November 15, 2023
The Bengal tiger was one of five feline lineages compared to gives a comprehensive look at genome sequence structures that could have driven the evolution of distinct cat species. This new reference genome is comparable to the human genome in terms of its completeness, and could be used to for feline veterinary precision health. Denise […]
October 3, 2023
Auburn University’s College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment has established an International Memorandum of Understanding with the Forest College and Research Institute (FCRI), Hyderabad, India, to promote tiger conservation in Telangana State, India.
August 17, 2023
Wild tiger numbers increase globally: Global Tiger Recovery Program 2.0 launched to strengthen tiger governance across tiger range countries, while the first tiger reserve of South East Asia is declared in Malaysia. Wild tiger numbers have registered an overall increase in several tiger range countries (almost 5574). The status is optimal in tiger range countries […]
July 10, 2023
In celebration of International Tiger Day on July 29, the Tigers United University Consortium hosts a Zoom webinar on Aug. 1 with conservation scientist, Sandeep Sharma, Ph.D.
October 7, 2022
On October 4, Eric Dinerstein, Ph.D., director of WildTech and the Biodiversity and Wildlife Solutions Program at RESOLVE, was honored with the Benton H. Box Award by Clemson’s Institute for Parks and Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management (PRTM) department for his work on TrailGuard AI. Robert Baldwin, Ph.D., and Jeremy Dertien, Ph.D., at Clemson University […]
August 10, 2022
It has been a whirlwind summer with much tiger conservation activity going on at the four universities! Check out some of our recent news, below. LSU’s Tiger Athletic Foundation to fund graduate student conducting genetic research on tigers Click here to read more. Saving tigers from extinction requires many hands as Clemson faculty return from […]
April 8, 2021
You asked; we answered. Below are answers to questions posted in our first installment of the Road to Vladivostok webinar series. Keshav Varma, CEO of the Global Tiger Initiative, debuted the series in February. 1. Keshav, can you talk about the impact of the Covid pandemic on tiger conservation in Asia? As we understand, the […]
January 18, 2021
By Rachelle Beckner “That face is still in my mind,” Keshav Varma shared with us as he recounted a tale from his childhood about Old Uncle. Old Uncle is not a strong male figure in Varma’s family, but, rather, a tiger that visited a river near the Varma family farm every day. Varma came to […]
June 8, 2020
Majestic. Powerful. Fierce. Beautiful. Tigers are all of these, yet they remain critically endangered. Did you know that in 1900, more than 100,000 tigers roamed over most of the Asian continent? Today, that number is fewer than 4,000, after their habitat has declined by 93%. As a tiger mascot university, Clemson University is leading the […]
June 5, 2020
As an enthusiastic wildlife researcher, Anam completed her master’s degree in wildlife sciences from Aligarh Muslim University. She then joined the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing in Dehradun for another masters in GIS specialization. Most of Anam’s master’s work was focused on conservation corridors for tigers using technical and modeling approaches. Before coming to the […]
