Ever since the sighting of a rare wild gaur in Chumphon's Thung Tako district three months, villagers have been abuzz at the prospect of it mating with domesticated cows. Wildlife authorities and ...

Two gaur – a mother and her calf – were spotted with a herd of domestic cattle grazing in the forest in Preah Vihear province, giving new hope to conservationists concerned about the protection of ...

For nearly a decade now, tourists in Kodaikanal, a bustling hill station in Tamil Nadu, have been jostling for space with another rather large animal species, the gaur. Their coexistence has largely ...

It is not uncommon in India to see cattle grazing in farms and backyards, ruminating by the road, or even causing a minor inconvenience to vehicles. Replace cattle with herds of gaur (Indian bison) ...

The Bovini species comprise both domestic and wild cattle species. Published phylogenies of this tribe based on mitochondrial DNA contain anomalies, while nuclear sequences show only low variation. We ...

Have you ever heard of a gaur? It’s the largest living member of the bovine family. A large gaur bull can weigh more than a ton and a half. His body may be nearly 11 feet long and he may be more than ...

A wild ox Gaur spotted in Chitwan. Photo: BABU RAM LAMICHHANE On the morning of 4 May, I got a call from the chief warden of Kosi Tappu Wildlife Reserve in eastern Nepal. He wanted me to verify a ...

While the tiger hogs the limelight as an animal in distress, other wild denizens are kept aside despite being in dire straits. The greater wildlife varieties hardly make news nor get the attention of ...

Taxidermists work on the carcass of a rare gaur suspected of being the target of a ìcontract hitî. The carcass of a globally-threatened species of indigenous wild cattle being stuffed behind the ...

Pune: A 40-year-old farmer from Panhala tehsil who went to cut fodder for his cattle was attacked by a gaur on Monday evening. The gaur suddenly came out from the sugar cane farm and pierced its horns ...