The most trafficked mammal on earth just got a new line of defence — and it came not from a court order or a government circular, but from a tribal council in the hills of Nagaland.
Two Botswana female cheetahs released at Kuno today bring Project Cheetah’s count to 57. But the real story is Madhya Pradesh’s wider conservation push — new tiger reserves, elephant plans, vulture rehabilitation, and a compensation overhaul.
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
From Subbiah Nallamuthu’s Machli portraits to Upma Bhatnagar’s Sundarbans investigation — a guide to India’s most significant tiger documentaries.
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.
On 3 May 2026, a man was killed by a leopard in Kumeria village in Uttarakhand. The attack happened in daylight. It was not the first such death this year.