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- Line transect method apt for elephant count: researchersResearchers have strongly favoured the line transect method for estimating elephant population with greater accuracy in order to boost cons...07 Jun, 2015, 11.04 AM IST
Government seeks withdrawal of research paper questioning tiger populationThe Wildlife Institute of India — an autonomous organisation under the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests —is now learnt to have writt...23 Apr, 2015, 04.00 AM IST- The roar is real: Experts back tiger census resultsHitting back at critics who have questioned India's tiger census methods, experts involved in the process said the big cat numbers revealed...13 Feb, 2015, 07.25 AM IST
- Meow, not roar: Experts maul census dataOfficially, big cat population in the country went up from 1,706 in 2010 to 2,226 in 2014. These results have been interpreted to mean that...04 Feb, 2015, 05.34 AM IST
- Karnataka can double its tiger count, says Ullas KaranthKarnataka can hope to continue its lead in tiger conservation with noted conservation scientist Ullas Karanth predicting that the state has...27 Jan, 2015, 09.29 PM IST
- Tiger census: Expert group questions methodology adoptedThe Environment Ministry released the latest census report saying the tiger population in the country has risen to 2,226 in 2014, a 30 per ...21 Jan, 2015, 09.31 PM IST
- Tiger numbers grow by 30% in 4 years: Can forests sustain India's Big Cat boom?Experts say although more than 5,000 tigers can be accommodated across Indian forests through effective protection, a manageable number wou...21 Jan, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
- India loses more foresters than any other countryAs many as 72 forest rangers died in India in the past three years. Other countries in Asia, Africa and the Americas lost less than 10 rang...08 Sep, 2014, 12.18 PM IST
- ‘Maneaters must be swiftly killed’Following the capture of a man-eater tiger in Bandipur forests of Karnataka last week, noted wildlife biologist K Ullas Karanth has stirred...08 Dec, 2013, 11.58 PM IST
- Manula sheds light on monitoring elephant populationIn spite of its conservation significance, elephant populations across many sites/countries continue to be monitored using methods and tech...18 Jan, 2013, 04.28 PM IST
- 'Maneater of Nagarhole' caught on cameraA tiger that killed a woman on Saturday outside the eastern boundary of Nagarhole Tiger Reserve in Karnataka and was captured by a forest d...29 Aug, 2012, 04.34 AM IST
- Low prey density plagues Sunderbans: StudyWII's scientist Y V Jhala said that a total of 187 kilometres of boat transects were carried out between February and May to get an idea ab...07 Aug, 2012, 05.59 AM IST
- Tigers bounce back, 16% rise in populationThe striped predator, whose population touched a low of 1,411 in the last census, has shown a 16% rise in numbers with the latest count rel...29 Mar, 2011, 01.04 AM IST
- Govt reconstitutes tiger conservation bodyThe government has reconstituted the National Tiger Conservation Authority with prominent wildlife activist and BJP MP Maneka Gandhi as one...21 Sep, 2009, 02.57 PM IST
- 66 tigers dead in 8 monthsStatistics collated from different parts of India by a prominent wildlife NGO show that between January 1 and August 19 this year, at least...21 Aug, 2009, 03.38 AM IST
- Move to relocate tigress in Panna reserve flayedThe MP govt's move to relocate a female tigress in the Panna National Park without probing into the reasons for disappearance of big cats t...09 Mar, 2009, 04.45 PM IST
- Tigers shining in KarnatakaThe dwindling population of tigers in the country is a major concern. But Karnataka gives reason to smile: a recent study reveals that the ...22 Jan, 2009, 12.00 AM IST
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