13+ hour, 53+ min ago  (126+ words) The Hindu Published - April 16, 2026 11: 05 am IST - Shivamogga The Forest Department's operation to capture the tusker, which was responsible for the death of a 65-year-old farmer at Kanaguppe in Belur taluk on April 12, failed. The elephant darted with the tranquiliser and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (167+ words) Females elephants are known to greet acquaintances even when they meet after years; the exchange involves flapping their ears and swinging their trunks from side to side All living beings communicate In honeybees, communicative signals in the form of a…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (212+ words) The polarisation and collective violence among the Uganda's chimpanzees may give us insights into our own species, says an author of a study on a civil war among the apes. They were once a convivial, unified group that lived, fed,…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (132+ words) This was the third pregnancy for the 12-year-old hippo. She had delivered a calf in 2024. But, the calf drowned. In 2025, she delivered another calf. But, that calf also died after being attacked by its father " the male hippo " soon after…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (88+ words) Updated - April 14, 2026 11: 32 am IST - IDUKKI A recent study has revealed the self-cleaning mechanism of green pill millipede (Arthrosphaera lutescens), a species endemic to the Western Ghats. Researchers found that these millipedes, primarily located in the Munnar region of Idukki and…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (85+ words) On January 8, the juvenile hawksbill turtle was found stranded along the Neelankarai coast. The animal repeatedly washed back ashore despite multiple attempts to return it to the sea Injured hawksbill turtle nursed back to health, transported 600 km by road, and…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (130+ words) Animal Husbandry department issues urgent guidelines to protect livestock from heat-related illnesses as temperatures rise across the State. Published - April 11, 2026 07: 57 pm IST - Thrissur With temperatures soaring across the State, the Animal Husbandry department has issued a set of precautionary guidelines…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (88+ words) The Hindu Published - April 09, 2026 08: 26 pm IST - MANGALURU Deputy Commissioner H. V. Darshan on Thursday, said pet shops selling animals and birds should be registered under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. He was chairing the meeting of Society for Prevention to…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (176+ words) The six-foot-long snake, weighing around 4 kg, was brought for treatment by Moolakal forest ranger Balasubramanian with the assistance of the Karu Animal Rescue Unit Trust, Veeravanallur Six feet python survives after surgery in Veterinary college in Tirunelveli The six-foot-long snake,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (61+ words) The Hindu Published - April 08, 2026 07: 40 pm IST - MYSURU Human-wildlife conflict continues to plague Kodagu district, with a coffee planter killed in a wild elephant attack in the early hours of Wednesday at Srimangala hobli in Ponnampet taluk. The deceased has been…...