Scientists just found a new walking shark in a tiny corner of Papua New Guinea, and the meter-long species may be vulnerable because its range is so restrictedA new species of walking shark, Hemiscyllium dudgeonae, has been discovered off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Named after Dr. Christine Du...
6 offbeat Himalayan treks that remain open in monsoons: Misty mountains, blooming meadows, hidden trails and moreAs the monsoon transforms landscapes across the Himalayas, several lesser-known trekking routes remain accessible and safe for adventure en...
Leopard and calf fall into same well in Madhya Pradesh. But what unfolded next left everyone speechlessA village in Madhya Pradesh witnessed an extraordinary rescue. A leopard and a young calf fell into a deep well. Forest officials devised a...
Leopards turn ‘sugar babies’ in Maharashtra, refuse to return to the jungle and don’t fear humans or firecrackersLeopards in Maharashtra's Junnar region, dubbed "Sugar babies," have adapted to sugarcane fields, rendering traditional relocation and dete...
Sweet life? Leopards in UP’s sugarcane fields are turning ‘soft’ and ‘fatter’, refusing to return to the wild, say forest officersLeopards in western Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are being deemed unfit for release due to their adaptation to sugarcane fields, leading t...
Minor killed in leopard attack in UP's BahraichAn eight-year-old girl was killed by a leopard in a village near Katarniaghat Wildlife Division. Despite villagers' efforts to save her, Sh...
WWF calls for urgent action to protect snow leopardsWorld Wildlife Fund report said that more than a third of snow leopard habitat could be rendered "unsuitable" for the big cats if climate c...
- Dehradun: Leopard with eye injuries to be made captive
Ranibagh Rescue Centre in Haldwani is inundated with the leopards afflicted with eyes injuries and diseases these days.
Leopards flourish in Bhadravati forests: StudyHere are some new insights into why leopards stray into human habitats regularly. A study taken up in the Bhadravati forest division of Shi...
Rarely seen clouded leopard photographedOne of the most elusive cats in the world, the clouded leopard, has been photographed in North Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve.
HP to launch snow leopard research, conservation facility in Spiti"However, the Mongolian habitat differs considerably from the Himalayan ones.A primary difference is: while the former is mostly between 1,...
- Pilikula to get leopard rescue centre
If everything goes as per plan, the Dr Shivaram Karanth Biological Park at Pilikula will get the first Leopard Rescue Centre in Dakshina Ka...
Madhya Pradesh for separate conservation plan for leopardWith an increasing number of deaths of leopard in last few years due to poaching and man-animal conflicts, Madhya Pradesh government is now...
A task force needed to monitor leopard poaching in IndiaA recent report by a conglomeration of international organisations raises concerns about the rampant illegal trade of leopard parts in Indi...
- Needed: Rapid rescue teams for leopards
Experts say trained teams and a set of dos and don'ts are a must to save big cats that stray into towns & villages.
- Leopard mauls 6 in UP village
A leopard mauled six people in a Gorakhpur village before it was chased back into the forest by a team from Dudhwa forest reserve on Saturd...
- Over 130 leopards killed this year: Report
There have been about 130 leopard deaths so far this year. Most of them have been reported from Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.