Uttarakhand’s Corbett landscape will host its first literary festival this October.
Gujarat has restored 27,652 hectares of mangrove cover since 2023, edging closer to a 29,250-hectare target set for 2027, according to figures the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change presented this week.
A tiger killed a 65-year-old farmer in Chamarajanagar district’s Badagalapura village on Monday evening, and by Tuesday morning villagers were refusing to let the Forest Department move his body until they had a firm promise of compensation and a government job for his family.
Madhuri, a female elephant known in Kolhapur as Mahadevi, is returning home after 13 months at Vantara in Jamnagar, Gujarat, under a court-backed order that keeps Vantara’s vets checking on her every fortnight.
Sixteen elephants at Kanha Tiger Reserve clocked out of patrol duty this week for a six-day break.
The Union environment ministry granted environmental clearance in April to the Chentikheda irrigation project, which will submerge eight villages around Kuno National Park in Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh — the only place in India with a wild cheetah population.
Union Minister Bhupender Yadav travelled to Kachchh, Gujarat this week to launch a fresh rescue effort for one of India’s rarest birds.
A court in Assam has handed down the 11th wildlife crime conviction connected to Manas Tiger Reserve, according to the Wildlife Trust of India — capping a legal effort that traces back to 2011.
Wildlife SOS says its three-decade programme to move India’s Kalandar community away from the “dancing bear” trade has now reached more than 25,000 families, a milestone the organisation marked this week with a new corporate award.
Gujarat marked National Forest Martyrs’ Day on Friday by handing ₹50 lakh to the family of Vikas Desai, the Vyara range forest officer killed in July while chasing down a truck loaded with stolen timber.