Patiala, November 14 The Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, has sanctioned a research project to Dr Onkar Singh Brraich, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology and Environm ...More

The prestigious Jim Corbett National Park is celebrating its platinum jubilee this year. Round the year celebrations will conclude on November 15 with a cultural programme in Ramnagar, along with open ...More

The contrariness of human endeavours is exemplified by the much-hyped efforts — both Government-sponsored and privately-funded — to save tigers. First driven to the verge of extinction by reckless tro ...More

Tigers in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna Tiger Reserve wre poached in connivance with forest officials, an internal state government report has admitted. But the state government, despite repeated requests fr ...More

With knocking of the winter exotic migratory birds have once again begun flocking near Chandankiyari, Chandrapura and Tenughat dam in Bokaro district of Jharkhand. Tenughat, Chandrapura, Hathia Pat ...More

GUWAHATI: The famous Orang wildlife sanctuary in lower Assam is facing an uncertain future because of official apathy. There are no adequate forest staff to man the sanctuary which is a natural ha ...More

A riot of colour and cackle has returned to the wetland reserves of Jammu and Kashmir with the first arrivals of thousands of migratory birds from far off lands this year. Migratory birds from Siberi ...More

In spite of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, the Nilgiri langurs (Trachypithecus johnii) continue to be hunted for the preparation of crude medicines. Prior to the Act coming into force, these prima ...More

A tigress was recently lynched in Chhattisgarh. In Maharashtra, 67 persons have been mauled to death by big cats in 18 months. Vijay Pinjarkar lists key reasons why the royal animal is under threat ...More

The Forest Department is claiming that the arrest of seven notorious poachers involved in the latest instance of tiger poaching in Uttarakhand is a major success, but wildlife activists state that thi ...More

Seven notorious poachers, including Tota Ram Bawaria, were arrested on Monday in a joint operation by the Forest Department and Champawat police SOG for poaching a tiger in Uttarakhand a few days ag ...More

Owls are facing an increased threat of trapping, torture and poaching for use in tantric rituals during the festive period of Diwali. Wildlife activists state that now the demand for owls for use in b ...More

The death of three bears on May 8 last in a village in Subarnapur district has once again brought the man-animal conflict to the fore. According to reports, at least three bears died on the day at Pu ...More

JALPAIGURI: In yet another elephant poaching case in north Bengal this year, carcass of a full-grown jumbo, with its head missing, was found on the outskirts of Neora Valley National Park in the Kal ...More

The State Forest and Wildlife Department has submitted a 10-year Tiger Conservation Plan (2011-12 to 2020-21) to the National Tiger Conservation Authority for conservation of the tigers and the biodiv ...More

A “highly confidential” investigation report on tiger poaching filed by the Field Director (FD) of the Panna Tiger Reserve and handed over to the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has brought the role ...More

The country's biggest tiger reserve, Nagarjuna Sagar Srisailam, can now flaunt some extra stripes. Camera traps have recently photographed females with healthy cubs, and adult males not seen before in ...More

AHMEDABAD: Right from poaching to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's enthusiasm for the big cats' conservation, US diplomats have shown deep interest in the efforts made by the state. During sev ...More

Have you heard of the Yangtze River Dolphin For the longest time,it used to be found along 1,700 kilometres of the middle and lower reaches of the mighty Chinese river.The Baiji,as it is known,was whi ...More

One of the nurseries of India's tiger conservation movement and Asia's first endeavour to have a national park, the Corbett National Park turns 75 this year, marking a string of successes despite a ...More