Wildlife

Nabarangpur: Forest officials rescued 119 turtles and arrested a person for allegedly smuggling those in Odisha's Nabarangpur district on Monday. As per reports, the Forest staff were carrying out routine...

Keonjhar: A baby elephant was rescued from an abandoned well after an ardous operation by forest department officials in Champua area of Odisha’s Keonjhar district on Thursday. Sources said the...

Baripada: Police have arrested 6 persons including a Forester involved in smuggling of pangolin scales in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. Following a tip off about a deal for sale of the...

Cuttack: In order to save elephants from electrocution, the Orissa High Court has directed the state government to form a joint task force to supply alternative energy in forest areas....

Bargarh: Forest officials prevented 3 persons from hunting wild animals and arrested them from Debrigarh Sanctuary in Odisha's Bargarh district on early morning of Sunday. On information of movement of...

Dhenkanal: Human casualty due to elephant attack continued in Odisha's Dhenkanal district as a man was trampled to death by a herd on Saturday. According to sources, the incident tool...

Cuttack: In a relief to Odisha government, the Orissa High Court on Friday issued an interim stay on the NGT's order on elephant corridors in the state. Accepting a writ...

Bhubaneswar: In a big relief to victims of man-animal conflict, the Odisha government has hiked the compensation amount with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approvign a proposal in this regard. Every...

Keonjhar: Amid reports killing of buffalos by a tiger in the area, forest officials have restricted the entry of people and domestic animals into the Atei reserve forest in Odisha’s...

Bhubaneswar: More than 1 crore hatchlings of Olive Ridley turtles have already emerged from their sandy nests and gone into the sea along Odisha coast in the last few days....