Marine spectacle at Monterey Bay: Over 2,000 dolphins form rare superpod — Here’s why it happenedOff the coast of Monterey Bay, California, an extraordinary marine spectacle unfolded as more than 2,000 dolphins gathered in an exceptiona...
26 Feb, 2025, 10.36 PM IST
Pregnant dolphin found dead in UPAccording to Singh, a team of veterinary doctors conducted a post-mortem of the dead dolphin and a fetus was found in its uterus. Singh sai...
15 Mar, 2021, 11.23 PM IST
Modi government’s waterways plan sails through green hurdle in Uttar PradeshUP CM Yogi Adityanath had asked his officials to expedite work on the Modi govt’s high priority project that will involve setting up a mult...
05 Jun, 2017, 10.56 AM IST
Bangladesh bans ships in rare dolphin sanctuariesBangladesh on Monday banned boats from sailing through a key southwestern river after a ship loaded with coal capsized, threatening the san...
21 Mar, 2016, 10.13 PM IST
- Dolphins’ rise in Ganga surprises environmentalists
Environmentalists are doubtful over the findings of recently conducted Ganga Dolphin Census citing increasing pollution load in Ganga.
26 Oct, 2015, 01.10 PM IST
350-tonne oil spill by Bangladeshi ship threatens SunderbansThe site, near Mongla port, is about 100 km from the Kolkata port and Indian officials are on alert over the possibility of the oil slick s...
12 Dec, 2014, 12.22 PM IST
- 350-tonne oil spill by Bangladeshi ship threatens Sunderbans
The fragile Sundarbans region stared at an ecological nightmare after a vessel carrying 350 tonnes of oil crashed, spilling the toxic liqui...
12 Dec, 2014, 10.46 AM IST
- Sight dolphins from glass houses next year
In welcome tidings for dolphin lovers and wildlife enthusiasts of India, the eco-tourism project planned at Harike wildlife sanctuary to co...
07 Dec, 2014, 02.49 AM IST
- WWF moots adoption of Indus dolphins
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has mooted a plan of giving "ownership" of rare Indus dolphins to the residents of villages situated along...
13 Sep, 2013, 03.47 AM IST
For the first time, a dozen dolphins spotted in BeasFor the first time, the officials of Harike wildlife sanctuary, 60km from Amritsar, have spotted 12 Indus dolphins, an endangered species, ...
09 Sep, 2013, 04.55 AM IST
- Dolphins face threat in Ganga, Yamuna rivers
The natural habitat of Gangetic dolphins is recucing at an alarming rate, according to a study by the Worldwide Fund for Nature India.
13 Mar, 2013, 07.44 PM IST
- Two dolphins found in Kishanganj
The Zoological Survey of India , Bihar in charge, Gopal Sharma, now camping in Kishanganj, is working on the strategy to rehabilitate and s...
08 Mar, 2013, 03.32 AM IST
Dolphins population increasing in Harike Wildlife Sanctuary and BeasThe number of Platanista Gangetica minor popularly known as Indus River Dolphins in Harike Wildlife Sanctuary and Beas river is believed to...
18 Oct, 2012, 07.06 PM IST
Dolphin count goes up in Terai regionThe number of Gangetic dolphins in the Terai region of Katarniaghat of Dudhwa tiger reserve has gone up as per the ongoing survey of the fo...
09 Oct, 2012, 10.25 PM IST
- Gangetic dolphins flock Katarniaghat
Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary is a part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, and is located near the Indo-Nepal border, in the Terai area of Bahr...
16 Dec, 2011, 02.29 AM IST
- Bihar bans hunting of dolphins
Alarmed by a steady decline in the number of dolphins, declared a national aquatic animal by the Prime Minister, Bihar chief minister Nitis...
14 Dec, 2009, 11.29 PM IST
- Bihar bans hunting of dolphins
Alarmed by a steady decline in the number of dolphins, declared a national aquatic animal by the Prime Minister, Bihar chief minister Nitis...
27 Oct, 2009, 06.03 PM IST