Delegates at a global wildlife conference today voted to ban international trade in African grey parrots, one of the world's most trafficked birds. Prized for their ability to mimic human speech, t ...More

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The United Nations on Sunday called for the shutdown of all legal domestic ivory markets as it looks to combat poaching and put pressure on countries that continue to trade in ...More

India seized the highest numbers of tigers and tiger products between 2000 and 2015, indicating that the country’s national animal is the most vulnerable to poaching for international trade. With 540 ...More

The Second North India’s Avian Meet (NIAM) that brought together exotic bird breeders and pet traders from across the country, has raised concern among conservationists and various Animal Welfare Orga ...More

With winter approaching and migratory birds set to arrive on the swamps of Chilka lake in Odisha, the wildlife wing of India's largest brackish lake is gearing up to provide protection to the winged g ...More

The United Nations has banned global trade in wild African Grey Parrots, prized for their ability to imitate human speech, to help counter a decline in numbers caused by trafficking and forest loss. ...More

DEHRADUN: According to the report released on September 29, body parts of as many as 1,755 rare animals were seized in the country in the past 16 years, of which around 540 were tigers'. Published ahe ...More

New Delhi,Sept29: As per a recent report, as many as 393 elephants have died in the past five years in Odisha, confirmed forests and environment minister Bikram KeshariArukh. The minister however did ...More

Even as wildlife conservationists share a moment of hope and joy as the move to transfer all the eight pangolin species including two found in India from Appendix II to Appendix I – thus prohibiting a ...More

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) on Wednesday banned all global trade of pangolins, The Guardian reported. The ban, unanimously agreed upon b ...More

Tiger trafficking across Asia goes on unabated with India reporting the largest number of seizures. However, there has been a "significant decrease" in the number of seizures reported in India since 2 ...More

Berhampur: The winter is coming and the winged guests are yet arrive on the swamps of Chilkalake. But it is show time for the wildlife wing of India's biggest brackish lake as they prepare to provide ...More

New Delhi: As per a recent report, as many as 393 elephants have died in the past five years in Odisha, confirmed forests and environment minister Bikram KeshariArukh. The minister however did not co ...More

Special teams from the forest department are on the lookout for four persons, including two former anti-poaching watchers (APWs), for allegedly poaching a sloth bear cub and a deer. The department se ...More

Africa's overall elephant population has seen the worst declines in the last 25 years, with their numbers falling by about 111,000, mainly due to poaching over the past ten years, according to a new r ...More

Bhubaneswar: As many as 393 elephants have died in the past five years in Odisha, Forests and Environment Minister Bikram KeshariArukh said on Tuesday. The minister did not elaborate how the pachyderm ...More

The number of African elephants has dropped by around 111,000 in the past decade, a new report released on Monday at the Johannesburg conference on the wildlife trade said, blaming the plummeting figu ...More

Johannesburg: The number of elephants in Africa has dropped by 111,000 in 10 years to just 415,000 today. The 20 per cent drop between 2006 and 2015 is because of a surge in ivory poaching, the Intern ...More

TOFTigers, a leading NGO in the wildlife and nature tourism sector issued a call for the nature tourism industry to extend its vital role in protecting India’s natural heritage and re-wilding denuded ...More

JOHANNESBURG: The number of African elephants has dropped by around 111,000 in the past decade, a new report released on Monday at the Johannesburg conference on the wildlife trade said, blaming the p ...More