Elephant in the room: Human-animal conflicts kill 1,401 people, 301 jumbos in 3 years in India

State governments as well as the Union environment ministry had taken various steps to mitigate human-elephant conflict, according to Union …

Odisha can see highest human casualties due to elephant conflict this year: Experts

Odisha is continuing to grant mining leases in elephant habitat despite human deaths from conflict with elephants, say experts

Female elephant dies from electrocution in Odisha

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

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 …

Elephant dies after falling in a pit at Patanjali project site in Assam

A total of three elephants fell in the pit, prompting questions on allocation of land in a possible elephant corridor to the company

Tusker dies after being allegedly poisoned by villagers in Angul

Conservationists blame inadequate patrolling by forest officials and a lack of monitoring for the poisoning of a tusker in Odisha

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

Over 500 died in human-elephant conflict in Odisha in last 5 years

Around a quarter of these deaths occurred during summer season between April and June  

Asian Elephant Specialist Group meet starts in Malaysia

Various issues concerning the Asian Elephant to be discussed at the event

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

Elephant kills five in Odisha

The victims were asleep on their verandahs when the tusker trampled them

Wild Emergency: From sensational to sensible

The National Board of Wildlife’s recommendation that state governments use Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code while dealing with …

Deep dive: Science alone cannot provide solutions to human-elephant interactions in South India; here’s how

Government departments, nonprofits and scientists must work together to advance inclusive policies without discounting the urgency for scientists …

Hathi Mitras: Chhattisgarh’s solution to tackling human-elephant conflict

Village residents known as hathi mitras or ‘friends of elephants’ dedicatedly track pachyderm movements to help prevent casualties …

How Tamil Nadu villagers actually view ‘rogue’ elephants

The villagers neither consider these giants as threats to their lives nor a disturbance. They just enjoy their presence instead

Wild elephant kills 2 in Bihar

Officials say the elephant likely strayed out of forest in Jharkhand in search of food

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

Eight dead in last six days

Odisha readies radio collars for 7 elephants: Why experts don't like that

Radio collaring to track wild elephant movement has failed in other states, say conservationists; add exercise will be a waste of public money

Talcher's killer elephant detusked

The rogue elephant that killed five persons in Talcher was de-tusked

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' 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

‘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 …

Two held after tusker dies due to burn injuries near Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

The animal was being shifted to a relief camp for treatment when it collapsed due to septicemia and died

NGT direction to notify Odisha elephant corridors welcome, but more needs to be done

Survival, free movement of pachyderm population possible only if connecting corridors are revived, restored

Expect more elephant raids during paddy harvest in Dooars this year

Many COVID-19 returnees have cultivated paddy this year during the monsoon due to the lack of work and livelihood opportunities