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India’s cheetah conservation plan is losing steam

Two years after their introduction, not a single adult cheetah roams free in India. Conservation experts question the plan’s viability and impact.
Ravi Chellam
THE FRONTLINE INSIGHT BOX

Furry Fiasco

Behind Japanese authorities’ decision to eradicate mongooses on a subtropical island.
Frontline News Desk
Bird Photography

Ladakh: Birding in the Land of High Passes

A spectacular variety of species find habitat in the plateau, set at the border of two zoogeographic zones.
Subash Jeyan
International Wolf Day

Howling for change: How the plight of Indian grey wolves challenges conservation norms

Survival of the wolves, which are rarer than Bengal tigers, hinges on a delicate balance with pastoralist communities in mixed-use landscapes.
Iravatee Majgaonkar,Abi Tamim Vanak

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Every hour, six people die of snake bite in India: Herpetologist Sumanth Bindumadhav

Snakebites claim more lives in India than all other animal-related deaths combined, yet this crisis remains largely invisible.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

‘Every hour, six people die of snake bite in India’: Herpetologist Sumanth Bindumadhav

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
A spectacled cobra seen on an agricultural field in Hunsur taluk.

Snakebites kill more Indians than all other wildlife combined 

Karnataka’s groundbreaking move to track snakebites reveals the true scale of a crisis that has been slithering under the radar for decades. 
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

The Great Nicobar Betrayal

Frontline News Desk
A coursing cheetah and caracal in Rajasthan, by Kurt Boeck ca. 1890.

Caracal: The mystery cat

A redolently illustrated, rigorously scientific, and richly historical book tells the story of one of India’s most elusive cats.
Divya Gandhi
K Ullas Karanth, conservation Zoologist and a leading tiger expert, in Bengaluru on July 11, 2017.

Much ado about a logo

How a logo on a T-shirt in an old photograph of a former employee has put WCS-India into a nervous flutter. 
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
A view of the Lohit river in Arunachal Pradesh.

How a hydropower project threatens the wildlife of Arunachal Pradesh

With its renewed clearances, the project raises red flags as the eco-sensitive region is home to at least two species of critically endangered birds.
Rishika Pardikar
One of the cheetahs from Namibia at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.

India’s cheetah project: A costly diversion from more pressing priorities

The project, hailed as a saviour for abused ecosystems and endangered species, now faces scrutiny over its suitability, transparency and feasibility.
Ravi Chellam
The WWF-Uttarakhand Forest Department study reveals that the tiger presence and dispersal across the Western Terai region are more extensive than previously thought.

How tigers in Uttarakhand’s Thano range are under threat from an airport project

A WWF-Uttarakhand Forest Department study found new evidence of a breeding, thriving population of tigers at the Shivalik Elephant Reserve.
Rishika Pardikar
A barn owl in Gurgaon

Click, click, hoot, hoot: How one man photographed all species of owls in India

The Indian subcontinent is home to about 38 species of owls. One fine day, Dhiraj Singh set out to click them all. Here’s what happened.
Dhiraj Singh
A depiction of a kheddah, used to trap elephants, circa 1808.

Jumbo ties: Bhutan, Assam share a long history of joint domestication of elephants

An initiative by the first king of Bhutan fostered cross-border relations between different cultures.
Tshering Tashi
Painted storks at Koonthankulam.

Listing of Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary as Ramsar site means little

The conservation exercise will be in vain if the place’s dynamic ecology is sought to be controlled.
T. Ganesh,M. Mathivanan
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