Long before L&T, Kirloskar and TVS factories, Rhinos roamed near today’s Coimbatore thousands of years agoArchaeologists have discovered Indian rhinoceros bone fragments at a neolithic site near Coimbatore, dating back to 3,500 years ago. This f...
26 Jan, 2026, 03.49 PM IST
From 600 to 3,000: Assam’s rhino population grows five fold as poaching drops 86% since 2016Assam has seen a five-fold increase in the population of one-horned rhinoceros from the 1960s to 2024, now hosting over 3,000 rhinos. The s...
23 Sep, 2024, 01.50 PM IST
Leonardo DiCaprio applauds Assam government's initiatives to stop rhinoceros poachingLeonardo DiCaprio praised the 'government of the Indian state of Assam set out to end poaching of the Endangered Greater One-Horned rhinoce...
09 Feb, 2023, 08.08 PM IST
Manas National Park has first rhino calf in three years03 Sep, 2017, 08.00 PM IST
African white rhino displayed for 45 years at Mysuru Zoo dies09 Mar, 2016, 09.04 PM IST
Zoo rhino treatment gets Rhino Resource Centre recognitionThe 'hands free wound treatment' method developed by veterinarians of Kanpur zoo has got international accreditation by Rhino Resource Cent...
12 Aug, 2015, 11.48 AM IST
- Rhinos find new home in UP’s Dudhwa tiger reserve
Dudhwa tiger reserve in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district has been made ready to be new home for rhinoceros.
21 Jul, 2014, 06.21 AM IST
- Assam may ‘trim’ rhino horns to curb poaching
The Assam government has sought opinion from the people on trimming rhino horns to save them from poachers.
21 Mar, 2014, 04.50 AM IST
- Giraffe gives birth in Mysore Zoo
The Mysore Zoo could now get some exotic animals to add to its stock, thanks to Kushi and her daughter Lakshmi.
17 Feb, 2014, 08.05 PM IST
Poachers kill rhino in Orang national parkThe Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park lost the distinction of becoming the “zero-poaching” protected area in the state as the first incident...
04 Nov, 2013, 01.58 AM IST
Bring states with rhinos under one conservation plan: WWFExpressing concern over spurt in rhino poaching in Assam, WWF-India has said that adoption of National Rhino Conservation Plan (NRCP) has b...
22 Sep, 2013, 04.04 AM IST
- Rise in Kaziranga rhino count despite poaching
Amid death, there is new life at Kaziranga National Park. At the end of a two-day rhino population census at the Unesco World Heritage Site...
27 Mar, 2013, 10.24 AM IST
Poaching overtakes floods as major killer of rhinosAssam experienced one of the worst floods in eight years in 2012, resulting in the death of about 28 rhinos at Kaziranga National Park betw...
04 Feb, 2013, 03.28 AM IST
Within two years of getting heritage tag back, Manas park loses 3 rhinos to poachersThe park, which had lost its world heritage status in the 1990s because of large-scale destruction of wildlife during the Bodo movement, go...
17 Jan, 2013, 05.39 AM IST
- South African demand for legal trade in rhino horns leaves India jittery
The surge of poaching of rhinoceros in South Africa could lead to threats to the one-horned Indian rhino in faraway Assam and West Bengal i...
16 May, 2012, 01.47 AM IST
Two rhinos translocated to Manas National ParkMaju and Raja, two rescued rhinos, have found a new home at Manas National Park.
10 Mar, 2012, 10.11 PM IST
- Patna Zoo world No 2 in rhino count
With 11 Indian one-horned variety, the city zoo is second to California's San Diego Animal Park which has 54.
12 Nov, 2008, 01.51 AM IST