Kerala Forests

The 57-year-old elephant panicked during the Telugu movie shoot after another tusker bumped into it from behind and ran into the forest in Kochi.

Beer, a weak premature baby elephant was rescued by the team of Indian forest officer Parveen Kaswan in September 2020.

The World Weather Attribution (WWA) study revealed that the devastating landslides in Wayanad, which resulted in more than 200 fatalities, were heavily influenced by human-induced climate change. On July 30, Wayanad received 140 mm of rainfall in a single day, marking it as the third heaviest one-day rainfall event in the district's history. The st...

Climate change, fragile terrain and loss of forest cover created the perfect recipe for the devastating landslides in Kerala's Wayanad district that claimed 123 lives, according to studies conducted over the years.

Farmers and local residents of a forest fringe village in this district in Kerala, who have been living in fear of a tiger, heaved a sigh of relief on Monday morning as the big cat was caught in a trap set by the forest department.

Farmers and local residents of a forest fringe village in Kerala's mountainous Wayanad district, who have been living in fear of a tiger, blocked a busy road on Sunday in protest, displaying carcasses of cows that had been killed by the big cat.

It was an 18-kilometer trek through the dense forest filled with wild animals for a team of nine polling officials, comprising three women, to record the vote of a bedridden citizen in Kerala's Idukki district.

A wild elephant fell into a well inside a private rubber plantation near the forested areas of Kothamangalam in Eranakulam district on Friday morning, police said.

A 53-year-old man was attacked and killed by a wild elephant when he tried to chase it away after it strayed into the surroundings of his house near the forest in Thulappally here on Monday, police said.

Two tribal children who had gone missing a few days ago were found dead in a dense forest area in this central Kerala district, police said here on Sunday. They are suspected to have fallen from a tree while collecting honey.

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday visited the families of the three men who died in animal attacks here and assured them of all possible help to put their lives back on track.

In the video, an elephant is seen charging at two men on a road as they run for their lives.

Kerala Forest Minister AK Saseendran today said the tiger responsible for killing a man in Wayanad a few days ago has been identified as a 13-year-old male tiger (WWL 45), listed in the forest department's database.

A gunbattle has erupted between the Kerala Police's specialised team Thunderbolt and Maoists in a forest area in this northern district, police said here on Monday.

In Thrissur, Kerala, a man narrowly avoided a venomous snake bite when he found a small cobra inside his motorcycle helmet.

The 57-year-old elephant panicked during the Telugu movie shoot after another tusker bumped into it from behind and ran into the forest in Kochi.

Beer, a weak premature baby elephant was rescued by the team of Indian forest officer Parveen Kaswan in September 2020.

The World Weather Attribution (WWA) study revealed that the devastating landslides in Wayanad, which resulted in more than 200 fatalities, were heavily influenced by human-induced climate change. On July 30, Wayanad received 140 mm of rainfall in a single day, marking it as the third heaviest one-day rainfall event in the district's history. The st...

Climate change, fragile terrain and loss of forest cover created the perfect recipe for the devastating landslides in Kerala's Wayanad district that claimed 123 lives, according to studies conducted over the years.

Farmers and local residents of a forest fringe village in this district in Kerala, who have been living in fear of a tiger, heaved a sigh of relief on Monday morning as the big cat was caught in a trap set by the forest department.

Farmers and local residents of a forest fringe village in Kerala's mountainous Wayanad district, who have been living in fear of a tiger, blocked a busy road on Sunday in protest, displaying carcasses of cows that had been killed by the big cat.

It was an 18-kilometer trek through the dense forest filled with wild animals for a team of nine polling officials, comprising three women, to record the vote of a bedridden citizen in Kerala's Idukki district.

A wild elephant fell into a well inside a private rubber plantation near the forested areas of Kothamangalam in Eranakulam district on Friday morning, police said.

A 53-year-old man was attacked and killed by a wild elephant when he tried to chase it away after it strayed into the surroundings of his house near the forest in Thulappally here on Monday, police said.

Two tribal children who had gone missing a few days ago were found dead in a dense forest area in this central Kerala district, police said here on Sunday. They are suspected to have fallen from a tree while collecting honey.

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday visited the families of the three men who died in animal attacks here and assured them of all possible help to put their lives back on track.

In the video, an elephant is seen charging at two men on a road as they run for their lives.

Kerala Forest Minister AK Saseendran today said the tiger responsible for killing a man in Wayanad a few days ago has been identified as a 13-year-old male tiger (WWL 45), listed in the forest department's database.

A gunbattle has erupted between the Kerala Police's specialised team Thunderbolt and Maoists in a forest area in this northern district, police said here on Monday.

In Thrissur, Kerala, a man narrowly avoided a venomous snake bite when he found a small cobra inside his motorcycle helmet.