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A new handbook recommends how to avoid elephant deaths on roads, rail tracks

Arathi Menon 9 May 2024

Controlling the population of animals in conflict

Arathi Menon 9 Jan 2024

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

Asha Prakash 14 Jul 2023
Feeding an elephant calf. Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa.

The hidden side of human-elephant conflicts: orphaned calves

Arathi Menon 24 May 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

What’s for lunch? Elephants are picky eaters finds study in northern West Bengal

Nabarun Guha 3 Jan 2023
Forest team patrolling with the help of captive elephants in Madhya Pradesh. Photo by Satyendra Kumar Tiwari

Spirits are low this mahua season as fear and grief take over these MP villages

Manish Chandra Mishra 26 Apr 2022
Camp elephants carrying forest staff in tourism zone of Kanha Tiger Reserve. Photo by T. R. Shankar Raman/Wikimedia commons 

The absence of captive elephants in Madhya Pradesh is impacting tiger conservation

Manish Chandra Mishra 28 Sep 2021
Indian elephant bull in musth in Bandipur National Park. Image by Yathin S Krishnappa/Wikimedia Commons

Excess paddy kept for elephants in Chhattisgarh may not have the intended impact

Alok Prakash Putul 22 Sep 2021

Deforestation pushes elephants from Chhattisgarh to Madhya Pradesh, increasing conflict

Manish Chandra Mishra 28 Sep 2020

[Commentary] Colours of an elephant

Vivek Menon 21 Aug 2018

[Book review] Living days and nights in the forest

Darryl D'Monte 29 Jun 2018