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Odisha's Kendrapara becomes only district in India to have all three crocodile speciesThe national park, having 1,768 estuarine crocodiles, is home to 70 per cent of India's such crocodiles, the conservation of which was star...
Bhitarkanika National Park to remain shut from January 15-23 as teams take stock of estuarine crocodiles census
Drop in bird count at Bhitarkanika park in OdishaAlthough the visit of local birds in large numbers re-established Bhitarkanika in Kendrapara district as one of the prominent heronries of ...
Bhitarkanika park registers rise in number of winged guestsThe Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district has played host to over one lakh migrant water birds this year. While 76,268...
1,682 crocs, 12 albino spotted in Bhitarkanika National ParkGood news for wildlife enthusiasts. About a dozen of highly threatened albino salt-water crocodiles have been spotted in Bhitarkanika Natio...
68 nesting sites of estuarine crocodiles spotted in Odisha parkWildlife personnel in Bhitarkanika National Park have spotted 68 nesting sites of estuarine (saltwater) crocodiles even as the annual breed...
Odisha's Bhitarkanika may be in world heritage site listOften described as nature's gift, Bhitarkanika is enriched with a variety of habitats and conditions not found anywhere else in the country.
- Birds start nesting in Bhitarkanika
A large number of birds have arrived in Bhitarakanika National Park in Kendrapada district for for nesting in Bagagahana, the heronry, this...
Birds back in Bhitarkanika in Odisha with the onset of monsoonWith the onset of monsoon, birds have made Bhitarkanika in Odisha's Kendrapara district their temporary abode again.
Winged visitors throng Bhitarkanika national park of OdishaWith 66 per cent rise in the number of winter migratory birds, Bhitarkanika national park has re-established its status as one of the promi...
- India's only captive white crocodile to be set free soon
39-year-old 'Gori', India's only female albino captive white crocodile, will soon be released into the wild to enable it to adopt to the na...
65 nesting sites of estuarine crocodiles spotted in OdishaAround 65 nesting sites of estuarine crocodiles have been spotted in Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district and the num...
- Bhitarkanika's winged guests start arriving as winter sets in
Bhitarkanika National Park is chirping once again. Winter is closing in and thousands of migratory birds have started arriving to the mangr...
32 nesting sites for crocodiles foundWildlife personnel in Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district have spotted 32 nesting sites of estuarine crocodiles as t...
- Odisha plans turtle tourism, ensures safe annual nesting
Known as the most favoured nesting place for Olive Ridley Sea Turtles, Odisha is set to utilize this annual phenomenon for promoting touris...
- 70K birds sighted in Bhitarkanika
There are 70,105 resident birds of different species in Bagagahana heronry within the Bhitarkanika national park, said Manoj Kumar Mohapatr...
- Salinity rise in water driving crocs to stray from habitats
Rising salinity in the waters of the Bhitarkanika river system is driving crocodiles towards other water bodies close to human habitation.
- Fire breaks out in Bhitarkanika National Park
A blaze on Friday morning broke out in parts of Bhitarkanika national park, a Ramsar wetland site, causing destruction of mangrove species ...
- Man-eater crocodile captured in Orissa
A man-eater crocodile have been captured from Orissa's Kendrapara district.
- Orissa fishermen to tame rogue crocodiles
The Orissa forest department has hired fishermen to relocate estuarine crocodiles entering into human habitations in and around the coastal...