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Inadequate space for cheetahs in MP's Kuno National Park, claims ex-WII officialThe National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which is overseeing the ambitious cheetah reintroduction project in the country, has call...
30 Apr, 2023, 12.14 PM IST
The Great Indian Bustard: Once in the race to become national bird, now struggling for existenceLocally called ‘godawan’, the great Indian bustard (GIB) has been categorised as critically endangered by the International Union for Conse...
08 Oct, 2022, 11.28 PM IST
Solar power majors get $3-billion shock from Supreme Court orderDevelopers estimate the total cost to change the existing overhead wires to underground cables at ₹22,000 crore (approximately $3 billion),...
11 May, 2021, 08.57 AM IST
Are India's tiger numbers inflated?No doubt tigers are reclusive animals and counting them is not easy but such a huge discrepancy of a third of the population casts a doubt ...
24 Jul, 2016, 09.53 AM IST
Finally, India gets a count of its leopard numbers: 12,000-14,000The exercise covered 3,50,000 sq km of forested habitat across the Shivalik hills and Gangetic plains, central India and the Western Ghats.
07 Sep, 2015, 10.46 AM IST
- Finally, India gets a count of its leopard numbers: 12,000-14,000
The first ever count of India’s leopards did not cover Gujarat, parts of Rajasthan and east India, and the entire northeast.
07 Sep, 2015, 08.58 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
- 129 Gir lions died in past two years
The number of lions that died in the Gir sanctuary and outside the reserved forest area has increased in the past two years.
09 Mar, 2015, 07.36 PM IST
- The co-existence of Gir's lions and maldharis
The secret why lions have been flourishing in Gir has finally been decoded.
26 Aug, 2014, 03.51 PM IST
- 250 lions dead over past 5 years in Gujarat
Is the world's only abode of Asiatic lions in Gujarat under threat? The Gir wildlife sanctuary and its periphery have witnessed no less tha...
22 Jun, 2014, 08.01 AM IST
- Lions prefer moist and shady areas: Study
Contrary to the popular belief that lions prefer savanna grassland, the king of the jungle here in Gir National Park likes moist shady habi...
14 Jan, 2013, 02.29 AM IST
- Shrinking species suffers from poor genetic diversity
A recent study of the Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) population in India shows that the species suffers from poorgenetic diversi...
19 Apr, 2011, 03.35 AM IST