Bandipur: Evolution reason behind twinning being rare among elephants, say scientists
A cow elephant in Bandipur Tiger Reserve recently gave birth to twin calves
From being stranded to being free
How six elephant calves were rescued and brought back to the wild
Jumbo secrets
Elephants possess social and emotional intelligence
Asian Elephant Specialist Group meet starts in Malaysia
Various issues concerning the Asian Elephant to be discussed at the event
World Elephant Day: The trials of India’s national heritage animal
Of 21 venues housing 509 elephants, 45% were kept in severely inadequate conditions
Sri Lanka has 7,370 elephants
It is the first ever census of its kind in the country
Human activities in Asia have reduced elephant habitat by nearly two-thirds since 1700
Asian elephants are one of the most endangered large mammals
Elephants found dead in Odisha’s Keonjhar with tusks removed; activists allege poaching
Odisha forest department comes under fire by locals, activists; locals allege neglect
‘Rogue elephant’, ‘Crocodile-infested’, ‘Tiger-haunted’: It is all in the semantics
Language has shaped or disfigured landscapes, human communities, wildlife populations and our perception of the very earth we call ‘home&…
A unique rejuvenation camp in Tamil Nadu for captive elephants
Nutritious food and restorative care help relieve the stress that such elephants develop during captivity
Preventing forest loss on private land can aid elephant conservation: Paper
Elephants prefer areas close to forests, with high vegetation cover and low human population densities, according to a recently published …
World Elephant Day: India’s jumbos stare at a worrying future
Today only about 27,000 wild elephants remain in India, as opposed to a million a decade ago. There has been a 98 per cent nose-dive in their …
The jury is still out on the de-extinction of the woolly mammoth
There are several ethical concerns in bringing an extinct species back to life, some scientists have said about the woolly mammoth; others …
Preserving India's pachyderms
The recently-concluded 'Gaj Mahotsav’ in Delhi celebrated the Indian Elephant, an animal that is fast losing its habitat in India
How solar-powered fences mitigated human-elephant conflict in Assam
A biologist employed with a non-profit in the North East describes her organisation’s efforts at reducing negative encounters between …
Asian elephant expert Raman Sukumar now a Vice-Chair of the IPCC
As part of the new IPCC Bureau, he will work on the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report, expected to be completed in the coming 5-7 years
Do elephants grieve? Maybe, though not in the ‘human’ sense of the word
The apparent emotionality and the wide-ranging individual differences in the responses of elephants to their dead do indeed deserve further study
Activists point to ‘frightening trend’ of wild elephants being brought into captive elephant trade
Activists raise red flag after yet another instance of elephants being transported from Arunachal to Gujarat is discovered
Stakeholders discuss measures to reduce elephant mortality from rail collisions at meet
Organised in mid-March, government agencies and conservation organisations at the meet also agreed to begin a series ‘focused workshops&…
Yes, Army mortar shelling did kill 4 elephants in north Bengal, state government confirms
State government asks Army to shift from the Teesta Firing Range; Army says it it yet to receive a formal communication
Another elephant electrocuted in Odisha, the second in 10 days
Some 119 jumbos were electrocuted in Odisha between 2009 and 2019, according to the statistics of the forest department
Trichy’s elephant rescue centre is a haven for abused pachyderms
Since its commencement last year, the centre has cared for those elephants who have been ill-treated by private owners
The Borneo elephant has been overshadowed by its bigger cousins: Nurzhafarina Othman
Down To Earth speaks to Nurzhafarina Othman, a Malaysian elephant ecologist, on the little-known Borneo elephant
How Tamil Nadu villagers actually view ‘rogue’ elephants
The villagers neither consider these giants as threats to their lives nor a disturbance. They just enjoy their presence instead
Jumbo without a jungle
Experts from the fields of history and conservation tell Down To Earth about why, despite featuring so frequently in Indian history and culture, …