Centre notifies India’s 31st elephant reserve in Tamil Nadu
The new reserve will be spread over an area of 1,197 square kilometres in Agasthiyamalai
Odisha forest officials use recorded tiger growls to keep elephants away from villages
Conventional methods such as firecrackers and chili bombs have harmed the animals in the past
Despite ready list, Jharkhand to identify elephant corridors
State forest department not consulted before corridor identification: Official in minutes
Elephants fall prey to Odisha mineral rush
Three elephants were killed while crossing a national highway on August 22 when they were hit by trucks laden with iron ore
What's causing elephants in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu to die? Hunger and thirst
In last one week, two elephants died in Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka due to dehydration and heat stroke
Sliding towards extinction: scientists find 60 per cent of mammals are imperiled
Treating large mammals as ‘umbrella species’ for conservation facilitates protection of the larger ecosystems and overall biodiversity
God’s own country or elephants’ graveyard?
A host of reasons ranging from poaching to intake of plastic, poisonous articles and electrocution have been attributed to deaths
Fights for space
Once harmonious, the human-elephant relationship has taken an ugly turn. Faulty forest policies and nationwide destruction of elephant habitats …
Speeding train kills six elephants in West Bengal
The killer track has claimed lives of 52 elephants in the past decade; forest department and railways continue to blame each other
Heat stress, water scarcity threatening Zimbabwe elephants
Recent report shows high mortality rates of elephants peaking 10.47 per cent
The rage of humans
Killer stalks sanctuary
Doting on dung
Kenyan ingenuity uses elephant dung for making paper
Temples for elephant rituals
Say task force’s suggestions override Kerala’s tradition
Dying on the edge
To reduce human-animal conflict, a 14-km-long wall will be built along the southern border of Corbett Tiger Reserve. But wall will cost Rs 4.5 …
All work and no foreplay
Plans are afoot to rejuvenate an overworked elephant population in Myanmar through artificial insemination
‘Protocol not followed’: Complaint lodged in Karnataka forest department sharpshooter death case
Venkatesh, tasked with tranquilising an injured wild elephant in Hassan, was trampled to death by it in what his son has blamed as negligence by …
Arikkomban should be trained to become a kumki
That is the best option for a rogue elephant in the habit of raiding human habitations, killing people and damaging properties
Over 500 died in human-elephant conflict in Odisha in last 5 years
Around a quarter of these deaths occurred during summer season between April and June
Two forest officials suspended for deaths of elephants in train accident
Environmentalists have called out the forest department for only taking action against low-rank officials
Photographic identities may help in elephant census: Study
Researchers used the technique to estimate Asian elephant populations in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam
Wild Emergency: From sensational to sensible
The National Board of Wildlife’s recommendation that state governments use Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code while dealing with …
Kenya joins the ‘Elephant Protection Initiative’
President Kenyatta makes pledge as part of package of conservation on signing to the Pan-African ‘Giants Club’
Elephant memories apart
Tania James offers an insight into the elephant's mind, while exploring the human-animal conflict through a range of narrative techniques
African elephants face birth control
As the result of the ban on ivory trading, elephants are overbreeding, creating problems such as the destruction of forest land.