over the past five years Botswana has earned a reputation as the continent’s last elephant haven
Centre asks road-making authorities to avoid construction in protected areas
Get all clearances for unavoidable projects through national parks, sanctuaries: Ministry to NHAI, others
Photographic identities may help in elephant census: Study
Researchers used the technique to estimate Asian elephant populations in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam
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
The savoury flower of elephant foot yam and how it's loved in Goa
The exotic flower is eaten widely in the rural parts of the state for a few days before the advent of monsoon
Forest elephants are our allies in the fight against climate change, finds research
African forest elephants – smaller and more vulnerable relatives of the better known African bush elephant – are fast going extinct. …
World Elephant Day: India’s jumbos stare at a worrying future
Today only about 27,000 wild elephants remain in India, as opposed to a million a decade ago. There has been a 98 per cent nose-dive in their …
Elephants fall prey to Odisha mineral rush
Three elephants were killed while crossing a national highway on August 22 when they were hit by trucks laden with iron ore
Female elephant dies from electrocution in Odisha
The body was spotted by local resident who in turn informed forest officials
Technical committee formed to create National Elephant Action Plan
The main focus of the NEAP will be to mitigate human-elephant conflict, along with improvement of habitat
