Militants poaching rhinos in Kaziranga

247 accused arrested with high-end arms, but no poacher convicted for killing 149 rhinos in five years

New study reveals sturgeon caviar sourced from illegal trade, labelled to mislead

Researchers found international market flouted CITES and EU wildlife regulations, other laws

Odisha bird poaching: 2 arrested with carcass of migratory birds in Chilika

Around 5 poachers have been arrested in the state since October 

Israel moots proposal to regulate trade in mammoth ivory

Tel Aviv wants to prevent elephant tusks being sold as mammoth ones globally

Wild cats rescued from poachers in Uttar Pradesh could be rare caracals

Out of the six animals rescued, five of them resembled caracals

Tiger conference: snow leopard, big cat conservation and tackling wildlife crime high on radar

Participants focus on 2017 Snow Leopard Summit, tiger recovery programme and poaching

Protecting by dehorning

People protect forest

Authoritative cover-up

SOUTH AFRICA

Whaling under veil

ECUADOR

Debate: Should forest guards in India be armed with firearms?

Will giving guns to forest guards make them secure in their job? Or will it lead to tragic consequences for forest dwellers? Down To Earth puts …

Should we celebrate the spread of peafowl in India

Their population dispersion in Kerala, a wet state, points to climate change and the drying up of formerly wet areas like the southern Western Ghats

A losing battle to protect forest elephants in Central Africa  

Unless urgent conservation action is taken, the world stands to lose this charismatic species

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

A peek into the secret lives of Indian spiders

India is home to several unique species of spiders; some are known to science, while many others are yet to be discovered

Leopard dies after getting caught in poachers’ trap in Odisha

The iron trap laid to catch a wild boar dismembered the three-year-old big cat’s left leg and injured him severely before killing him

Elephant memories apart

Tania James offers an insight into the elephant's mind, while exploring the human-animal conflict through a range of narrative techniques

African elephants face birth control

As the result of the ban on ivory trading, elephants are overbreeding, creating problems such as the destruction of forest land.

Wild killing

A Maharashtra minister's call for killing protected animals like nilgai sparks off a controversy

Elephants found dead in Odisha’s Keonjhar with tusks removed; activists allege poaching

Odisha forest department comes under fire by locals, activists; locals allege neglect

RHINO POACHING INCREASES

Wild cats decreasing

Talking green

Participants at an international conference on forest management discuss ways to curb logging