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Leopard sightings surge in Delhi's Asola Bhatti sanctuaryLeopard sightings are becoming common in Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. Forest officials report a rise in the big cat population, indicat...
Mining turns India's heat-shield hills to dustDizzyingly deep pits from large-scale mining scar India's ancient Aravalli mountains, threatening the future of a forested buffer that New ...
Not lion, but this is what wild animals fear the mostA recent study has found that wild animals such as elephants, rhinos, and giraffes fear humans more than they fear lions. The research, whi...
View: Reintroduction of the cheetah plan is ill-advisedIndia's plan to reintroduce cheetahs to the wild has been criticised by wildlife experts who argue that there never was a cheetah populatio...
Wildlife thriving in Delhi's urban jungles: Two leopard cubs spotted in Asola SanctuaryA video shared by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) on its Instagram page showed a leopard cub emerging from a burrow inside the sa...
Delhi zoo gets Bengal tigress from Kanpur for conservation breedingThe Delhi zoo did not have a Royal Bengal tigress for six years despite it being a participating zoo for the Conservation Breeding Programm...
A new monster for fantasy fansWargodont may have been a better name for the newest hyaenodont discovery.
Several Gir lions samples test positive for CDV indicating active disease transmission: ICMR-NIVSince September 12, as many as 23 lions have died in the sanctuary, at least 11 of them due to the CDV and Protozoa infections, according t...
Amid expanding concrete jungle, Delhi's wildlife shows sign of revivalDue to the degradation of the Yamuna river, Delhi has lost the nub-nosed or marsh crocodile (last seen in 1976) and the long-snouted crocod...
Kanpur Zoo set to soon welcome new animalsSoon the visitors to the Allen Forest (Kanpur zoo) will get a chance to see fox and clouded leopard.
India's wandering lions captured on DiscoveryThe mesmerising story of Asiatic lions, once on the brink of extinction but who now spill over the borders of Gir Sanctuary, has been captu...
- For poachers, vermin tag can be cover for overkill
When sighted in the wild, tourists make use of the photo-op but when the same wildlife comes closer to human habitation it becomes a threat.
Humans to blame for plummeting cheetah numbersHuman activity, rather than larger predators, is forcing cheetahs to expend more energy in search for prey and may be the major cause of th...
In rare first, striped hyenas sighted in Dudhwa tiger reserveThe intensive camera trappings at the Dudhwa tiger reserve have sprung up another surprise.
LS polls 2014: Narendra Modi will be in jail if Rahul Gandhi becomes PM, says BeniVerma said, "If Rahul Gandhi becomes the prime minister of India, Modi will be in jail in six months time as he is an accused in the Gujara...
Lucknow zoo gets a pair of Asiatic lions from Rajkot zooHir and Kuber joined the extended family of Lucknow Zoo on Sunday.The Asiatic lions were brought from Rajkot zoo via road in exchange of 40...
Tiger found dead in Ranthambore tiger reserveA mutilated, maggot-eaten carcass of a tiger was recovered the Gilai Saga-Khadar area of the Ranthambore tiger reserve in Sawai Madhopur di...
- Hyena population on a decline in MP
The hyena population in forests adjoining Mhow district in Madhya Pradesh is declining fast as they are increasingly falling prey to road m...
- Striped hyenas prefer their privacy
Human presence can affect wildlife behaviour and even alter their basic instincts. A study on striped hyena by a team of Bangalore-based re...
- Two tigresses to be flown into Panna forest
A tiger count is in progress in Madhya Pradesh's Panna Tiger Reserve even as officials are finalising plans to fly in two tigresses from an...