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MONITORING ELEPHANT POPULATION
Why Are Some Elephants Born Without Tusks Despite Their Natural Need for Them? The Evolutionary Puzzle UncoveredField rangers observed fewer tusked female elephants. Decades of ivory hunting in Gorongosa National Park favored tuskless survivors. This ...- India's first DNA elephant census finds 25% drop in population, warns of rising habitat lossIndia's first DNA-based elephant census reveals a nearly 25% population drop over eight years, estimating 22,446 elephants. The new scienti...
- 20 Elephants rescued from the logging industry to find freedom in Anant Ambani’s Vantara, a chain-free sanctuaryVantara, initiated by Anant Ambani, will shelter 20 rescued elephants from Arunachal Pradesh's logging industry, ensuring their care under ...
- Big cat population rises from 10 in 2009 to 88 in 2024 in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve: OfficialThe significant increase in the tiger population at the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Erode, Tamil Nadu, has been a cause for celebration...
- Assam bets on drones to protect wildlife, ropes in RMSI to find ideal onesThe northeastern state has roped in global geographic information systems (GIS) consulting company RMSI to recommend competitive technical ...
- Why does this tusker prefer human dwellings over the forest in Kerala? Read more to find outThe reason why this is of significance is due to the threat he poses to the human population in these areas. The elephant is a huge fan of ...
- China's trekking elephants wait for youngster to catch up
- The new social media stars: China's wandering elephantsThe elephants have been trending for days on China's Weibo microblogging service.
- Heavy sleepers: Elephants on epic trek take nap
- Bengaluru Bannerghatta Biological Park names elephant calf after Sudha MurtyMurty used to visit BBP and personally monitor the work.
- Smoking jumbo clip spreads like wildfire
- Corridor for elephants: Search for sustainable solution to human-elephant conflictA town mourns the death of a pachyderm as clamour escalates for a sustainable, scientific solution to the human-elephant conflict in Tamil ...
- Ricoh signs agreement with WWF-India to provide need-based infrastructure supportWWF-India secretary general and CEO Ravi Singh said frontline staff in forests are the protectors of our natural habitats, responsible for ...
- No takers for 'white' elephantsForest officials are now at their wit's end to tackle the increasing human-elephant conflict in Karnataka.
- Study maps distribution of wild herbivores outside Tiger Reserves in KarnatakaA new scientific study by the Wildlife Conservation Society India Program has assessed seasonal distribution patterns of five wild herbivor...
- Organised inter-state gangs behind killings of elephants: Monitoring network"Poaching for meat and other products like tail hair also pose threats to populations, especially in northeast India," it says.
- 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...
- Gentle giants face threat from wormsThe elephant deaths in the Sathyamangalam forest reserve stand out because Tamil Nadu has a reasonably good record in conservation.
- 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...
- Train hits no longer take toll on elephantsIn the last six years, no case of elephant deaths due to train-hit has been reported from Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand, thanks to jo...
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