Elephant Deaths On Railway Tracks Expose Gaps In Wildlife Safety
On the night of December 20, eight elephants were killed after collision with a superfast train in Assam. Though not...
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Harnessing Technology For Early Warnings On Devastating Earthquakes
On July 30, an earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale struck Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula and Japan. Recorded as the...
A Dam That Drowned Villagers’ Dreams & Never Delivered Water
Initiated in the early 1970s, the Mandal dam remains unfinished, displacing hundreds of families without full compensation. Despite fresh clearances...
Tribal Resettlement Near The Forest A Wild Idea, Say Environmentalists
Karnataka’s plan to rehabilitate over 100 tribal families in a 20-acre plot adjacent to the Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary has sparked...
Tiger Deaths Reveal Conservation Challenges
Recently, a tiger and her four cubs died in the Malai Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, evidence pointing to retaliatory poisoning...
Tiger Death Highlights Strained Human-Wildlife Interactions In Assam
A tiger was lynched near Kaziranga National Park in Assam following months of concern after a man and livestock were...
The Costs Of Coexisting With Predators
A new study across three protected areas in southern Kashmir recorded 92 livestock losses in two years, resulting in major...
To Survive, Leopards Are Adapting To Central India’s Urban Jungle
Leopards are adapting their habitat and diet to survive within the fast-changing cityscapes of Indore and Jabalpur, finds study. Leopards...
‘Op Bhediya’ Reveals Gaps In Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation
Wild animals, presumed to be wolves, have attacked people in an Uttar Pradesh district, causing deaths. The forest department identified...
Addressing The Elephant In The Room In The Web Series ‘Poacher’
Richie Mehta, director and writer of the recent web series ‘Poacher’, talks to Mongabay-India about what it takes to bring...
Now, Dachigam National Park At Risk As Forest Cover Reduces: Study
The Dachigam National Park is currently under significant threat, as the forest cover decreased by 7 percent, and there was...
Silent Trade Of Elusive Small Cats In Mizoram
The commercial value of products coming from rarer wildlife species has increased because of their growing demand among the middle...
Tackling Human-Wildlife Conflict Across India-Nepal Border
Five years ago, Shankar Luitel, a farmer who lives in Bahundangi village in Jhapa district, in the south-east corner of...
A Hill Town In Nilgiris Pays The Price For Poor Waste Management
Jayasudha, 38, counts it as a blessing that she was not home on the night of December 11, 2020. It...
Best Of ’22: Complexity Of Saving Biodiversity In The Himalayas
Biodiversity is in the headlines as 2022 comes to an end, with a “historic” deal to reverse biodiversity loss by...
How Preserving Forests Could Save The Indian Giant Squirrel
Its call is hard to miss. A series of high-pitched and staccato chirrups reverberate through the dense forests where it...
