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…
