28 December, 2025 – 03 January, 2026. Top pick of India’s threatened wildlife in photographs this week.
WildShots: An Elusive Snow Leopard, A Playful Barasingha, A Tiger Cub in Gangtok Photographed by a School Kid
07 December, 2025 – 13 December, 2025. Top pick of India’s threatened wildlife in photographs this week.
Wildshots: Great Indian Bustard, A Leopard With Kill, A Tree Hugging Sloth Bear
30 November, 2025 – 06 December, 2025. Top pick of India’s threatened wildlife in photographs this week.
WildShots: A Tiger Mom, Egyptian Vulture, Amur Falcon That Flew 3000 km Across Arabian Sea
16 November, 2025 – 22 November, 2025. Top pick of India’s threatened wildlife in photographs this week. Image copyright of the photographer. ………… A mugger crocodile glides silently across the calm waters of the Tawa Reservoir in Satpura National Park, Madhya Pradehs its armoured back breaking the surface like a living relic of deep time. […]
Saving India’s Leopards is not the Same as Saving India’s Tigers
As the number of leopard deaths due to the human-leopard conflict continue to rise in India, experts are trying to understand the leopard’s behaviour and think of out-of-the-box ideas to avoid conflict. “Sing off tune, never mind. Just sing and loud,” advises Puneet Nayyar, Deputy conservator of forest, Surat, Gujarat where leopard-human conflict is on […]
News Shorts from the Wild
8 July 2019 – 14 July 2019 Assam Floods Submerge 90% of Kaziranga National Park The water level in Kaziranga National Park has increased and over 70 percent to 90 percent of the park is under water following the incessant rainfall in Assam. The government had deployed special rhino protection force this year as these animals […]
Poacher Guilty of Killing 125 Tigers and 1025 Leopards Convicted
Five poachers were sentenced for four years by a Madhya Pradesh court for poaching tigers, leopards, pangolins and jackals. One of the convicted men is Mohammed Shamim, a close aide of the late infamous poacher Sansarchand who was responsible for wiping out all tigers from Sariska. This is one of the fastest convictions of poaching […]
Maharashtra Lost 159 Big Cats In 7 Years, Mostly Due To Poaching
A study by the Wildlife Protection Survey of India (WPSI), has revealed that Maharashtra lost 159 big cats including leopards and tigers due to poaching between 2010 and 2017. The state now has 291 leopards and 84 tigers less than the recorded population from 7 years ago. Six sloth bears were also killed during the […]
When Snares Set for Wild Boars Spell Trouble for Karnataka’s Tigers
The deaths of tigers and other wildlife have brought to the forefront a situation where the ‘management’ of one animal leads to the accidental deaths of another. A hundred and twenty-one snares were dismantled in a single day by the Karnataka forest department in a massive combing operation around the Nagarhole National Park boundary on January 31. […]
Wild Cats And Wild Dogs Of India Choose To Co-Exist Rather Than Compete
A new study in India by Wildlife Conservation Soceity (WCS) shows that three carnivores – tigers, leopards, and dholes (Asian wild dog) – seemingly in direct competition with one other, are living side by side with surprisingly little conflict. Usually, big cats and wild canids live in different locations to avoid each other. Read More: […]
Quiz: Spot The Spots
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