As part of ongoing collaborative efforts on wildlife conservation, India and Nepal have agreed to rebuild and strengthen eco-corridors to facilitate transboundary movement of animals between the two

A joint operation by the Tirunelveli district police and the Forest department busted a racket in hunting of wild animals and sale of the skin, nails, tusk etc. Ten persons have been taken into

The Karnataka High Court has issued directions to Forest Minister D Manjunath asking him to take "serious cognizance" of the declining elephant population in the State due to rampant poaching.In a

The Nagaland government has served an eviction notice on all encroachers asking them to vacate the Rangapahar Wildlife Sanctuary premises with immediate

The elephant population in Orissa is once again under threat from rampaging ivory smugglers. Recently, elephant tusks worth Rs 1 lakh were seized by the police from a bus near Cuttack. This came in

Forest department officials have seized 60 peacocks, including one belonging to a white Australian species, from the Thiruparankunram Subramaniaswamy temple here. The peococks, considered sacred by

The fate of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles has become more uncertain today then ever. It appears that the creatures are likely to vanish from their breeding grounds along the Orissa coast

High Court judge M.F. Saldanha has urged the Karnataka government to take steps to check the killing of elephants by forest staff. In a letter to Forest Minister D. Manjunath, the judge asked the

An expert committee on marine turtles conservation has decided to conduct a survey and identify the turtle-sensitive areas in every coastal State of the country. The decision to conduct a survey on

The two birds of the highly endangered wild Siberain Crane species, wintering in the Keoladeo Ghana National Park near Bharatpur in Rajasthan, have left the wetland after a record stay for 108 days