Elephants are Ecological Engineers: the Giants Who Build Their Own World
Forests are living systems, and elephants are their engineers—and in losing them, we do not merely lose a species, we lose the very architecture of the wild.
Forests are living systems, and elephants are their engineers—and in losing them, we do not merely lose a species, we lose the very architecture of the wild.
The 47-year-old Balika Sen, a resident of Karmohni Rajapur village, Ward No. 10 in Nepal, had gone to work in the fields on Wednesday.
The deaths of seven elephants on a railway track in Assam are not just a tragic accident; they are a stark reminder of how India continues to underestimate the cost of development imposed on living landscapes.
Seven elephants were killed and a calf injured after the Rajdhani Express hit a herd in Assam’s Hojai, derailing coaches and disrupting rail services.
The forest department, with financial support from a Japanese agency, is set to deploy artificial intelligence to monitor the real-time movement of migratory elephant herds in Bankura, aiming to reduce recurring human-elephant conflicts.
Startled by the deaths of two male elephants within three days in Haridwar, the Uttarakhand Forest Department has begun removing high-power electric fencing erected by farmers around agricultural fields adjoining forest areas. The move followed the recovery of two elephant carcasses on September 26 and September 29 in the Haridwar Forest Division.
As the sun vanishes from the skyline, alarm bells are virtually sounded for the forest-side villagers with the possibility of elephants striding into their habitation looming large. It’s time to go up to the raised wooden scaffolding on the treetops to escape from the elephants’ fury.
Thirteen dead elephants! Seven deadly train collisions and 17 years of apathy. The forests of Bengal’s Junglemahal are fast turning into graveyards for elephants, as steel tracks cut ruthlessly through their ancient migratory paths.
A truly regal red carpet welcome awaits US Vice President JD Vance on his arrival at the Amer royal palace here on Tuesday, as two traditionally adorned tusker beauties, "Chanda" and "Pushpa," prepare themselves through rehearsals for their special task.
The forest department launched a comprehensive rhino census at Jaldapara National Park this morning, aiming to assess the population of the endangered one-horned rhinoceros.
