Mumbai: Forest minister Ganesh Naik on Wednesday told the Legislative Assembly that the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, does not provide for deliberately releasing domestic animals into the habitat ...

New Delhi — A sloth bear mauled a couple to death in a forest in central India's Madhya Pradesh state last weekend and then spent hours playing with their remains, but a forestry official told CBS ...

The mesmerizing Indian giant squirrel might just be the most famous squirrel species on the internet today. Compared to other squirrel species, the Indian giant squirrel (also known as the Malabar ...

Many came from South Africa — a country notorious for breeding big cats for profit. Independent reports indicated that Vantara imported 50 hybrid lions, 40 hybrid tigers, 40 cheetahs, 10 servals and ...

A rare Indian spotted chevrotain appeared on a trail camera at Kangar Valley National Park, video shows. Photo shows a representative forest. Photo from Shiju B via Unsplash Low to the ground, a tiny ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre told the Legislative Assembly on Thursday that the increase in the population of wild animals like tigers and elephants, amid a decrease in forest cover in the ...

Forest officials have installed camera traps in Kitima village, Gajapati district. This follows a suspected tiger attack that killed a cow. Another cow was also attacked in Daria village. Officials ...