THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The flying squad of the Forest Department on Wednesday arrested one more person in connection with the elephant poaching case. The accused has been identified as Vidyasagar, a na ...More

Rangers in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park have discovered the carcasses of 26 elephants at two locations, additional victims of cyanide poisoning. Bhejani Trust and the National Parks and Wildlife Ma ...More

A coalition of wildlife non-government organisations from across the world has opposed the use of bio-engineered rhino horn as a measure to curb poaching of the endangered species. An American biotec ...More

Over 480 kg of ivory worth several crores in the international market has been recovered from a businessman in Delhi after a joint operation by Kerala Forest Department, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau ...More

NEW DELHI: Over 480kg of ivory worth several crores in the international market has been recovered from a businessman in Delhi after a joint operation by Kerala Forest Department, Wildlife Crime Contr ...More

In order to save the Gangetic Dolphin or River Dophin, which is the national aquatic animal of India, the government of West Bengal has decided to set up India's first dolphin community reserve. The r ...More

JAIPUR: This might sound like a clarion call. If things go the way they are, the coming generations would be reading about the Great Indian Bustard (GIB), the state bird of Rajasthan, the way they d ...More

Sathyamangalam Conservation Foundation has been established by the Forest Department, about two years after declaration of the over 1,400 km forest expanse as a Tiger Reserve, according to a provision ...More

HARARE: Fourteen elephants were poisoned by cyanide in Zimbabwe in three separate incidents, two years after poachers killed more than 200 elephants by poisoning, Zimbabwe's National Parks and Wildlif ...More

GUWAHATI: Poachers armed with sophisticated night-vision enabled riflescope killed one rhino at Kaziranga national park, a world heritage site about 250kms from here, late on Friday evening. Park o ...More

KOLKATA: The Ganges river dolphin — India's national aquatic animal — is set to get more protection in Bengal. The stretch of river Hooghly between Malda and Sagar is likely to be developed as a dolph ...More

Perhaps, in the first-ever comprehensive study of the Nilgiritahr population in Western Ghats, the WWF-India has put the population at 3,122 and added that with diligent conservation and planning, the ...More

KOLKATA: The Ganges river dolphin — India's national aquatic animal — is set to get more protection in Bengal. The stretch of river Hooghly between Malda and Sagar is likely to be developed as a dolph ...More

KOLKATA: The Ganges river dolphin — India's national aquatic animal — is set to get more protection in Bengal. The stretch of river Hooghly between Malda and Sagar is likely to be developed as a dolph ...More

DEHRADUN: Chief minister Harish Rawat, looking at the photographs on display at the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education to celebrate Wildlife Week, appeared startled by the large number ...More

CHAMOLI: Camera trap images and droppings have revealed that there are healthy musk deer roaming the Kedarnath Musk Deer Sanctuary. This comes as huge relief, as this species of deer is rare and endan ...More

BAREILLY: For the first time, the forest department, WWF-India and 23 other NGOs and community leaders will conduct a Gangetic dolphin census in the Ramganga river from October 5 to 8 this year. The f ...More

The Naxal-infested wildlife division in Kudremukh, Western Ghats - one of the sensitive zones for the tiger population in state - is going the Nagarhole Tiger Reserve way. Soon, the area will get an a ...More

In a bid to create awareness of curbing poaching and sale of wild animals and birds in the district, the forest department launched a campaign here on Sunday, distributing posters and pamphlets. In t ...More

Malda/Kolkata: Wildlife outside the protected area in Bengal is under attack. After the poaching of a few fishing cats in Howrah, a gharial — a critically endangered species — was allegedly killed by ...More