New genetic tool reveals skewed rhino population

For the first time advanced genetic tools are being used to take the census of Greater One-horned rhinoceros in the Gorumara National Park of West Bengal.As part of a project undertaken by......

Forests to use DNA fingerprinting for tiger census

As the Karnataka forest department analyses the data gathered during the six-day tiger census conducted in the state in January, various wildlife organisations have chipped in to identify the......

Libido, not poaching, kills rhinos

A dogfight among males for female attention has killed three rare one-horn rhinoceros in a wildlife sanctuary in West Bengal, forest officials said.The officials said such rivalry threatened the......

In West Bengal, the cuppa doesn't cheer

Samaresh Majumdar is not enthusiastic at all about West Bengal election this year. The eminent Bengali writer can't get over the fact that hundreds of tea workers residing in his native Jalpaiguri......