Wildlife

Jharsuguda: Away from the big industries in the town stands Jhadeswar Temple with a peaceful surrounding which has become the favourite habitat for Asian Openbill Stork. Around this time every...

Bhubaneswar: A Giant Bengal Monitor Lizard, which got stuck in a washroom of a house in the city, was rescued on Thursday. The family spotted the Monitor Lizard in the...

Bhubaneswar: The Centre will help the Odisha government to develop and promote the eco-tourism potential of four protected areas (PA) in the state. The four areas — Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary...

New Delhi: Two brothers pulled off an escape from a leopard in Madhya Pradesh by throwing a birthday cake at the animal as it chased them while they rode a...

Nabarangpur. Forest officials have rescued a wild bear from a house after a five-hour-long operation in Nabarangpur district. According to reports, the bear had entered a room in the house...

Bhubaneswar: The Forest Department staff on Thursday rescued five bear cubs from a cashew orchard near the toll gate at Gangapada, on the outskirts of the Odisha capital. Sources said...

Cuttack: The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch has rescued a pangolin, an endangered species, and arrested one persons in this connection in the district. Acting on reliable information,...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has nominated Orissa Environmental Society (OES) secretary, Dr Jayakrushna Panigrahi as an expert member of the "eco-sensitive zone monitoring committee" of Chandaka-Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary. The State...

Bhubaneswar: Come summer and more and more humans become victims of human-elephant encounters in Odisha. This was the outcome of data analysis of humans trampled by elephants and the incidents...

Odisha is turning out to be a hotbed for the poaching of leopards. The Odisha Forest Department and the Special Task Force (STF) of the state police seized 20 leopard...