Buffer zone of Similipal biosphere most affected by forest fires: Study | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: The buffer zone of Similipal Biosphere Reserve is most affected in forest fires with most incidents linked to human activities such as agricultural expansion, illegal felling and forest resource More...
Yamuna taking time to acclimatise with Similipal habitat: Experts
Bhubaneswar: It has been over two months since tigress Yamuna was released into the wild of Similipal Tiger Reserve and wildlife experts feel it is taking time to acclimatise to the new habitat More...
2 poachers arrested in Similipal | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Forest officials thwarted a poaching attempt by five in Similipal Tiger Reserve on Tuesday and arrested two of them based on footage from AI cameras installed in STR. The two arrested poachers were More...
Process starts to shift people from 30 villages in Similipal
Bhubaneswar: With tigress Yamuna exploring her new habitat in Similipal Tiger Reserve and Zeenat likely to be released into the wild soon, forest department’s wildlife wing has started the More...
Melanistic tiger killed by poachers from Lodha tribe in Similipal Tiger Reserve | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Lodha tribe members, who are very few in number but are ferocious wildlife offenders, were involved in poaching of the rare melanistic tiger in Similipal Tiger Reserve on Wednesday, wildlife authorities More...
Melanistic tiger killed in world’s only habitat in Similipal, 4 arrested
Bhubaneswar: A melanistic Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) was killed by poachers in Similipal Tiger Reserve, the world’s only habitat, where some estimated 20 black-striped cats remain, authorities More...
Presence of elephants in Similipal may have spooked Zeenat: Experts | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Since there are no elephants in Maharashtra’s Tadoba-Andhari reserve, from where tigress Zeenat was translocated to Similipal, she might have got frightened by the presence of pachyderms and More...
‘Presence of elephants in Similipal may have spooked Zeenat’ | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Since there are no elephants in Maharashtra’s Tadoba-Andhari reserve, from where tigress Zeenat was translocated to Similipal, she might have got frightened by the presence of pachyderms and More...
Yamuna sticks to Similipal habitat after release into the wild
Bhubaneswar: Tigress Yamuna, who was the first to be translocated from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve to Similipal, looks settled and has remained within the limits of her new habitat since she was released into More...
Zeenat Tigress: Zeenat released in soft enclosure after return to Similipal
Bhubaneswar: More than three weeks after tigress Zeenat went on a sojourn from Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) to Jharkhand and finally to West Bengal before being darted and brought More...