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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicIndian Wildlife

Topic: Indian Wildlife

Should Karnataka elephants be kept in confinement camps? Everyone has a different view

With more than 6,000 elephants, Karnataka faces one of India’s toughest conservation challenges.

Leopards & snakes in Gurugram, Ghaziabad? Two NCR wildlife superheroes on speed dial

At the edge of India’s rapidly growing cities, where the urban sprawl meets wilderness, Anil Gandas and Vineet Arora answer urgent calls to rescue wildlife caught in human chaos.

Man versus wild in Kerala: 4 killed within 3 days, govt forms rapid response teams amid Oppn heat

Attacks in the past week have raised concerns about growing animal populations in forests. Last February, Kerala had urged Centre to amend Wildlife Protection Act to address conflicts.

Bandhavgarh elephant deaths: 3 more succumb, forest officials suspect fungus-laden crops were cause

Forest officer says elephants are believed to have consumed millet crops that had gathered fungus as villagers stacked them near the fields for several days. Post-mortem report awaited.

New book places 3 big cats at center of climate crisis & what makes them ‘man-eaters’

Published by HarperCollins, ‘Crooked Cats: Beastly Encounters in the Anthropocene’ by Nayanika Mathur will be released on 11 October on ThePrint's Softcover.

Roofed turtles, iguanas, ball pythons as pets is bringing Indians false sense of glamour

By isolating exotic animals in an artificial environment, away from members of their own species, pet keepers are causing an unimaginable amount of mental traumao

We monitored wild elephants, leopards in villages with thermal drones first time in Maharashtra

Whether it's monitoring wildlife, mitigating conflict, capturing of wildlife on field, UAVs are effective tools to complement existing on-ground efforts.

India’s oldest Royal Bengal tiger in captivity leaves a legacy of fight, might and survival

While Raja’s tale of survival was 'marvelous', it stressed the role of the forest department in protecting the animals in their natural habitat.

‘To live is to kill’ — a Malabar pit viper and gliding frog affirm nature’s basic law

Amboli Ghat is known as the ‘Cherrapunji’ of Maharashtra. The UNESCO World Heritage Site sustains its ecosystem with nature's most essential law.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.