Jumbo secrets

Elephants possess social and emotional intelligence

Mystery behind the cracks on African bush elephants’ skin decoded

Researchers explain that the animals regulate their body heat through their skin, which helps in absorbing maximum water

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 …

CITES CoP 2019: No more trade in African elephants

Parties vote to restrict trade from Zimbabwe and Botswana. They can no longer be shipped to zoos and circuses worldwide

Stakeholders discuss measures to reduce elephant mortality from rail collisions at meet

Organised in mid-March, government agencies and conservation organisations at the meet also agreed to begin a series ‘focused workshops&…

African countries square up for battle over future of ivory trade ban

Southern African nations are seeking permission to trade in ivory, in direct opposition to the wishes of their northern neighbours

Elephants killed 527 humans in Odisha in 6 years: Wildlife group

Eight dead in last six days

The pain of truncated lives

The Supreme Court's much-awaited judgement on ownership rules for captive elephants could bring clarity on regulation

Rohingya refugees face the rage of displaced elephants

Fleeing brutality, the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been settled along elephant corridors, sparking conflict with the gentle giants of …

'Frogs are beautiful'

Wildlife filmamker Ajay Bedi talks to Down To Earth about his recent documentary, 'The Secret Life of Frogs' that released commercially recently

Elephant tales

A new book recounts the intimate experiences of prominent writers with elephants. Exclusive excerpts

From being stranded to being free

How six elephant calves were rescued and brought back to the wild

Stop displaying elephants at the Sonepur fair

The elephant is India’s National Heritage Animal and displaying it at Sonepur only encourages the brutal and illegal trade in wild …

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (June 10 - June 16)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

How these two remote districts in Andhra are tackling wild elephant intrusions

The forest department in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram, which border Odisha, are doing their best to manage pachyderms that regularly stray from …

जंगल से आये हाथियों ने किसान को कुचल डाला

इंसानों और हाथियों के बीच संघर्ष की कई घटनाएं होती हैं, लेकिन अब तक इसके कोई स्थायी समाधान नहीं ढूंढ़े जा सके हैं। 

Female elephant dies from electrocution in Odisha

The body was spotted by local resident who in turn informed forest officials

CITES CoP 2019: Resolution seeking closure of domestic ivory markets not adopted

30 African countries panned EU, Japan for not closing legal ivory markets

Zimbabwe sold 97 sub-adult elephants to China, UAE

Cash-strapped southern African country earned $2.7 million

Preserving India's pachyderms

The recently-concluded 'Gaj Mahotsav’ in Delhi celebrated the Indian Elephant, an animal that is fast losing its habitat in India

India bats for safekeeping elephant habitats, but is it ready itself?

India proposes putting Asian / Indian elephants in Appendix I of CMS CoP 13 in Gandhinagar

आसान नहीं है मानव-वन्यजीव संघर्ष को रोकना

उत्तराखंड में जगह-जगह जंगली जानवरों के हमले बढ़ते जा रहे हैं, लेकिन उत्तराखंड वन विभाग कुछ नहीं कर पा रहा है 

Sambhar tragedy: Are birds second class wildlife, ask experts

Not only are bird species not monitored properly but information about instances of their mass death is suppressed, they allege

India Wildlife Week: Odisha’s report card has hardly anything to show

While other states are implementing viable wildlife management plans, the Odisha government is lagging way behind

The Earth is not for humans alone, says NGT over Deepor Beel

Water body on the outskirts of Guwahati has been facing threats from railway tracks and a municipal solid waste plant