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Bansbari, Assam: Manas National Park has received its first greater one horned rhinos seven years after its approximately 100-strong population was wiped out by...

Manas: The three rhinos at the rehabilitation facility at the Manas national park are sniffing the air for the onset of the pre-monsoon showers awaiting the time when tender palatable grasses will once more be abundant in the...

Arunachal Pradesh: Three wild elephants that were rescued a fortnight ago from poachers from the forests of India’s remote north-east Arunachal Pradesh state were successfully united with a large herd on Friday, in a joint operation by the forest officials...

Veraval: Thousands of people from the Kharva fishing community today pledged to protect the whale shark in Veraval in the Western Indian state of Gujarat – in an event marked by several important...

New Delhi: Nine individuals who were among the best, chosen for their contribution to wildlife conservation were honoured today at the ninth Venu Menon National Animal Awards function organized at the Stein Auditorium in India Habitat Center, New...

New Delhi: China Customs seized nearly 68 kgs of illegal elephant ivory from a female passenger that had just arrived in Beijing from Addis Abba, Ethiopia on...

Pakke (Arunachal Pradesh): Five Asiatic black bear cubs of the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation (CBRC) moved a step closer to being wild, as phase two of their rehabilitation began last week at the Pakke Tiger Reserve. Two bears were...

Sutrapada: Fishermen have freed a 30-feet-long whale shark trapped in their nets on Monday off the coast of Sutrapada in the Western Indian state of...

Kaziranga: WTI (Wildlife Trust of India) and IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) will move six hand-raised elephant calves today from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in Kaziranga to Doimari in Manas National...

New Delhi: Five deaths of the critically endangered Siberian tiger in recent months have raised concern among conservationists battling to protect their population in the Russian Far...

Tura (Meghalaya): Residents of Selbalgre, a village in the West Garo Hills, Meghalaya, have set aside an additional hundred hectares of land for the conservation of the Hoolock gibbon. The land was handed over to the executive committee of the Selbalgre...

Udalguri, Assam: Manas National Park, a UN World Heritage Site, plagued by militancy for over a decade, got a fresh lease of life as the local tribal government effectively trebled the area under it, calling it Greater...

Veraval, Gujarat: Fishermen have released another whale shark from their nets – this time off the coast of Veraval, where about 30 people took their turn in a rescue operation which lasted for more than three...

Keonjhar (Orissa): Based on the information provided by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), four persons were arrested last Friday, March 7, while trying to sell elephant tusks to decoy customers in Haridagoth, a town near Keonjhar, Orissa. Two tusks weighing...

Veraval, Gujarat: Fishermen have released another whale shark from their nets – this time off the coast of Veraval, where about 30 people took their turn in a rescue operation which lasted for more than three...

Kaziranga: Villagers in Khsiapung village have handed over an infant bear cub to a local NGO after her mother was brutally killed by poachers in Karbi Anglong district in the Northeastern Indian state of...

Yarmouth Port, Mass: After suffering the worst flood in its modern history, Jakarta is now busy trying to recover from the devastation. The floods began in early February and, at one point, covered 80% of Indonesia’s capital.  Thousands of people fled the...

New Delhi: Tibetan people are gradually switching over to exquisite brocade dresses in place of animal skin Chubas – widely used in festivals and ceremonies in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, experts monitoring the illegal skin trade said. In a...

New Delhi: In one of the quickest convictions two rhino horn traders were today sentenced to four years imprisonment and a fine of rupees 10,000 each in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The accused Ganesh Oraon and Nando Kumar Ghosh were arrested in...

New Delhi: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) joined an international group comprising twenty-eight tiger conservation organizations exhorting China to maintain its successful ban on tiger trade. This was in response to a recent petition by tiger farm owners...