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After elephants, Maya’s Noida park under scanner

Fresh trouble is brewing for former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati.

Odisha intensifies probe into jumbo killings

Odisha Tuesday intensified a probe into the alleged killing of elephants in the state`s Similipal Na...

Animal population registers increase in Erode dist forest

A three-day wild life census was completed on Sunday evening in the Sathyamangalam and Erode forest ...

`Cameroon elephants suffer unprecedented poaching`

In what was described as one of the worst poaching massacres in decades, as many as 200 elephants ha...

Jumbos damage crops near Hosur

A herd of 15 elephants damaged agricultural crops in a village near Hosur in the wee hours on Friday...

Mass killing of Cameroon elephants alarms UN group

The UN watchdog into the illegal wildlife trade voiced "grave concern" at a spike in African elep...

Mass killing of Cameroon elephants alarms UN agency

The UN watchdog into the illegal wildlife trade today voiced "grave concern" at a spike in African e...

Poachers kill 200 elephants in Cameroon

At least 200 elephants were slaughtered for their tusks by poachers in Cameroon since mid-January.

Ways to contain man-elephant conflict suggested

part of steps to resolve man-elephant conflict in the state, Karnataka Forest Minister CP Yogeshwa...

PIL for EC order for covering statues dismissed

The poll panel had said it wanted to ensure that no political party was allowed to "derive politica...

Uttarakhand`s killer tusker evades death

Life almost slipped away from this 35-year-old tusker when marching orders were issued to shoot him ...

Quraishi defends cover-up directive to BSP

Quraishi said the decision was in accordance with the model code of conduct.

`EC`s directive on Mayawati`s statues impractical`

Political parties took exception to EC`s order to cover statues of CM Mayawati and elephants - BSP`s...

2,500 elephants killed in 2011 for ivory

Around 2,500 elephants were slaughtered across the world for ivory this year, according to a report ...

What ails captive elephants in Kerala

Lack of proper medical care as well as money-minded owners pose a serious threat to the magnificent ...

‘Myanmar welcomes `lucky` white elephants’

This ceremony comes 3 days after the long-isolated country won approval to chair Southeast Asia`s re...

Three elephants found dead in Orissa Sanctuary

The carcasses of three elephants, one with its tusk missing, have been found in the Similipal Sanc...

Four elephants found dead in Kerala forest

Carcasses of four elephants were found in Gavi forests in the Ranni Division of Pathanamthitta distr...

Elephants `never forget old pals`

Elephants are more clever than you thought -- they never forget old friends, and are social network ...

Orissa to raise height of electric wires to save elephants

The Orissa government on Saturday decided to spend Rs 20 crore from the Compensatory Afforestation ...

Elephants `do have long memories`

Researchers have found that older elephants are the best at making crucial decisions about predators...

Elephants are quick learners, offer helping hand

Elephants quickly learn to lend each other a helping hand — ah, make that a helping trunk.

Rogue elephants enter IIT-Kharagpur campus, trigger panic

Two rogue elephants entered the IIT-Kharagpur campus here triggering panic among students and forcin...

50 wild elephants killed in Sri Lanka floods

Some 50 wild elephants have been killed due to the devastating Sri Lankan floods according to the c...

Africa has two species of elephants

Researchers confirmed suspicions about the two distinctly different looking pachyderms.

Census reports over 210 elephants in Buxa Tiger reserve

The elephant population in the Buxa Tiger reserve has shot up by 50 per cent in three years.

No `Kumki` business this

The wholesome conservation of elephants in the wild has emerged as a major challenge for the forest ...

Ramesh asked to reconsider sending of jumbos to Turkmenistan

An animal rights group has urged Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to reconsider his decision to ...

PETA opposes sending elephants to Turkmenistan

PETA has asked Jairam Ramesh to reconsider the decision to send two elephants from the country`s zoo...

PETA demands detection guns to protect elephants

Speed detection guns should be used to stop speeding trains from hitting elephants crossing railway ...

Mechanism to protect elephants from trains

The Forest department and the Railways on Saturday admitted that communication gap between the two d...

Trying to save calves, 7 elephants mowed down by train in WB

When two baby elephants got trapped on a rail track here, more pachyderms rushed in to help - but li...

Trained elephants to drive away the wild

Two captive elephants from Orissa along with experts from Assam have reached Ganjam district to ch...

Trained elephants to drive away the wild

The showdown would take place in next three to four days when Mahendra and Sobha.

Please rise above meetings & reviews

Politicians are known to be insulated from all that accounts for sensitivity. So, there is hardly an...

Malians mobilise to protect dwindling elephants

The elephants of the Gourma are the biggest in Africa and are tempting quarry for poachers.

China`s bullet trains could become white elephants: Report

China`s famed fast paced bullet trains have reduced distances by cutting travel time.

Killer elephants` victims kin to get Rs 1.5 lakh compensation

The Chattisgarh government has decided to provide a compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh to the kin of thos...

Elephants produce alarm call to ward off bees

Elephants produce an alarm call associated with the threat of bees.

57 elephants found in Kanyakumari district

Fifty-seven elephants, including 13 calves, were found in Kanyakumari district during a two-day el...

Elephants produce alarm call to ward off bees

For the first time, elephants have been found to produce an alarm call associated with the threat ...

Villagers pull out two sinking elephants in N Central Lanka

Working tirelessly, hundreds of people in a village located North Central Sri Lanka pulled out two...

29 elephants knocked down by trains in last three years

Twenty-nine elephants have been killed after being knocked down by trains across the country since...

Elephants communicate at low frequencies also

An elephant`s trump is heard by all, but a new study has found that the animal can communicate at ...

Elephants attack SSB men patrolling Indo-Bhutan border

SSB personnel on patrol along the Indo-Bhutan border were attacked by a herd of wild elephants in ...

When sadhus came astride elephants, horses

Some sat on gold and silver thrones balanced atop elephants, some stood tall on horse-driven chario...

13 persons killed by wild elephants in a year

At least 13 persons were so far trampled to death by wild elephants in Balligida sub-division in B...

Only 80 wild elephants left in Vietnam

There are only 80 elephants left in the wild in Vietnam and they are in danger due to illegal huntin...

How elephants `talk` to each other through the ground

The American Physical Society, has explained how elephant vocalizations travel through the ground fo...

Chhattisgarh villagers lose sleep over jumbo terror

About a hundred families in Chhattisgarh`s Jashpur district have not slept since Sunday after a grou...

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