JAISALMER: A team of forest officials on Thursday arrested three members of a poaching gang active in hunting the Great Indian Bustard(GIB) in Srianganagar area. The GIB is on the verge of extinction ...More

BHOPAL: It's not just animals that foresters want to keep tabs on. With poachers going high-tech, the Madhya Pradesh forest department wants also to have a say in matters related to control of air wav ...More

KOLHAPUR: It was in July 2012, when the Western Ghats made it to the world heritage list and a cluster of 39 sites here were crowned among the world's eight "hottest hotspots" of biological diversity. ...More

The geographical and climatic diversity of India is the reason for its varied flora and fauna, but the number of species falling under IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species is increasing owing to ramp ...More

NAGPUR: Alarmed by organized poachers targeting tigers outside Nagzira and New Nagzira wildlife sanctuaries, greens have appealed to forest minister Patangrao Kadam to shift wildlife division office a ...More

WASHINGTON: Researchers have developed a new weapon to crack down on elephant poaching and track Illegal Ivory, using nuclear test residue to determine the age of a tusk. University of Utah researc ...More

SURAT: Three locals were nabbed by fisherman and volunteers of a NGO while poaching in weir-cum-causeway here. The poachers were local slum dwellers and hence released after warning. Three eggs wer ...More

NEW DELHI: Illegal wildlife trading networks have cross-border linkages and there is need for greater coordination between the security agencies of different countries to deal with this threat, CBI di ...More

Wildlife crime investigators hope to crack down on illegal elephant killing with a new tool for tracking illegal ivory that uses nuclear test residue to determine the age of a tusk, said a study out t ...More

MYSORE: If tigers in the Bandipur National Park (BNP) have evaded the poachers, it is thanks to the forest guards. And these men are the first line of defence against poachers. Rajappa, a forest guard ...More

NAGPUR: Giving a big boost to vanishing tigers, the state government on Thursday approved the Koka Wildlife Sanctuary, 20km from Bhandara. The 92.34 sq km protected area is hardly 10km from New Nagzir ...More

NAGPUR: Giving a big boost to vanishing tigers, the state government on Thursday approved the Koka Wildlife Sanctuary, 20km from Bhandara. The 92.34 sq km protected area is hardly 10km from New Nagzir ...More

Incidence of wildlife poaching is on the rise in the southern States, said Ravi P. Singh, Secretary-General of World Wide Fund for Nature – India (WWF-I). Mr. Singh who was here recently told The Hi ...More

The State Forest Department’s efforts to sensitise the people living in and around the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) against poaching and destruction of forest resources has begun to yield returns as ...More

Flood waters have entered Kaziranga National Park forcing animals to take shelter on highlands and Park authorities are on alert to protect the wildlife from deluge and poachers. The flood waters hav ...More

GUWAHATI: With the water level in the Brahmaputra and some of its tributaries rising, authorities at Assam's famed Kaziranga National Park - a Unesco World Heritage Site - have commenced their annual ...More

The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is keen to join hands with the Forest Department for engaging with people of villages inside the core area of the Similipal Tiger Reserve and persuading them to move ...More

GUWAHATI: The lonely days of Dwimalu and Purabi, both of whom lost their mothers at a tender age in a cruel twist of fate, are over. The two have found playmates in each other after Purabi was brought ...More

Bokakhat (Assam), June 29 (ANI): A combined team of Assam forest guards and CBI sleuths recently arrested Amar Bori, one of the most wanted Rhino poachers, from the Bokakhat area of Assam. Several in ...More

NAGPUR: The 15th divisional tiger cell meeting called on Thursday in the backdrop of a series of tiger poaching cases in the region ended abruptly after Rajendra Singh, the special inspector general ( ...More