On the morning of Jan. 5, a soldier deployed at the Chitwan National Park shot a wild elephant (Elephas maximus) after it ...

After sharing the tusk with a ‘dealer’ in Kerala, they decided to bring it to Madurai to meet a potential client. At this juncture, the forest officials seized the property, the senior official said ...

Officials of the Forest Cell of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) caught a 27-year-old forest watcher while he was trying to sell two elephant tusks to prospective clients on Kollegal ...

A full-grown elephant was shot dead by suspected poachers in Tripura's Khowai district, with its tusks removed. Forest officials launched an investigation after finding the body with gunshot wounds. A ...

Guwahati: Three individuals were arrested in Nagaon, Assam with a huge quantity of wild animal parts on Thursday. As per sources, the suspected poachers were arrested by the officials of the forest ...

The sonogram is from Arusi, the only elephant in the zoo’s herd born without tusks. In the video, you can see her calf’s heartbeat. All five expectant mothers are getting regular sonograms to ...

They can also sleep while fully submerged under water coming unconsciously for air without waking up. Much like elephants ... Poaching is a significant threat to both species, as ivory from elephant ...

This is taller than any other recorded elephant in history. His weight was estimated to be over 24,000 pounds, making him one of the heaviest elephants ever recorded as well. One of the most striking ...