International Tiger Day 2025: Theme, why tigers are important, and how India doubled its tiger population in just a decadeGlobal Tiger Day 2025: International Tiger Day 2025 highlights tiger conservation. India, home to Royal Bengal Tigers, plays a key role. Th...
29 Jul, 2025, 09.37 AM IST
628 tigers died in India in past five years: Govt dataAccording to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), 96 tigers died in 2019, 106 in 2020, 127 in 2021, 121 in 2022, and 178 in 20...
26 Jul, 2024, 12.43 PM IST
New study throws light on inbreeding, challenges & fight for survival of Indian tigers01 Dec, 2021, 09.32 PM IST
View: Doubling tiger population laudable but India needs to do moreIndia may have achieved its target of doubling tiger population by 2022 but the approach enshrined in the St Petersburg declaration focuses...
29 Jul, 2019, 06.39 PM IST
- Tigers may roam again in central Asia: Scientists
New York, Jan 17 (IANS) Caspian tigers who met a grim end in the middle of the 20th century may roam again in Central Asia thanks to a subs...
17 Jan, 2017, 01.42 PM IST
Project to increase wild tiger population in India, BhutanThe 'Project C.A.T - Conserving acres for Tigers' by Discovery Communications and NGO World Wildlife Fund (WWF) aims to conserve the wild t...
20 Oct, 2016, 06.54 PM IST
Tiger biologists debunk report on increase in populationUsing flawed survey methodologies can lead to incorrect conclusions, an illusion of success, and slackening of conservation efforts, when i...
17 Apr, 2016, 03.02 PM IST
- Wildlife biologists issue statement of concern, express doubts about claims of tiger numbers rising16 Apr, 2016, 01.15 PM IST
Tiger, tiger burning bright: Number of wild tigers in the world rises 22%India alone recorded an increase of over 500 tigers during this six-year period and continues to be home to the highest number of wild cats.
11 Apr, 2016, 11.14 PM IST
Rising sea level poses threat to Bengal Tiger: IUCN"Instead of 100,000, as few as 3000 live in the wild today, At this rate, all tigers living in the wild could be extinct in 5 years!," IUCN...
29 Jul, 2015, 07.24 PM IST
Deadly virus pushing tigers towards extinctionAdding to the existing pressures of habitat loss, poaching and depletion of prey species, a new threat to tiger populations in the wild has...
08 Nov, 2014, 06.59 AM IST
- Two tigers on average are killed per week: WWF
Global conservation organisation WWF today sounded an alarm over poaching of tigers and said that at an average, two wild cats are killed p...
30 Jul, 2014, 12.14 AM IST
Two tigers at an average are killed per week: WWFWWF sounded an alarm over poaching of tigers & said on an average, two wild cats are killed per week due to high demand in Asian countries.
29 Jul, 2014, 06.34 PM IST
Russian team being trained in Panna to boost tiger conservationIn a bid to boost tiger conservation efforts globally, International Fund for Animal Welfare-Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) in collabor...
02 Mar, 2014, 03.47 PM IST
Not enough to invest in protecting tiger, but invest in local communities: Richard BransonBy mobilising resources to protect tigers' migration corridors and education of surrounding communities, they can lift themselves out of po...
25 Nov, 2011, 06.35 AM IST
- 11 Siberian tigers starved to death after assult on keeper at China zoo
At least 11 Siberian tigers have died for want of food at the Shenyang Forest Wild Life Zoo, a private enterprise in northeast China's Liao...
13 Mar, 2010, 10.11 AM IST
'Tigers may become first large predators to vanish'Tigers are likely to be the first species of large predator to vanish if their population continues to decline, according to the World Bank.
11 Jun, 2008, 02.27 PM IST