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Volunteers invited for large-scale plastic clean-up at Elephanta Island

Volunteers invited for large-scale plastic clean-up at Elephanta Island

Beyond its famed caves, Elephanta Island is choking with plastic. Join a conservation group’s first step towards saving the island’s mangroves

14 March,2026 09:46 AM IST | Mumbai | Devashish Kamble
India plans 705 mitigation structures to prevent elephant-train collisions

India plans 705 mitigation structures to prevent elephant-train collisions

India supports more than 60 per cent of the world’s population of Asian Elephant. Major elephant habitats extend across eastern, north-eastern, southern and central regions of the country, an official statement said

12 March,2026 12:35 PM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
Chennai temple opts for mechanical elephant; here's the Sonu Sood connection

Chennai temple opts for mechanical elephant; here's the Sonu Sood connection

Actor Sonu Sood and his son Ayaan, in collaboration with PETA India and People for Cattle in India, gifted the temple a life-size robotic elephant named Airavatham to ensure that sacred rituals no longer require the suffering of live animals

02 March,2026 11:34 PM IST | Chennai | PTI
World’s largest coral colony found in Australia by citizen scientists

World’s largest coral colony found in Australia by citizen scientists

A mother-daughter team of citizen scientists, Jan Pope and Sophie Kalkowski-Pope of Citizens of the Reef, have identified what researchers believe is the world's largest documented coral colony on the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns, Queensland. The massive single colony of Pavona clavus, commonly known as "elephant skin" coral, stretches about 364

28 February,2026 11:28 AM IST | Canberra | Agencies

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