A ₹81,000-crore infrastructure project on Great Nicobar Island has reignited one of India’s sharpest conservation debates — development against one of Asia’s most irreplaceable rainforest ecosystems.
Author: IWN
With the first IBCA Summit set for 1–2 June in New Delhi, 14 countries have confirmed participation and Saudi Arabia is set to become the 26th member of the Alliance.
The sambar is India’s largest deer, the tiger’s most important prey across much of its range, and one of the least-watched large mammals in the Indian forest. Its invisibility is almost entirely intentional.
Four one-month-old cubs of female cheetah KGP12 — born in the wild on April 11 — were found dead near their den site in Sheopur on May 12. The Cheetah Project says the mother is safe, and India’s total cheetah count now stands at 53.
No animal in India is more seen, more photographed, or more taken for granted than the chital. That is precisely why it deserves a closer look.
A new peer-reviewed study finds that tourism roads elevate stress hormones in wild tigers across Indian reserves, and tigresses may be choosing quieter zones for breeding.
A tiger does not shout its tigritude. — Wole Soyinka
The first IBCA Summit will be held in New Delhi on 1–2 June 2026. The key outcome: the Delhi Declaration on big cat conservation. IWN on what it needs to say.
Lab results from Jabalpur have confirmed canine distemper virus killed tigress T-141 and her four cubs at Kanha. The NTCA has had a stray dog vaccination mandate in place since 2020. Questions now turn to prevention.
Kanha’s meadows did not maintain themselves. Four wild buffaloes from Kaziranga may be the beginning of a different answer.