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Disturbance from humans altering behaviour of rhinos in Kaziranga: Study

According to a 2022 census, KNPTR houses 2,613 one-horned rhinos. (@kaziranga_ | Official X account)

others

Published on Sept 10, 2025 01:01 pm IST

Another Bustard chick hatched from eggs of artificially reared couple in Jaisalmer

The second captive breed chick successfully hatched on April 27 at Sam breeding centre (HT Photo)

jaipur news

Updated on Apr 29, 2023 05:03 pm IST

Bustard chick hatched from eggs of artificially reared couple in Jaisalmer

(HT Photo)

jaipur news

Updated on Apr 01, 2023 07:09 pm IST

Chinese family raises ‘dog’ for 2 years — then realises it’s a bear

The authorities revealed that the bear weighed over 400 pounds and was one meter tall.

world news

Published on Mar 04, 2023 10:13 pm IST

Big improvement in India's disaster preparedness, response: Report

NDRF and SDRF personnel deployed near the damaged hotels that were demolished after coming under the red zone in Joshimath,

india news

Published on Feb 11, 2023 01:11 pm IST

Conservation outlook of Western Ghats grim, says new IUCN report

According to IUCN 2020 report, the conservation outlook of the mountain chain of the Western Ghats, one of the worlds eight hottest hot spots of biological diversity, is of significant concern. Representational image.

environment

Updated on Feb 22, 2021 03:50 pm IST

Wildbuzz: What’s in a name that we call sambar

A House crow picks ticks from a Sambar’s ears in Chandigarh’s Sukhna lake jungles.

chandigarh news

Updated on Jun 13, 2020 10:00 pm IST

Endangered helmeted curassow birds seized at Indo-Bangla border in south Bengal

BSF officials said that they are in touch with officials of the state forest department and the birds would be handed over to officials from Alipore Zoo in Kolkata.

kolkata news

Published on Jun 09, 2020 07:35 pm IST

In Bengal, more than 500 endangered turtles seized from UP smugglers

Smuggling of endangered turtles, which are considered a delicacy in some parts of Bengal and Bangladesh, has become a cause for concern for the Central agency, especially because smugglers have started using innovative methods.

india news

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 08:53 pm IST

Hundreds of Olive Ridley carcasses wash ashore on Odisha beach

Conservationists in Paradip said more than a hundred Olive Ridley turtles were found dead on the beach between the Hanuman temple and Sandhakuda area this morning with dogs and crows feasting on the carcasses.

india news

Updated on Jan 31, 2020 09:17 pm IST

86% more winged visitors reach Kanjli wetland this year

HT Image

cities

Published on Jan 24, 2020 10:25 pm IST

Despite bad ecology, Sambhar got more birds this year than before

The waterbird census is coordinated by Wetlands International South Asia and is carried out in January every year in Asia and Australasia across 27countries with the participation of thousands of volunteers to record the status of important wetlands habitat and water birds diversity with population estimates.

india news

Updated on Jan 24, 2020 06:57 am IST

Indian gaur spotted in Konkan sanctuary for the first time in recorded history

mumbai news

Updated on Jan 23, 2020 07:53 pm IST

Endangered fishing cat triggers panic in Bengal’s suburban town

The footage of the fishing cat, the state animal of West Bengal, was captured by a close circuit television camera installed in a house at Kanaigram in Konnagar. (Image used for representation).

india news

Updated on Jan 21, 2020 07:09 am IST

How’ll metro impact Aarey species? Int’l body to check

Aarey is spread across 1,281 hectares (ha) in the western suburbs of Mumbai.

mumbai news

Updated on Sept 12, 2019 01:59 am IST

More species on endangered list

Representative

ht school

Updated on Jul 25, 2019 10:08 am IST

Pangolin, world’s most poached scaled mammal, rescued in Dalma Sanctuary

Forest officials rescued this Pangolin and released it in a safe part of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary in Jamshedpur, on Monday, July 22, 2019.

ranchi news

Published on Jul 23, 2019 02:15 pm IST

Rajasthan forest department to hatch lesser florican eggs artificially

Lesser florican is one of the four bustard species of India, all of which are threatened under the International Union for the Conversation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species.

jaipur news

Published on Jul 22, 2019 02:13 pm IST

Himalayan bird seen in Gurugram 40 years after rare sighting in Delhi area

gurugram news

Updated on Mar 28, 2019 08:20 am IST

Meghalaya’s community-managed forests protect endangered Western Hoolock Gibbon

A female Hoolock Gibbon. It is estimated that only about 3,000 Western Hoolock gibbons are left in northeast India today.

india news

Published on Mar 25, 2019 03:05 pm IST

India’s perfume tree agarwood a step away from extinction

The agarwood tree (Aquilaria malaccensis), whose resin extract is widely used in perfumes and incense, is one step away from being declared extinct in the wild by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

environment

Updated on Feb 22, 2021 04:15 pm IST

700 and counting: Ghariyal numbers get a boost in Katarniyaghat sanctuary

A newborn ghariyal emerges out of its egg along the banks of Geruwa river in Katarniyaghat wildlife sanctuary, close to the Nepal border.

lucknow news

Published on Jun 14, 2018 02:37 pm IST

Big cats are worshipped in 20 shrines in Mumbai forests

A Waghoba shrine in Mumbai forest, painted on a boulder, that is dedicated to tiger.

mumbai news

Updated on Jun 14, 2018 11:40 am IST

Jharkhand forest officials rescue endangered fishing cat sighted after decades

Fishing cats are mainly found in the foothills of the Himalayas along the Ganga and Brahmaputra river valleys, mangrove forests of the Sundarbans and in the Western Ghats.

india news

Updated on Jun 03, 2018 09:05 pm IST