Karnataka Govt sanctions Rs 30 cr to address man-animal conflict

Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 18:52

Karnataka government has sanctioned Rs 30 crore to put up fences and dig trenches to contain man-animal conflict in the backdrop of the increasing menace of wild elephants.

Thai police seize 16 `illegal` elephants from tourist areas

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 19:32

Thai police said on Wednesday they had seized 16 elephants from tourist destinations as part of a nationwide swoop on operators suspected of using smuggled wild pachyderms for entertainment.

Thai police seize 16 `illegal` elephants from tour

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 21, 2013, 19:31

Thai police said on Wednesday they had seized 16 elephants from tourist destinations as part of a nationwide swoop on operators suspected of using smuggled wild pachyderms for entertainment.

Forget elephants! Dolphins have `longest social memory` among non-humans

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 13:51

Scientists have revealed that dolphins have the longest memories yet found in a non-human species.

Wild elephant kills one near Kaziranga National Park

Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2013, 18:38

A wild elephant trampled to death one person and injured another besides damamging six thatch houses near Kaziranga National Park in upper Assam on Monday.

Elephant herd being driven back from township

Last Updated: Sunday, July 7, 2013, 19:31

The herd of wild elephants that had strayed into Rourkela and headed to an under-construction stadium at Bisra Maidan were on Sunday pushed a little distance away from steelcity hub, official sources said.

Elephants invade Bisra stadium in Odisha

Last Updated: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 17:00

Bisra Maidan, which played host to luminaries like Indira Gandhi, A B Vajpayee and L K Advani in the past, was today besieged by uninvited guests -- a herd of wild elephants, striking panic in the steel city.

Radiation from past nuclear testing may help track illegal ivory trade

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 11:55

A new method for dating elephant tusks has been devised by the researchers to make it easier to enforce the ivory ban and save the African elephant from extinction.

Why elephants are `huge` and rats `tiny`

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 14:00

Scientists have tried to explain why certain mammal families evolved to be very large, while others remained tiny through the course of time.

26 elephants killed in Central African Republic

Last Updated: Saturday, May 11, 2013, 18:15

Suspected ivory poachers have slaughtered 26 elephants in the Dzanga Bai reserve in the Central African Republic, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said.

Jumbos give Karnataka poll officers the jitters

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 12:00

Sixty-eight of the 75 polling booths on the borders of Sakleshpur forests are giving poll officers the jitters.

How elephants see the world

Last Updated: Saturday, April 20, 2013, 13:34

12 to14 year old students from East Side Middle School in New York City are attempting to put an end to the elephant crisis, which is at an all time high with more and more demand for ivory taking more and more lives.