JAIPUR: Wildlife poaching accused Sansar Chand, who was terminally ill, died on Tuesday at SMS hospital. Notorious tiger poacher was facing trial on charges related to killing of several wild cats of ...More

A state-owned Chinese retail chain has suspended sales of elephant ivory after a series of high-profile seizures of smuggled ivory in Hong Kong and protests by conservation groups drew growing attenti ...More

Notorious poacher and smuggler Sansar Chand, who, along with his family, was accused of wiping out Sariska tigers, died of lung cancer on Tuesday. Facing 21 cases under the Wildlife Protection Act i ...More

NAGPUR: The state government claim that Maharashtra has is now free of tiger poachers seems a bit far fetched after seizure of two tiger and one leopard skins in the last four days. While two tiger ...More

KOLHAPUR: Police in Sangli have recovered a leopard skin from Pralhad Shinde (19), a Nashik resident, and booked him, along with seven members of a poaching gang arrested in Sangli over the past five ...More

KOLHAPUR: The Sangli police have seized two suspected tiger skins in the last four days from 7 persons, who are allegedly part of a racket dealing in tiger skin. The second skin was recovered last nig ...More

Denizens of nature Tread down the nature’s path in these wildlife sanctuaries and spend your holiday with wild beauties, writes A Varsha Rao. Edward Abbey, a famous environmentalist once said, †...More

BHUBANESWAR: With 'Akhand Shikar' or mass hunting next month, the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) authorities have identified four forest ranges and 25 sensitive villages where patrolling will be inte ...More

JAISALMER: There has been an increase in the cases of poaching of chinkara in the state. Three cases of poaching were reported in Jaisalmer and Ganganagar recently. In Raisinghnagar area of Ganganag ...More

People living near forest boundaries told to immunise dogs The Forest Department has initiated efforts to check the spread of canine distemper virus from domestic/stray dogs to feline species in th ...More

GUWAHATI: With the Lok Sabha election nearing, wildlife activists have appealed to the political parties and candidates to clear their stand on wildlife protection. Aaranyak, a society for biodiversit ...More

Aaranyak, a society for biodiversity conservation, on Friday urged the Assam government not to take dehorning of rhinos as a measure to protect them from poachers. It cautioned that dehorning would on ...More

Carcasses of 14 peacocks have been recovered in Rajasthan's Ajmer district, wildlife activists said Friday. Carcasses of 14 peacocks have been recovered in Rajasthan's Ajmer district, wildlife act ...More

GUWAHATI, March 14 – In view of the spurt in rhino poaching in Kaziranga National Park and other rhino habitats of Assam, Aaranyak, a conservation NGO, has advocated an integrated approach involving ...More

Wildlife staff should be exempted from election duty and infrastructure used for wildlife protection not be requisitioned for poll purpose, as poaching particularly of rhino was a matter of grave co ...More

GUWAHATI, March 13 – The Gauhati High Court has directed the Director of the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) to furnish a detailed project report for saving the rhinos from poachers, on or before May ...More

AHMEDABAD: The state forest department claims to have recovered four nails of the five-month-old lion cub that was found dead on February 28, in Liliya. The department claims that it's possible that t ...More

Did you know that the elusive and gravely endangered Olive Ridley turtles lay their eggs in the same spot where they were born years ago? Raul Dias lists four hatching sites in India for you to witnes ...More

AN MSc in zoology from Gauhati University in Assam, Purnima Devi Barman has made long strides in the domain of wildlife conservation, considered a male bastion. As a biologist of Aaranyak, a premier c ...More

HARIDWAR: A 20-year-old female elephant was found dead in Chidiyapur forest range, 22 km from here, on Thursday morning. Although the cause of death is yet to be ascertained, prima facie it is a c ...More