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...
12 Jan, 2017, 05.02 PM IST
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...
13 Jun, 2016, 11.02 PM IST
Bhitarkanika National Park reopens after break for breeding seasonBhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district reopened today after remaining out of bounds for tourists for three months.
01 Aug, 2015, 01.24 PM IST
- 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...
02 Jul, 2015, 12.51 PM IST
Three fishermen held for trespassing into Bhitarkanika National ParkA patrol of officials intercepted three mechanised fishing vessels and arrested the persons engaged in illegal fishing activity within the ...
08 Jan, 2015, 12.50 PM IST
- 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...
19 Nov, 2014, 09.07 PM IST
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...
03 Jul, 2014, 01.45 PM IST
Estuarine crocodile hacked to death in Odisha forestIn the latest bout of man-animal conflict, an 8-foot-long estuarine crocodile was hacked to death in Mahakalpada forest range in Odisha's K...
23 Sep, 2013, 08.57 PM IST
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...
25 Jun, 2013, 10.08 PM IST
- 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...
25 Aug, 2012, 04.04 AM IST
- 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.
21 Sep, 2010, 10.57 AM IST
- Man-eater crocodile captured in Orissa
A man-eater crocodile have been captured from Orissa's Kendrapara district.
31 Aug, 2009, 05.40 PM IST
- Crocodile lays eggs without mating
The country's only captive white crocodile, who had become an enigma for shunning mating habits, has now laid eggs and that too, without ma...
14 Jul, 2009, 08.36 PM IST
- Crocs coming out of artificially eggs in Orissa
Wildlife lovers are jubilant as babies of estuarine crocodiles have emerged out of the artificially hatched eggshells in the crocodile rese...
14 Aug, 2008, 01.50 PM IST
- Croc fairer than Gori to be another hit in Bhitarkanika
After the high profile Gori, a juvenile white crocodile born and bred in captivity is poised to become a major attraction of Bhitarkanika W...
13 Aug, 2008, 04.37 PM IST
- 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...
07 Aug, 2008, 11.09 AM IST
- White crocodiles in Bhitarkanika
There has been a marginal increase in growth of white crocodiles in the wildlife sanctuary.
18 Jan, 2008, 10.38 AM IST