What elephants teach us about cancer prevention

Elephants naturally avoid cancer after 55 million years of evolution. Scientists are studying if they can extract lessons that could help people

Elephants pit

Scientist R SUKUMAR of the Centre for Ecological Studies, Bangalore, says that DTE correspondent Anju Sharma was slipshod in her homework on elephants

Pachyderm dilemma

Zimbabwe, which is hosting the June convention on endangered species, is fighting for right to controlled trade in ivory

World Elephant Day: Why conservation efforts in Africa evoke opposing reactions

Uneven distribution of the jumbos across the continent has led to increase in human-wildlife conflict and loss of habitat

Female elephant dies from electrocution in Odisha

The body was spotted by local resident who in turn informed forest officials

Bright idea

‘Rogue elephant’ kills four in Odisha

Human-elephant conflict usually goes up during summer

Have Gujjars, will survive

Killing elephants

SOUTH AFRICA

Pachyderms in peril

SOUTH AFRICA

A mammoth clone?

Scientists are trying to create it, though the chances are slim

ANGOLA

High hopes

West African countries sign elephant conservation pact

Sim saviour

Burden or boon? Wayanad residents divided on wildlife as interest groups advocate trigger-happy responses

Since January, a pervasive anti-wildlife sentiment has descended over the district and violent protests erupted against animals and conservationists

Know what the Indian elephant, one-horned rhino and Asiatic wild buffalo usually eat and are eating instead

A shortage of food inside Indian forests is forcing these 3 megaherbivores to eat invasive species & farm crops

The Tiger in Tamilakam

The striped big cat of Asia occupied a unique place in the psyche and ethical consciousness of the ancient Tamils, something which continues to …

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

Pune Court orders four rescued circus elephants to be sent back to where they came from

The foundation for the court decision rests on procedural flaws committed by the enforcement authorities during …

A first for large African mammals: DNA used to count Gabon’s endangered forest elephants

There are 95,110 forest elephants in Gabon according to analysis of DNA extracted from dung

Tusker in trouble

Poachers threaten the survival of bull elephants in Simlipal, needed for the breeding of the species and transfer of typical genetic traits

How National Board for Wildlife gives legitimacy to illegal mining in Assam

The board approved coal mining proposal that diverts 98.59 hectares of forest land in Dehing Patkai

Unchecked mining spells doom for Saranda forest in Jharkhand

Unregulated large-scale mining activities have decimated plant and wildlife populations in the once-rich Saranda forest in Jharkhand