NEW DELHI: A sub-adult tiger was tragically found dead late Friday night by a patrolling squad on the Bhopal-Jabalpur four-lane road which is approximately 40 kilometers from Bhopal. According to Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (APCCF) L Krishnamurthy, the tiger was struck by an unidentified speeding vehicle. “Our patrolling squad found the tiger, which […]
NEW DELHI: On Monday, Priyanka Gandhi raised the pressing issue of human-wildlife conflict in Wayanad during Parliament’s question hour, seeking adequate compensation for victims of such attacks. The Wayanad MP highlighted that approximately 90 individuals have fallen victim to human-wildlife conflicts within her constituency over the past year. During her supplementary question in Parliament, […]
NEW DELHI: Bengaluru-based wildlife photographer Arvind Ramamurthy’s captivating image, titled “Wolf Pack,” has earned global acclaim as it vies for the prestigious People’s Choice Award at the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest in London. The photograph showcases five members of an Indian wolf pack in an agricultural field in Bhigwan, Maharashtra […]
NEW DELHI: The puzzling deaths of 350 African elephants in Botswana’s Okavango Panhandle in 2020 have finally been explained. A recent study published in the journal Science of ‘The Total Environment’ has linked these tragic deaths to toxic cyanobacteria blooms in nearby waterholes. This mass die-off was one of the largest wildlife mortality events in southern Africa which […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court took strong exception to the Delhi government’s failure to provide figures concerning the daily generation of solid waste across the city on Monday. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Manmohan described the situation as a “shocking state of affairs” and reprimanded the government for not complying with the […]