The exercise is designed to map owl diversity, abundance and distribution across both protected forests and human-dominated landscapes Kolkata: West Bengal’s first comprehensive statewide owl survey — the first initiative of its kind in India — has documented 11 owl species during the first four months of fieldwork, providing the most extensive baseline yet on…
Guwahati: The forest landscape in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) is home to 346 of Assam’s estimated 620 butterfly species, including rare, endemic and threatened varieties, highlighting the region’s rich biodiversity.The species have been documented in a special booklet on the butterflies of the Bodoland forest landscape, published by the BTC forest department and released…
Kangkan KalitaGuwahati: A new scientific study by Kaziranga National Park (KNP) has confirmed that the Greater Hog Badger is thriving in its natural habitat, park officials said on Saturday. Locally known as ‘Mati Gahori’, this nocturnal burrowing mammal is a globally Vulnerable species protected under Schedule I of India’s Wildlife Protection Act.Kaziranga National Park and…
Guwahati: Kaziranga Tiger Reserve has emerged as an avian hotspot, with a new study by the reserve’s authorities reporting it hosts 45% of India’s raptor species and six of the country’s eight stork species. It also recorded the nation’s highest concentration of nesting sites for the rare Pallas’s fish eagle.Most of the species recorded are…
Guwahati: On World Environment Day, Kaziranga National Park highlighted the rehabilitation and release of two orphaned Asiatic black bear cubs, rescued from Dissoi Reserved Forest in Jorhat on Feb 26 last year and later released into Dehing Patkai National Park.Park field director Sonali Ghosh said the cubs, estimated to be four to six weeks old…
