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Numbers game

BIG CATS FACE EXTINCTION

BBC does a Columbus

The corporation’s Earth News went to town with its discovery of lost tigers that were never lost

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Protective shell

Tracking Tigers

The pugmark method of counting tigers in the wild is a tedious exercise. But this method really works amidst all modern criticism and technology

Bleak future

PARTNERS IN PERIL·Produced and directed by Jahar Kanungo·30 minutes

States with declining tiger population have highest diversion of forests for mining

Data shows that Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Telangana and Andhra lost forest land to mining during the period their tiger numbers declined

Briefs

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Bright and black

Female tigers at the Similipal reserve in Odisha are increasingly giving birth to black or melanistic breeds and catching rare worldwide attention

'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

Pacman, one of Ranthambore’s most sighted tigers, is dead

Pacman, a five-year-old male, was found dead with grievous wounds caused by what is suspected to be a territorial fight

10 years since St Petersburg Declaration, hopes for doubling tiger numbers dim

Instead one-third of tiger conservation sites in the world are severely at risk of losing their wild tigers

Tigers and tribals: Conservation project displaced 18,493 families in 48 yrs

The displacements happened from critical tiger habitats, according to RTI response accessed by DTE

The more Asians migrate to cities, the more it will help tigers, says study

Researchers from a prominent non-profit feel that Asia's increasing urbanisation and rapid demographic transition could mean that tiger range …

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

Bihar plans another tiger reserve in Kaimur

The forests of Kaimur district, which include the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, have been earmarked as a second reserve for tigers since the Valmiki …

Amrabad Tiger Reserve: An Eden under threat

The recent in-principle clearance granted for uranium exploration in Telangana’s Amrabad Tiger Reserve, will destroy a landscape rich in …

Sariska tiger died due to heatstroke, cancer: Autopsy report

Activists have criticised the way the tiger was tranquilised, saying it could have played a role in its eventual death

African lions attack humans over larger areas than Indian leopards, tigers: study

Scientists speculate that this is due to social structure differences between the cats; Lions live in prides while tigers and leopards are …

The Royal Bengal could become a 'tiger of the snow': study

Climate change making Bengal tigers move to higher altitudes in India, Nepal and Bhutan, it says

Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve to get more grassland cover

Increasing grassland will mean a rise in tigers’ prey base, leading to better chances of survival