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February 23, 2014: Cycling to the South Pole, Saving India’s Killer Tigers...
Tigers rarely kill people for food. The vast majority, including the recent spell of human deaths from tigers in India, are accidents that happen when humans try to attack the cats. (photo by Michael...
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Counting Tigers by Their Stripes
Thanks to affordable digital cameras and sophisticated software, conservationists like K. Ullas Karanth of the Wildlife Conservation Society now have powerful tools to accurately monitor tigers in the...
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A Concise History of Tiger Hunting in India
Persian Miniature of Mughal Emperor Akbar hunting tigers in India.(Courtesy exoticindia.com) Talking Tigers: Part 4 of a 12-part series India’s tigers have been in the crosshairs for centuries, with...
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How Much for a Picture With the Monkey? The Real Cost Of Wildlife Tourism
I’ve been extremely fortunate to have spent the past seven months working and traveling in Southeast Asia with support from the National Geographic Society and the U.S. Fulbright program. While my...
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Why Have Tigers Been Feared and Revered Throughout History?
(Photograph by Steve Winter/National Geographic) Talking Tigers: Part 5 of a 12-part series Throughout human history, the diverse peoples who populated the vast Asian continent have had one thing in...
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Inside Tiger Farming: A Long Chain of Profiteers
Swiss-born journalist and wildlife activist Karl Ammann has been investigating the illegal trade in wildlife products in Africa and Southeast Asia for 30 years. In this blog post, he discusses what he...
View ArticleVideo: Tigers Draw Tourists and Support for India’s Parks
Tigers are symbols of power and beauty, the “King of the Cats”. Everyone wants to see one in the wild. But are hordes of visitors hoping for the thrill of getting up close to the lord of the jungle...
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Tigers in Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Universal Apothecary
Talking Tigers: Part 6 of a 12-part series For centuries, tigers have inspired awe, reverence and sometimes, terror, in the humans they’ve lived beside. They command the Asian landscape as the top...
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Steve Winter’s Journey to Tigers Forever
This week, wildlife photojournalist Steve Winter’s story about cougars appears in the December issue of National Geographic. He’s become the big cat guy—it’s the fourth species he’s covered for the...
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The Patient Photography of Steve Winter
Photography by Steve Winter/National Geographic National Geographic wildlife photographers have often recounted the painful waiting period that comes with getting the perfect shot. Countless hours are...
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Bold Tigers of Malenad: BPT-222 Strikes Again!
By K. Ullas Karanth, Director for Science-Asia, Wildlife Conservation Society The Malenad Tiger Landscape in southwestern India, located in Karnataka and covering adjacent areas of neighboring Kerala...
View ArticleBangladesh Vows to Protect Wild Tigers in Spite of Industrialization
By Joseph Allchin Dakha, Bangladesh–Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, opened a major international conference on tiger conservation in the country’s capital, Dhaka, on Sunday. With delegates...
View ArticleInserting Captive-Bred Tigers Into the Wild: Will it Work?
By Joseph Allchin Dhaka, Bangladesh–The South China tiger has not been seen in the wild since the 1960s. Although Chinese delegates at a global tiger conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh this week are...
View ArticleBouncing Back: Nepal’s Tigers Survive Civil Turmoil
By Joseph Allchin Dhaka, Bangladesh–For years the Himalayan nation of Nepal lacked a functional government. Years of war and subsequent reorientation of the state, left vulnerable the nation’s rich...
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Industrial-Scale Tiger Farms: Feeding China’s Thirst for Luxury Tiger Products
Talking Tigers: Part 7 of a 12-part series Young, healthy tigers jump through rings of fire, sit upright on cue, clawing at the air, and perform other well-choreographed circus tricks. Enthusiastic...
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Wildlife Trafficking: Beyond Elephants and Ivory
By Susan Lieberman In the wildlife trafficking policy debate in the U.S., the majority of attention to date has been on the ivory and horn of Africa’s elephants and rhinos. Given the devastating losses...
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For Bhutan, it Takes a Community to Save the Snow Leopard
The snow leopard, like most of the world’s big cats, survives by keeping a low profile. Yet its secretive nature and penchant for living among some of the steepest, remotest mountain ranges on the...
View Article50 Years of Conservation in India
By K. Ullas Karanth The modern resurgent India, now the 10th largest economy in the world, is justly proud of its ancient culture and art. Yet we must not forget that India possesses an even more...
View ArticleGoogle+ Hangout: Get to Know India’s Curious Big Cats
As part of Big Cat Week on Nat Geo Wild, several National Geographic big cat researchers, photographers, and conservationists (including me) are joining together for a live video chat via Google+...
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The Latest Threat to Siberian Tigers: Canine Distemper
Rare Siberian tigers face a new threat. (Photograph by John Goodrich) Talking Tigers: Part 8 of a 12-part series The first signs that something was wrong came in 2000. Gaunt Siberian tigers (Panthera...
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