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

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

‘Need to go beyond elephant numbers’

Mahesh Rangarajan, chair of the elephant task force, talks to Sumana Narayanan on the future of elephant conservation in India. The task force …

Underpass for elephants? Supreme Court snubs solicitor general

Apex court refuses to modify its order directing Indian Railways to reduce speed and stop goods train movement on killer track in northern West Bengal

Biting drought fuels human-wildlife conflicts in Kenya, Horn of Africa

Ongoing dry spell displaces wildlife from their habitats in search of pasture and water

Towards a tusk-less future

The role of tusks in sexual selection questioned

Elephants electrocuted

On the rampage

Legislator burns forest camp in Assam's Nameri National Park

In Short

Mammoth task

Elephant management in India just got tougher

Mine or yours?

Dust haze: Elephants struggle to coexist with steel animals in Saranda

A device that turns away wild elephants

No relief, only camps

Dump yard in elephant corridor poses threat to wild animals

The dump yard is attracting animals for food and has waste of an entire town of a population of about 50,000 people

As told to Parliament (July 20, 2023): 60% wells recorded rise in water level in May

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Three in every five wildlife crimes in Europe go unpunished: Report

Birds were the species most targeted in wildlife crimes

Wildlife Institute of India working on vaccine to reduce ‘vermin’ populations, awaits further funding

The immune-contraception has already been successfully used in USA, Brazil and Africa

Goods train driver booked after two female elephants mowed down in Odisha

Forest officials said the animals were killed becuase the train was speeding 

On elephant’s trail

The animal’s movement can help ascertain seasonal boundaries

Elephants weigh in with humans in Rajasthan High Court

Wild animals, birds need wider corridors

Silica in Assam's forest

Elephants to get wider passage

World Environment Day 2023: This project in south India is all about bridging art, conservation and empowerment

Adivasis make life-sized elephants from lantana; this provides them with employment besides decreasing lantana in the forest and raises awareness …

‘What’s left of the jungle’ tells why India’s forest dwellers are its best conservationists

Nitin Sekar’s book mixes two strands of narration, juxtaposing the present times with India’s conservation history to conclude that …