Leopards

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Genes Hint India’s Leopards Population Fell a Century or Two Ago

Aathira Perinchery 16/06/2020

The Western Ghats had lost approximately 75% of its...

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After 50 Years, the Dhole Comes to Gujarat

Seema Sharma 28/05/2020

Officials attribute the fortuitous turn of events to the...

Forest Rights Act, Hasdeo Arand, Aarey forests, mangrove sanctuary, Mumbai metropolitan region, tigress Avni, land acquisition, Lalgarh tiger, revenge killings, elephants, leopards, human-wildlife conflict, forest department, Bandipur tiger reserve, Mariamma Charitable Trust,

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...

mugger crocodiles, Statue of Unity, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, leopards, Melghat tiger reserve, Chilika wetlands, Wildlife Protection Act 1972, carrying capacity study, saltwater crocodiles, Neyyar reservoir, Sardar Sarovar dam,

Gujarat’s Plan to Move Crocs to Protect Tourists Is Cosmetic and Short-Sighted

Neha Sinha 31/01/2019

The translocation is also straight-up illegal.

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Is Environment Ministry Being Honest About Leopard Poaching Numbers?

Rishika Pardikar 10/01/2019

The environment ministry says 260 leopards were poached between...

An Indian leopard (Pantera pardus fusca) in Satpura National Part, Madhya Pradesh. Credit: Davidvraju/Flickr, CC BY-SA 4.0

We Are Thinking of the Leopard as a Nuisance – and Quietly Wiping It Out

Rashme Sehgal 19/07/2018

Uttarakhand has the most leopards of any Indian state....

Even leopards get stressed sometimes. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Leopards Get Stressed Too. Here’s Why That Matters

Andrea Webster 28/06/2018

A new way for leopard biologists to monitor this...