Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. African elephants are the largest ...

People turn to squirt bottles to keep cats from countertops and spray a sour apple mist to shoo dogs from tables, but when it comes to stopping elephants from destroying crops, humans have had to get ...

In Botswana, coexisting with the country's 130,000 elephants can be a daily negotiation. For rural families, tending a crop ...

Researchers in Botswana are testing bee sounds, strobe lights, and other tools to help farmers reduce conflict with elephants ...

In a bid to prevent incidents of human-elephant conflict, forest authorities in Madhya Pradesh have embarked upon an innovative plan, promoting bee-keeping and using advanced technology in the jungles ...

You've probably heard that elephants are afraid of mice, but did you know that they can be scared off by bees? DR. Mark Wright, a professor of entomology at the University of Hawaii, has been ...

Elephants often end up as victims in conflicts - this one, by poisoning A British scientist has won a coveted environment research prize for showing how bees can be used to reduce conflict between ...

BHUBANESWAR: The jumbos may soon have to face their most feared “tiny demons” before venturing into human landscapes. In its bid to lessen the human-animal conflict in different parts of the State, ...

Pitting the largest animal on land against a minute insect. That is how the authorities intend to mitigate human-elephant conflict that seems to continue unabated in Kodagu and other parts of south ...

Karthik, who had killed two mahouts in 2017, died on Sunday Madikeri DFO ML Manjunath told TOI that the injured mahout has been discharged from hospital. The forest department had paid Rs 2.5 lakh for ...