Mapping the reek

The genetic variability of sandalwood trees in India has reduced considerably because of their increased susceptibility to diseases

Film review: A planet of hope

Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs / Director: Amarendra Kishore / 28 minutes / English/Hindi

Two more rhinos poached in Kaziranga

US launches global initiative to fight illegal wildlife trade

Kaziranga loses 10 tigers

Flight into danger

While cranes are regularly hunted in parts of Pakistan, villagers in Rajasthan are doing their best to protect these endangered species

Maneaten

When news that there were no tigers in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, hit national headlines, ritu gupta went fact-finding: what exactly was …

Two in bush is better

Poachers cross the line, protect birds

2 leopard skins, bones recovered in Odisha, 1 arrested

At least 155 leopards have been poached across Odisha in the last 10 years

Wildlife homicide

The book lays bare wildlife mismanagement and chronicles the demise of nature in the world's most biodiverse country

With 274 tiger deaths in four years, India records highest toll between two censuses

Almost half of tiger deaths in the last three years were reported outside tiger reserves

Saving the sturgeon

Savage harvest

Five tuskers fall victim to poachers in a hunting ground called the Corbett Tiger Reserve. Authorities grope in the dark with little ammunition

Piecing together problems with conservation in India

Documentaries>> The Great Indian Tiger Crisis directed by Arindam Mitra and Chandramohan Puppala, producer, Arindam Mitra 77 mins Tiger The …

In short

Wildlife mismanaged

The biggest threat to wildlife comes from foresters themselves

Indifferent villagers, guards doom Project Tiger

Indiscriminate poaching, abetted by government apathy and sympathy from villagers displaced from their traditional forest habitats, is fast …

Creating history in a hurry

Poaching led to record rhino deaths in Kaziranga

Poaching, habitat loss push Africa’s elephants to the brink

IUCN declares African forest and savanna elephants as ‘critically endangered’ and ‘endangered’ based on latest population …

Peace isn't elusive

After the Pulwama terror strike, the Kashmir debate has reopened. We bring to you an older article from brighter times, which underscores the …

Africa’s Tanzania loses 60 per cent elephants to poaching

Neighbour Mozambique had recently revealed that it lost nearly half of its elephant population in five years

Curse of the horn

Soaring prices of rhino horns have led to a new spurt of poaching in the Kaziranga National Park, Assam. Once heralded as a conservation success …

Insects at stake

Rare insects in the US now qualify for legal protection

Panna’s poaching nexus exposed

Staff of the tiger reserve worked hand in glove with poachers, while the state government kept its eyes tightly shut