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Assam mother nursed a wild civet cub like her third child. 17 years later, when her son opened NCERT book, he couldn't believe what he sawAn Assam family's act of kindness in rescuing and raising an orphaned civet cub, Bhakat, in 2009 has unexpectedly found its way into an NCE...
Watch: India’s only ape species safely crosses Assam railway track using special bridge, Himanta shares ‘heartening’ videoA Hoolock Gibbon, India's only ape species, was recently seen using a specially built canopy bridge. This structure helps protect endangere...
Visit Kaziranga: Assam CM invites Leonardo DiCaprio after actor praises state's effortsAssam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has extended a warm invitation to Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit Kaziranga National Pa...
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...
Assam floods: Around 40 highlands constructed for providing shelter to animals'The new highlands have been designed scientifically with provision for adequate grass, and plants yielding fruits such as elephant apple a...
For rich & young, charity begins in the wildFor wildlife conservators who believe that conservation without money is plain conversation, here’s some good news. Rich, young Indians hav...
Assam gets sixth national park on world environment day
Kaziranga, Manas, Nameri and Orang Tiger Reserves recommended for CATS accreditationAll the four Tiger Reserves of Assam under Phase 1 have got CATS accreditation. Only seven proposals were recommended by the National Commi...
Times Network announces 'India For Assam'A special initiative to resurrect flood desolated Assam With 28 districts submerged and more than 45 Lakh residents affected, Assam flood s...
429 tigers killed by poachers since 2008, reveals RTI replyAs many as 429 tigers have been poached and killed since 2008 across the country, with the maximum of 71 in Madhya Pradesh during the perio...
429 tigers killed by poachers since 2008, reveals RTI replyThe WCCB is a statutory body formed to combat organised wildlife crime in the country. In 2018, 22 tigers were killed, down from 25 in 2017...
What's stopping the Asiatic lions of Gir from getting a new home?Gujarat’s refusal to move some of Gir’s lions to Madhya Pradesh despite the death of 24 lions has more to do with politics than the effecti...
Railways begins work on Kaziranga Express connecting New Delhi with forests of AssamThe Kaziranga National Park is a World Heritage Site and host 70% of the world's one-horned rhinoceroses and home to tigers, elephants, buf...
- Assam government to act tough on rhino poaching
Adventures in the wild: National parks & sanctuaries that you must visitExploring the beauty of wildlife sanctuaries in India has its own appeal.
- India's tiger population increases by 30% in past three years; country now has 2,226 tigers
The population of tiger has increased in India from 1,706 in 2011 to 2,226 in 2014.
Wild dog seen for the first time in BengalAsiatic wild dog, also known as Indian wild dog or dhole and listed endangered under the IUCN red list, has been sighted for the first time...
Hand-reared rhino has a baby, a first for IndiaForest officials in India have notched up a proud first. Nine years after she was rescued from the swirling flood waters of the Brahmaputra...
- Poachers kills another rhino in Kaziranga, chop off horn
There has been no let up in rhino poaching in Assam yet.On Saturday, poachers killed another rhino at Kaziranga National Park and chopped o...
9 tiger deaths in Kaziranga in 3 monthsAuthorities at Kaziranga National Park have admitted to the deaths of nine big cats in the past three months, the biggest casualty ever in ...