Since the start of the year, 131 leopards have died across the country. Of these, 40% were killed by poachers. Wildlife activists said that while conservation efforts were largely focused on tigers, o ...More

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's government is moving ahead with plans to allow a domestic trade and limited export of rhino horns, alarming many international conservationists who believe rhinos will be ...More

KOCHI: Elephant poaching in Kerala grabbed national headlines a year ago after poachers confessed they had killed around 20 elephants. However, data from the Forest Department reveals there is a b ...More

The snow leopard, native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia, and listed as endangered on the IUCN red list of threatened species, is being hunted at the rate of up to 45 a year in India. ...More

There has been a lot of controversy about gestures to respect national symbols like the national flag or national anthem in our country lately. But a shocking report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has ...More

THANE: Two Indian Cormorant birds were found shot dead at AmbeGhosale Lake in Castle Mill area on Friday. A resident of Castle Mill spotted a man in a boat in the middle of the lake shooting the bird ...More

CHENNAI: The ducks with glistening blue black feathers and a striking dark comb are back in the city. This time they are here in a larger flock and on an extended stay. More than 50 migratory Comb Duc ...More

The big cat's future looks grim. As per data compiled by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a statutory body under the ministry of environment and forests, and uploaded on Tigernet -- t ...More

The number of Indian tigers had hit an all time low of 1,411 in 2006, however the estimated tiger population in India had drastically improved to 2,226 in 2014. Now, according to a Mid-Day report, a ...More

Bhubaneswar: Forest officials have rescued a critically endangered Pangolin near Chunukoli under Chandaka Police station on Tuesday. The half-grown pangolin, known as Bajrakapta in native language wa ...More

Poachers broke into a French zoo, shot dead a rare white rhinoceros and sawed off its horn in what is believed to be the first time in Europe that a rhino in captivity has been attacked and killed. T ...More

Around 1,500 animals, including leopards, jackals, civets, jungle cats , wolves and hyenas, have died after accidentally falling into open wells around forests, making them a hazard to wildlife. Data ...More

A rhino is dead after poachers sawed off one of its horns at a wildlife preserve in the suburbs of Paris, a media report said. The poachers broke into the Thoiry Zoo forcing an outer gate and several ...More

The carcasses of four peacocks and two two peahens have been found here with forest officials suspecting that poachers might have killed them. Wildlife activists say there have been more than 30 d ...More

GUWAHATI, March 7 - Leading wildlife NGOs working in and around Kaziranga National Park today refuted allegations made by international organisations that “excessive force” was being used at Kaziranga ...More

Intruders at a French zoo have shot dead a white rhino and hacked off its horns in a grisly overnight poaching incident, police and the zoo said today. The perpetrators forced the main gate to Tho ...More

Intruders at a French zoo have shot dead a white rhino and hacked off its horns in a grizzly overnight poaching incident, the police and the zoo said on Tuesday. The perpetrators forced the main ...More

Two more persons were arrested at Meenangadi on Monday on the charge of poaching in the Kuppadi forest station limit under the Kurichyad forest range of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. The accused ha ...More

Discovery of five dead peacocks in Bundi district of Rajasthan has ruffled many a feather in the state forest department. On Monday, a day after the hideous incident, senior wildlife officials descend ...More

One of Africa's oldest and largest elephants was killed by poachers in Kenya today, according to a conservation group that protects the dwindling group of giant "tuskers". Richard Moller of the Ts ...More