wildlife conservation

New Delhi, March 13 The Supreme Court on Friday took suo motu cognizance of illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary and threats to endangered aquatic wildlife.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said the court has taken cognizance of recent newspaper reports...

Mumbai, March 12 In a significant move to address the increasing frequency of leopards entering human settlements in Maharashtra due to the destruction of their own habitat, Forest Minister Ganesh Naik announced in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday that the Maharashtra Cabinet has approved...

Jaipur, March 12 A tigress has given birth to three cubs in the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, bringing the total number of big cats in the protected area to 53, officials said on Thursday.The tigress and her cubs appear to be in good health. Tigress ST-17 had previously given birth to...

Gairsain, March 10 Uttarakhand Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal stated on Tuesday that from the formation of the state in 2000 to January this year, 1,296 people have lost their lives due to human-wildlife conflict.Uniyal was responding to a question raised by BJP MLA Braj Bhushan Gairola in the...

Bengaluru, March 10 Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre said on Tuesday that a 7-km railway barrier has been approved for the Madikeri division and 20 km for the Nagarhole division in 2025-26 to reduce human-elephant conflict in the region.Responding to a proposal raised by BJP MLC Suja...

Jaipur, March 9 A four-year-old male tiger was tranquilized and captured by forest department teams on Monday evening after it ventured into agricultural fields in Ranthambore.Deputy Conservator of Forests (Ranthambore First Circle) Manas Singh said that the tiger, fitted with a radio collar...

Bhopal, March 9 India's cheetah population crossed the 50-mark on Monday after the birth of five cubs to a Namibian cheetah, 'Jwala', at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, bringing the national total to 53.The announcement was made by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, who noted...

Sheopur (Madhya Pradesh), March 9 – Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh celebrated another significant achievement in India’s cheetah program on Monday as Namibian female cheetah Jwala gave birth to five cubs, bringing the total number of cheetah cubs born in India to 33.Jwala, who was...

New Delhi, March 9 Namibian cheetah Jwala gave birth to five cubs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on Monday, bringing the country's total cheetah population to 53, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced.This development comes days after cheetah Gamini gave birth to four...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 8 A 50-year-old farmer was killed by a tiger in the Sampurnanagar forest range of the Dudhwa buffer zone, officials said on Sunday.Pargat Singh was passing through his sugarcane fields on Friday evening when the tiger attacked him.His family launched a search for...

Tadoba National Park (Maharashtra), March 8 The evening air, thick with anticipation, was broken by what sounded like a bark. To our untrained ears, it was just another jungle sound.But to our guide Santosh, who was in the front seat of our open-top Gypsy, it was a signal he had been waiting...

Seoni (MP), March 7 'Langdi', one of the oldest and best-known tigresses of the Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, died on Saturday due to old age, forest officials said.Born in 2008, the tigress, identified as PN-20 (T-20), was approximately 18 years old and was among the oldest in the...

Guwahati, March 7 A black bear has been spotted roaming freely in a natural habitat within the Rani Reserve Forest in Assam's Kamrup district, "demonstrating the effectiveness" of wildlife conservation efforts, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.The sighting was captured on...

Ranchi, March 7 The Jharkhand forest department is expecting approval from the NTCA this month for its proposal to relocate three tigers, 50 bison, and 50 sambar deer from Madhya Pradesh to the Palamau Tiger Reserve, and plans to begin the process after the summer season, an official said on...

Mumbai, March 7 The Maharashtra government has decided to send 50 leopards to the Reliance Foundation's Vantara wildlife rescue and conservation center, located in Jamnagar, Gujarat, sources close to state forest minister Ganesh Naik have said.The forest department made the decision to...

According to the Maharashtra Economic Survey 2025-26, the ecological outlook of Maharashtra presents a mixed picture, with gains in tree cover and wildlife conservation, contrasting with signs of degradation in core forest ecosystems and worsening pollution in major rivers.The survey was...

Mumbai, March 6 Actress Shubhangi Atre recently expressed her delight at seeing a team of all women during her recent visit to the Satpura Tiger Reserve.The actress expressed her pride after being escorted through the forest by the women and shared that from her safari driver to her guide and...

New Delhi, March 5 A white tigress, being sent to the Patna Zoo under an animal exchange program, fractured her leg due to alleged negligence, and will no longer be relocated, officials at Delhi's National Zoological Park said.Instead of the two-year-old Durga, her sibling Devi will be going...

London, March 5 Dr. Krithi K. Karanth, CEO of the Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS), became the first Indian to win a prestigious conservation prize from the Royal Geographical Society in London on Thursday.Karanth, based in Bengaluru, was named a joint winner of the 2026 Esmond B. Martin...

Mumbai, March 5 Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde has written a letter to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, requesting his government to provide two pairs of Asiatic lions for the city zoo as a gesture of goodwill, officials said.In the letter written on February 25, Tawde urged the Gujarat...