Wildlife & Nature

Since March of this year, a total of nine cheetahs, including three cubs born in India, have passed away in the KNP in Madhya Pradesh, which raises concerns about the way the project is being managed.

After 18 years, Uttarakhand will finally conduct a count of the endangered vultures. The top wildlife warden for the Forest Department in India, Sameer Sinha, was quoted in this newspaper as saying, "These four predatory birds belong to…

He contented that the EVs with slight remodelling can assure smooth and silent rides with good ground clearance.

Almost one hundred whales have been found dead after washing up on beaches in Australia. The agency shared footage taken by a drone that showed the whales gathering together and congregating into the shape of a heart just before they…

The government's goal is to reforest 26 million hectares of land by the year 2030. These once-diverse landscapes have become less so over time and are now considered degraded. During the G20 meeting, Bivash Rajan emphasised the necessity of…

After Kuno cheetah deaths, MP govt fires top forest official. The employee was fired hours after the National Tiger Conservation Authority said five adult cheetahs died naturally during the past four months.

At around 8.30 am on Thursday, the condition of the fourth cub started deteriorating. There was swelling in its stomach and the cub had difficulty in breathing too.

The adult South African cheetah named Tejas died at around 3 pm on Tuesday in an enclosure, where it was housed with a Namibian female for mating.

Of the 14 deaths, 10 are from forest divisions in Kumaon including the Corbett Tiger Reserve.

Eight hatcheries were found on the Bihar side of the Gandak river and one was spotted in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar district.

Herders fear that Lion attacks will become common in villages that are located near Kenya's iconic Amboseli national park.

“The tigress is roaming in this area” said a Rajaji park official. It is believed that she will make the forests of this western end of the park her territory.

According to PTR officials, a survey has already been started by a joint team of PTR and Railway officials.

The Kuno National Park has already lost three cheetahs including two females in less than 45 days.

Union Environment Ministry said the decision was taken after a team of experts reviewed the current status of "Project Cheetah" on the directions of the National Tiger Conservation Authority

The Department of Conservation estimates there are only around 70,000 wild kiwi left in New Zealand. New Zealand's treasured kiwi birds are shuffling around Wellington's verdant hills for the first time in a century, after a drive to…

It also recommended that all states consider transferring captive elephants that are abandoned or required to be rescued from any situation of cruelty to this rescue centre.

Notably, this is the second such incident at KNP in almost a month.

esearchers from IIT-Madras and Harvard University have developed a novel Machine Learning algorithm named ‘CombSGPO’ (Combined Security Game Policy Optimization) that can help in saving wildlife from poaching.

Authorities had intervened after the happy videos of the sarus crane and its rescuer went viral and took away the bird.