BHUBANESWAR: A rare Irrawaddy dolphin was killed by poachers in Orissa's Chilika Lake, an official said Monday. "We recovered the carcass Sunday evening from Phandanasi area along the Chilika co ...More

BHUBANESWAR: A rare Irrawaddy dolphin was killed by poachers in Orissa's Chilika Lake, an official said Monday. "We recovered the carcass Sunday evening from Phandanasi area along the Chilika coas ...More

CHANDRAPUR (Maha): Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) is proposed to be expanded by an additional 1,100 sq km from the current 625.40 sq km for making it an ideal habitat for tigers and to reduce the ...More

GUWAHATI, Jan 2 – Intelligence inputs indicate that there could be an increase in wildlife crime in Assam in the next two months. The information is being treated seriously by both Forest Departm ...More

CHANDRAPUR (Maha): Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) is proposed to be expanded by an additional 1,100 sq km from the current 625.40 sq km for making it an ideal habitat for tigers and to re ...More

DERGAON, Dec 30 – One Gobendra Pegu, owner of the vegetable farm where the decomposed body of the rhino was recovered on Sunday was arrested by Kamargaon police today. According to police source Ronoj ...More

As the tourist rush for Corbett, Rajaji National Park and other hills in the State has suddenly gone up due to the New Year's Eve, the State forest department has sounded high alert in wildlife sanctu ...More

GUWAHATI, Dec 30 – With pressure mounting from the highest levels, new moves to curb poaching and illegal trade in wildlife are being planned by the State Forest Department, which would involve enhanc ...More

Bangalore: The recent poaching of two elephants in the Bannerghatta National Park has prompted the Forest Department to set up two anti-poaching camps in the national park near the inter-State border ...More

After three centuries of relentless damage to earth's delicately balanced ecology, humanity finally appears to be waking up to the havoc it has wrought. The past decade saw the most clinching evidence ...More

DERGAON, Dec 25 – Thirteen one-horned rhinos were killed by poachers at Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in this year till date. A total of 710 rhinos were killed from 1965 to 2008 in the park. A ...More

Two young men were arrested with a leopard skin worth Rs 600,000 from Aryankavu near the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border by the Flying Squad and Intelligence officials of the Forest Department. The two men ...More

With delay in constituting a special tiger protection force (STPF) the threat to the safety of endangered species, particularly tiger in Corbett Tiger Reserve and adjacent areas from poachers of Baw ...More

Two endangered one-horned rhinos were killed by poacher gangs at the famed Kaziranga National Park in Assam, taking the toll of the giant pachyderms slaughtered so far this year to 14, officials said ...More

Harike (Ferozepur), December 21 Harike, one of the largest wetlands of northern India, is witnessing the arrival of a large number of migratory birds from Siberia and Central Asia as the winter inten ...More

MOSCOW: Russia will host a tiger preservation summit in Vladivostok in 2010, according to the Russian branch of World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Scientists decided to use Oriental calendar and the comin ...More

MOSCOW: Russia will host a tiger preservation summit in Vladivostok in 2010, according to the Russian branch of World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Scientists decided to use Oriental calendar and the com ...More

The Balikuda-Ersama coastline and its surrounding mangrove forest areas are resonating with thousands of fascinating winged visitors these days. Since the first week of November this year, winter migr ...More

Even though number of measures has been taken to curb the poaching of migratory birds in Chilika, the poaching continues unabated. The wildlife officials on Saturday seized 16 dead birds from Soran vi ...More

BERHAMPUR: Orissa's famed blue lagoon, the Chilika Lake, which becomes home to hundreds of migratory birds in winter, is failing to curb poaching despite a strong security net. Wildlife officials ...More