Uttarakhand is mapping snakes and training local communities to reduce conflict between them

The nature of human-snake conflict in the mountains is different from that in the plains.

Shivani Pathak

· Dec 27, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Pune’s encounters with two gaurs have lessons for rest of India about urban wildlife management

In the first instance, a large crowd hampered the rescue operation, leading to the bison’s death.

Shatakshi Gawade

· Dec 26, 2020 · 09:30 pm

How locals respond to predators in the Himalayas, where human-wildlife conflict is commonplace

People’s perception of the risk posed by wolves and snow leopards played a role in their attitudes toward the carnivores.

Aathira Perinchery

· Dec 22, 2020 · 07:30 pm

In parts of South India, herds of bison are coming out of forests to forage in farms

Gaurs are increasingly being found outside protected areas.

Arathi Menon

· Dec 15, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Why golden jackals have made home in Kolkata and Guwahati airports

As habitats shrink, large tracts of unused land around aerodromes that act as safety buffers are attracting wildlife.

Gurvinder Singh

· Dec 13, 2020 · 01:30 pm

An electric fence on the Nepal border is exacerbating human-elephant conflicts in India

The barrier has abruptly cut off tuskers’ transboundary movement.

Avijan Saha

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Sahana Ghosh

· Nov 14, 2020 · 09:30 pm

How deforestation in Chhattisgarh is increasing human-elephant conflicts in Madhya Pradesh

Tuskers are migrating across state lines into territory where the locals don’t have the knowhow to coexist with them.

Manish Chandra Mishra

· Oct 01, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Tourism threatens coexistence between humans and free-roaming leopards at Rajasthan’s Bera

While livestock constitutes most of the big cat’s prey, locals consider the carnivore as gifts of God.

Azera Parveen Rahman

· Sep 11, 2020 · 07:30 pm

India’s environment ministry wants to reduce human-elephant conflict by erecting walls and fences

Alarmed environmentalists warn that the ‘best practices’ will be detrimental to the protection of elephants.

Mayank Aggarwal

· Aug 18, 2020 · 01:30 pm

India has 60 species of poisonous snakes, but only a single type of antivenom. It’s not enough

Most of the venom used for treatment comes from one source – Chennai.

Karthikeyan Hemalatha

· Dec 15, 2019 · 01:30 pm

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