Three years of a highly successful whale shark campaign today culminated in the government of Gujarat honouring 22 fishing boat owners, who had voluntarily released whale sharks accidentally caught in their nets in the past year. The campaign, run by...

While the Greater adjutant stork (Leptoptilos dubius) population of the world is seeing a general decline, a recently discovered population in Bihar has been growing steadily due to effective conservation efforts by Conservation Agencies....

A female hoolock gibbon was released in Panbari Reserve, Kaziranga National Park - Assam. This was the first ever release of a Hoolock gibbon in the wild in India....

An electric fence along the border of Kuthori Village in Assam has successfully reduced instances of crop raiding by wild animals from the adjacent Kaziranga National Park, allowing the villagers to resume cultivation after a hiatus of over three yea...

Breaking the fall - conserving Openbill storks in Arrearjhar, Assam As the monsoon ends, the few hundred Openbill stork nests on the canopy of the sal trees of Arrearjhar area near Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam come alive with new hatchling...

Rajender Joshi, a wildlife trader belonging to Jalpaiguri district along Indo-Bhutan border in West Bengal, was today sentenced to four years in prison along with a fine of 10,000 rupees. Joshi, son-in-law of the notorious Ratiram Sharma, was accused...

Well-known Assamese playback singer and composer Zubeen Garg released three rescued hog deers in the Panbari Reserve Forest in Kaziranga and appealed to people to help the distressed animals in flood waters. The singer also participated in an awarene...

Five orphaned bear cubs are receiving their first lessons in being wild from two strange men who help them climb trees, dig for termites and make dens. The two strange men are animal keepers who are acting as surrogate mothers, helping these cubs lea...

People living in cities and towns are becoming victims of monkey menace which is increasing by the day, although attempts to shift them to alternate locations have yielded no proper results. At least 50,000 monkeys might have already made their way i...

In a historic ruling, the 171 member countries of CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), today overwhelmingly voted against domestic and international trade in tiger derivatives and parts, effecti...