To save its tigers, India has relocated thousands of people – it could enlist their help instead

Tigers have bounced back, but some relocations may have done more harm than good.

Ghazala Shahabuddin, Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies, Ashoka University • conversation
Sept. 5, 2024 • ~7 min

Tiger protection in India also saved 1 million tonnes of carbon emissions – new study

Deforestation rates are lower in tiger reserves.

Simon Evans, Principal Lecturer in Ecotourism, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
May 25, 2023 • ~5 min

Hydroelectric dams take toll on endangered big cats, study shows

One in 200 jaguars are likely to be affected by dams, versus one in five tigers.

Tara Pirie, Postdoctoral Researcher, People and Wildlife Research Group, University of Reading • conversation
Dec. 16, 2021 • ~6 min

GPS tracking could help tigers and traffic coexist in Asia

An infrastructure boom threatens endangered tigers across Asia. Scientists want to know more about how tigers behave near roads so they can design wildlife-friendly transportation networks.

Neil Carter, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Michigan • conversation
April 23, 2021 • ~9 min

How 'tiger farms' have turned a wild animal into a species worth more dead than alive

A production line takes tigers from zoos to be harvested for their meat, skin and bones.

Simon Evans, Principal Lecturer in Ecotourism, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Feb. 24, 2021 • ~6 min

Is COVID-19 infecting wild animals? We're testing species from bats to seals to find out

COVID-19 has been found in pets, zoo animals and in a wild mink in Utah. Monitoring wildlife for COVID-19 is important for animals and humans, both of whom face risks from a jumping virus.

Kaitlin Sawatzki, Postdoctoral Infectious Disease Researcher, Tufts University • conversation
Jan. 19, 2021 • ~8 min

Why do tigers have stripes?

How do tigers – a top predator – successfully hunt their prey when they have bright orange fur? The secret's in their stripes!

Andrew Cushing, Assistant Professor in Zoological Medicine, University of Tennessee • conversation
Nov. 23, 2020 • ~6 min

Why do tigers have different stripe patterns?

How do tigers – a top predator – successfully hunt their prey when they have bright orange fur? The secret's in their stripes!

Andrew Cushing, Assistant Professor in Zoological Medicine, University of Tennessee • conversation
Nov. 23, 2020 • ~6 min

Endangered tigers face growing threats from an Asian road-building boom

A new study forecasts that thousands of miles of new road construction will cut through tiger habitat across Asia by 2050. Planning can make these projects more tiger-friendly.

Neil Carter, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Michigan • conversation
April 29, 2020 • ~8 min

Tiger King: why can't we just release America's captive tigers into the wild?

There are twice as many tigers in the US as there are in the wild. 

Tara Pirie, Postdoctoral Researcher, People and Wildlife Research Group, University of Reading • conversation
April 6, 2020 • ~6 min

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