Almost every temple elephant carries a spray of pale freckles on its trunk and ears. The patches are natural depigmentation, seen in wild herds too, and the myths we attach to elephants say a great deal about how we treat them.
Two male Great Indian Bustards raised in captivity were released into the wild at Desert National Park in Jaisalmer on Sunday, the start of a release protocol the environment ministry says it will refine as it learns from these birds.
TRAFFIC says the five orangutans found abandoned in Odisha last month show that India plays a part in the illegal trade in these apes.
More than 40,000 people across 30 states and union territories declared their non-native exotic pets under the Voluntary Disclosure Scheme, and experts now say the follow-up has been limited in a market worth about $42.6 million in 2024.
Twenty-seven mahouts and ghasis from Manas National Park have finished a week of training in elephant biology, health and handling, and the reserve’s field director used the opening to call again for a dedicated mahout school in Assam.
A three-year-old tigress from Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve is due to be released into West Bengal’s Buxa Tiger Reserve on Friday morning, in what is the state’s first tiger reintroduction and an attempt to rebuild a population in a forest that currently has no tigers.
Corbett Tiger Reserve has published a programme for Wildlife Week running from 1 to 7 October, with a cyclothon, school debates on corridors and eco-tourism, clean-up drives and panel discussions across Ramnagar, Kalagarh and Kotdwar.
Several of India’s best-known tiger reserves reopen their core zones on 1 October after the monsoon. Expect tall grass, full waterholes and a greener forest, and don’t count on a wave of new cubs just because the rains are over.
Kerala will double the compensation it pays for deaths and crop losses caused by wildlife attacks, the state’s forest minister said on Tuesday, as human-wildlife conflict keeps causing fatalities and crop damage in several parts of the state.
Felling has begun in Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori forest division, with about 2,000 of roughly 146,000 sal borer-affected trees down so far and a retired principal chief conservator of forests asking who independently assessed the need to cut them.