DEHRADUN: Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan on World Elephant Day on Saturday said that Uttarakhand ranks sixth with 1,839 elephants.

Karnataka houses the maximum number of wild elephants in India, says the latest elephant census report of the union environment ministry.

A country-wide elephant census has pegged the number of pachyderms in the country at 27,000, of which 514 roam the forests of north Bengal.

Bijnor: The exact count of tigers falling prey to poachers’ bullets in Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) may not be known anytime soon due to the lack of coordination between Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhan

The Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary (Nagarahole) has seen an increase in tiger population and is all set to top the list in South India.

DEHRADUN: Wildlife Institute of India (WII) which is to conduct the fresh estimation of tigers in Corbett Tiger Reserve through camera trap images to find out about the numbers of tigers found miss

NAIROBI, (Xinhua) -- The number of elephants in Kenya increased by 14.7 percent between 2014 and 2017, wildlife authorities said on Wednesday.

NAIROBI, (Xinhua) -- Kenya plans to complete its census of elephants and other large mammals by end of 2018, wildlife officials said recently.

Elephant census is not just about numbers, but a mode to understand the habitat and issues pertaining to its fragmentation, said R K Srivastava, Inspector General of Forests and director, Project E