Wildlife

Bhubaneswar: After a two-day closure due to heavy rainfall, Similipal National Park located in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district was reopened for tourists on Monday. Similipal was closed for tourists and visitors...

Sambalpur:  The annual census of migratory birds in the reservoir of Hirakud dam in Odisha district will begin from January 18. The sources in Forest department sources informed that all...

Nuapada: Forest officials of Odisha and Chhattisgarh have seized as many as 765 pangolin scales and arrested four persons in this connection in Nuapada. According to sources, following a tip-off...

Kendrapada: Forest officials have rescued an injured huge Indian rock python from a village near Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapada district. According to sources, the 19 feet long python...

Kendrapada: The Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapada district will remain closed for the tourists for nine days in January next year for the annual census of saltwater crocodiles. According...

Nabarangpur: Unable to hunt due to injury, a leopard died of hunger in Umerkote of Odisha’s Nabarangpur district. Confirming its death, Forest department sources on Tuesday said since the leopard...

Bhubaneswar: Five days after Forest officials seized a leopard skin and arrested two persons in Odisha’s Kandhamal district, another leopard was found killed on Thursday. According to sources, the dead...

Bhubaneswar: At least 34 leopards and three Royal Bengal Tigers (RBT) have died in Odisha in last five years, the state Assembly was informed on Tuesday. Forest, Environment and Climate...

Bhubaneswar: In a step towards preventing poaching of wild animals through electric trap, the Odisha government has decided that the power supply to such people would be disconnected. Announcing the...

Bhubaneswar: At least 668 persons were killed in attacks by elephants in Odisha during the last three years, the state Assembly was informed on Tuesday. Forest and Environment Minister Ganesh...