Rampant mining is forcing Chhattisgarh’s elephants into human land. Can a new forest reserve help?

The new 1,995 sq km Lemru reserve may return space to the animals, but it will not solve the ecologically disruptive mining the region faces.

Asha Verma

· Nov 10, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Why don’t trenches and fences stop elephants from entering farms? An Indian researcher explains

To prevent elephants from crossing forest boundaries, officials have tried multiple methods. But the elephants have always managed to find a way across.

Nicole Pinto

· Oct 11, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Elephants in Kodagu have adapted their behaviour to cope with the daily run-ins with humans

Leaving protected areas behind, herds of elephants are moving to agricultural estates, where they eat, rest and breed.

Arathi Menon

· Sep 29, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Artificial highlands aren’t enough to protect Kaziranga animals during annual floods

The real solution lies in freeing animal corridors from human activities and giving animals access to their natural highlands.

Azera Parveen Rahman

· Aug 29, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Elephants in India are changing their behaviour to cope with large-scale deforestation

Young male elephants, which are typically solitary, are forming long-term, all-male herds to learn the ropes on how to avoid getting killed by humans.

Aathira Perinchery

· Jul 13, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Maharashtra: Tigress, two cubs found dead in forest in Chandrapur district

A partly-eaten carcass of a spotted deer was also found nearby.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 08, 2019 · 02:08 pm

In Assam, 90 elephants have been electrocuted to death since 2011. What can be done to prevent this?

Illegal electric fences and sagging power lines prove lethal.

Arunabh Saikia

· May 06, 2019 · 07:30 am

Maharashtra: Five leopard cubs killed as farm workers light fire on sugarcane field in Pune

The farm workers reportedly set fire to a heap of trash on the farm after seeing a snake near it.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 04, 2019 · 04:06 pm

How a Karnataka town used SMS alerts to reduce human-elephant conflicts

Hassan has been a hotbed of human-elephant encounters for years and a challenge for forest authorities.

Vasudevan Sridharan

· Mar 14, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Maharashtra: Leopard spotted at Thane mall caught from basement of a hotel nearby

The animal was first seen in the mall’s parking area, after which passersby alerted police and forest officials.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 20, 2019 · 12:24 pm

Russian archipelago declares emergency after mass ‘invasion’ of polar bears

At least 52 bears were found near Belushya Guba, the main settlement in the remote Novaya Zemlya archipelago.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 11, 2019 · 07:42 pm

Avni killing: One of two missing cubs captured, sent for rehabilitation

A special team from Madhya Pradesh, which caught the animal, will resume its operation on Sunday to capture the other cub as well.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 23, 2018 · 09:33 am