Elephants

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The Ancient Alliance Between Asian Elephants and Their Human Neighbours

Rachel Love Nuwer 14/06/2019

In 'Giants of the Monsoon Forest', Jacob Shell shows...

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Human-Wildlife Conflicts Could Consume the Forest Department in the Long Run

Abhijit Dutta and Kunal Sharma 25/04/2019

The department needs to actively draft strategies to different...

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Asian Elephants May Lose up to Half Their Habitats by Century’s End: Study

Lakshmi Supriya 02/04/2019

Elephants could lose 42% of the total land available...

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Poorly Maintained High-Power Lines Are Killing Elephants in Odisha

Sarah Iqbal 22/11/2018

According to the Wildlife Society of Orissa, no one...

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SC Restrains West Bengal From Processing Tenders for Fire Torches to Protect Elephants

The Wire Staff 14/11/2018

While the state said that fire torches were the...

Elephants are the ‘gardeners of the forest’. Credit: christianhaugen/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

The Special Ingredient That’s Kept a Rainforest Tree Going: Elephant Poop

Rashmi Bhat 08/08/2018

The story of an intricate relationship between elephants and...

A herd of elephants feeding near a tea estate. Credit: Sreedhar Vijayakrishnan

Elephants Living Around Humans Should Be More Stressed, Right? Well…

Janaki Lenin 17/07/2018

A new study suggests that if people chase and...