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A lynx in a sea buckthorn shrub. Chamba spotted the Eurasian lynx on eight different occasions and captured several photographs. Photo by Stanzin Chamba.

A citizen-led initiative contributes to wildlife conservation in Ladakh

Manish Chandra Mishra 14 Nov 2023

[Interview] “Favourable conditions and diet important for ex-situ conservation of wild cats”

Rahul Singh 14 Nov 2023

[Interview] Wildlife biologist Sumit Dookia on researching the understudied Asiatic wildcat

Shuchita Jha 9 Nov 2023

Assam’s Dehing Patkai plans extensive camera-trap study of five small wild cats in the region

Nabarun Guha 8 Nov 2023

A 100 camera traps to monitor rusty-spotted cats in Keoladeo National Park

Shuchita Jha 3 Nov 2023

Leopard cats may not respond well to global warming 

Arathi Menon 24 Oct 2023
A camera-trap image of a clouded leopard in Manas National Park. Clouded leopards are a largely arboreal, shy animals considered the "smallest big cat" in the world. Photo by Urijit Bhatt.

Clouded leopards develop ways to survive competition

Arathi Menon 19 Oct 2023

The poorly studied Eurasian lynx in Ladakh needs more research for conservation

Shailesh Shrivastava 18 Oct 2023
A snow leopard photographed at Himalayan Zoological Park Bulbuley near Gangtok. Photo by Nanda Ramesh/ Wikimedia Commons

Study finds climate change causing snow leopards to scale altitudes

Arathi Menon 12 Oct 2023

As caracals inch towards extinction, path to conserving the wild cat remains unclear

Shuchita Jha 11 Oct 2023
Pallas's cat captured by a camera trap. Photo by Forest, Ecology & Environment Department, Ladakh

Pallas’s cat’s sightings become more common in Ladakh

Manish Chandra Mishra 9 Oct 2023
An elephant with a radio collar walks through a coffee estate on May 18, 2023, near Sakleshpur, Hassan district, Karnataka. Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa

There is more to radio collaring than cheetah deaths

Arathi Menon 6 Oct 2023
Asiatic Wildcat with its kitten in the desert of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Photo by Rasdheshyam Bishnoi.

Hybridisation, roadkills are major threats for the Indian desert cat population

Shuchita Jha 28 Sep 2023
A male cheetah introduced in Kuno National Park. Photo from Cheetah Conservation Fund.

Cheetahs introduced in Kuno National Park struggle with humidity and weather conditions

Shuchita Jha 24 Aug 2023
Tiger T101 with the leopard kill in Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan. Photo by Harsha Narasimhamurthy

How animals negotiate shared resources in the wild

Arathi Menon 23 Aug 2023
A leopard cat seen by the Kinabatangan River in Myanmar. The unmanned border areas along the Myanmar border and thick forest cover along the river Tiau, which divides Mizoram and Myanmar, have likely contributed to ease of access, trade, and a general increase in poaching in this part of India. Photo by Mike Prince/Wikimedia Commons.

The silent trade of elusive small cats in Mizoram

Nabarun Guha 3 Aug 2023

India’s tiger reserves have helped fight climate change

Neha Jain 20 Jul 2023

Small cats in big trouble: Why we need to save these elusive endangered species

Sean Mowbray 25 May 2023
The Pallas’s cat.

Manul, the ‘grumpiest cat,’ confirmed on the world’s highest mountain

Abhaya Raj Joshi 28 Mar 2023
Image shows an Asiatic caracal camouflaged in an Indian forest

From a life among royals, to fighting for survival

Apekshita Varshney 18 May 2022