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Nilgai grazing in Keoladeo National Park

Domestication trials in Bihar aim to mitigate farmer-nilgai conflict

Alok Gupta 4 Jan 2024

Problems maximise for Elephas maximus in Karnataka

Arathi Menon 29 Dec 2023

Mistaken identity becomes a major threat for India’s small wild cats

Shailesh Shrivastava 15 Nov 2023
A free-ranging dog on the hunt, capturing a pika. Photo by Neeraj Mahar

Ladakh’s small cats face resource competition, intimidation by free-ranging dogs

Shailesh Shrivastava 13 Nov 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

Venomous snakebites, an occupational hazard for women tea workers

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 8 Sep 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
A swimming tiger.

Fences could be a solution for Bangladesh’s human-tiger conflict in the Sundarbans

Rafiqul Islam 28 Jul 2023

Kerala needs long-term plans, not quick fixes, for human-elephant conflict

Asha Prakash 14 Jul 2023

With a Russell’s viper and snakebite resurgence, Bangladesh looks to developing antivenom

Abu Siddique 12 Jun 2023
Feeding an elephant calf. Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa.

The hidden side of human-elephant conflicts: orphaned calves

Arathi Menon 24 May 2023
A tiger at at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, Chandrapur. Photo by Akshit Deshlande/ Wikimedia Commons.

Rising tiger population is said to aggravate human-tiger conflict in Chandrapur, Gadchiroli

Saurabh Katkurwar 18 May 2023

Nepal comes next in line to Sri Lanka to debate exporting ‘problematic’ monkeys

Abhaya Raj Joshi 16 May 2023

A hill town in Nilgiris district pays the price for poor waste management

Arathi Menon 8 May 2023

Environmentalists denounce Sri Lanka’s talks of exporting 100,000 crop-raiding macaques

Malaka Rodrigo 4 May 2023

Experts call for coexistence, sustainable development as tiger population is close to saturation

Saurabh Katkurwar 14 Apr 2023
Image shows a leopard sitting in a tree

Despite efforts and funds, human-wildlife conflict in Uttarakhand is not contained

Varsha Singh 20 Feb 2023
Crops raided by wild boars in Kaziranga. Photo by Nabarun Guha.

Farmers in Kaziranga demand timely, sufficient compensation for the crop raids by wildlife

Nabarun Guha 17 Feb 2023

[Commentary] A safe passage for the jumbos to the islands on the Brahmaputra

Anupam Sarmah, Arjun Kamdar, David Smith, Hiten Kumar Baishya 14 Feb 2023
Loco Pilots allege negligence on implementation of safety measures around important elephant corridors. Photo from Northeast Frontier Railway.

Assam loco pilots on the need for effective communication to prevent elephant-rail collision

Barasha Das 9 Jan 2023