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- Do Hyenas Really Live in Matriarchies? Inside the Most Misunderstood Social Hierarchy
Spotted hyenas live in complex clans with females holding dominant positions over males. Rank is inherited through female lines, influencin...
First India-born cheetah set to reach adulthood in Kuno National ParkMukhi, a cheetah cub born in India, will reach adulthood on Monday. This marks a project milestone. India now has 27 cheetahs, 16 born loca...
Fresh batch of cheetahs likely by December, cub survival rate better than global average: OfficialsIndia is in talks with African nations, including Botswana and Namibia, to import another 8-10 cheetahs by December, building on the succes...
'Ideologically biased, scientifically unfounded': New paper rejects criticism of Project CheetahA new paper defends India's Project Cheetah against criticism, asserting it's scientifically sound and benefits local communities. The pape...
After sudden cheetah deaths in Kuno in 2023, Centre had turned to Reliance's wildlife facility for helpFollowing the deaths of three cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, the National Tiger Conservation Authority enlisted experts f...
India should go for younger cheetahs habituated to human presence: Experts tell govtYounger cheetahs habituated to human presence and management vehicles are the preferred candidates for relocation to India, according to in...
Cheetah deaths at Kuno National Park troubling but not unduly alarming: NTCA to Supreme CourtThe joint affidavit, filed on behalf of the environment ministry and NTCA, said the provisional diagnosis of mortality events points toward...
Number of captive pandas in China reach 548: OfficialAfter decades of caring for giant pandas, China's panda experts have created sound conditions to raise and breed giant pandas, whose number...
Polar bears starving due to climate change: StudyThe study revealed that polar bears have higher metabolic rates than previously thought, and the climate change is affecting their environm...
Sunderbans now happy hunting ground for tigersEighty-seven unique frames means the mangroves is home to at least 87 tigers, with the possibility of more big cats being present, said the...
'The Jungle Book' review: A visual and aural treat!A tonal shift has taken place in this iteration of Mowgli's adventure. It is not a child's story. It's about the laws of the jungle.
Gujarat reports 310 lion deaths in five yearsThe Gujarat government has told the state assembly that some 310 Asiatic lions, including 136 cubs, died in five years starting April 1, 20...
Gujarat lost 66 lions in one yearThe Gujarat government has accepted on the floor of the state assembly that 66 lions had died in the past one year and, of these, 55 had di...
- 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...
- Sasan's 5 lion cubs alive after 6 months
It is not often that lion cubs born in the wild survive even six months.But Laxmi, the mother of five lion cubs born in Gir on May 17, 2013...
- Can Indian geneticists revive Asiatic cheetah?
A few days back when scientists inched closer to reviving an Australian frog species that has been extinct for the last 30 years, they also...
92 lions died in last two yearsA total of 92 lions have died in the last two years in Saurashtra region.
Baby boom in Gir!As Gir reopened for tourists on Tuesday after the three-month monsoon break, it was the young Simbas who hogged all limelight.
15 new tiger cubs sighted in DudhwaIn a good news for wildlife enthusiasts concerned over dwindling big cat population in the country, at least 15 tiger cubs have been sighte...
- Newspapers, reeling from slumping ads, slash jobs
Even for an industry awash in bad news, the newspaper business went through one of its most severe retrenchments in recent memory last week.