A six-month-old captive-bred Great Indian Bustard released in Desert National Park has been killed by a desert fox, a media report says, the first loss since the programme began releasing birds on 4 October.
Wildlife Institute of India
A hyena has been sighted in Uttarakhand’s Corbett Tiger Reserve for the first time in recent years, an animal that had been feared lost from the reserve altogether.
The first scientific survey of snow leopards in Jammu and Kashmir has found at least 21 adults, giving conservationists a count to monitor the cat against in future.
Ganges river dolphins in a tidal West Bengal river are detected at noticeably different rates depending on the hour and the height of the tide, and researchers say that should change how the species is counted.
A satellite-tagged Olive Ridley turtle from Odisha has travelled 6,719 km in 271 days to waters east of Sri Lanka, an early result from a tracking programme that aims to follow a Schedule I species well beyond the nesting beaches where its conservation has traditionally focused.
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.
On Friday, the National Tiger Conservation Authority and the Wildlife Institute of India opened the sixth cycle of a report card they’ve kept on India’s tiger reserves since 2006, and for the first time, reserves will be marked on how they handle their own rubbish.
Union Minister Bhupender Yadav travelled to Kachchh, Gujarat this week to launch a fresh rescue effort for one of India’s rarest birds.
Arunachal Pradesh has never had a Ramsar site. It has one now.
Five Indian states now have their own paper trail of where elephants and people collide most often, and why.