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India's Rock Python: Ecology, Mythology, and a Habitat That Is Rapidly Disappearing

The Animal ItselfPython molurus can reach six metres in length and weigh over 90 kilograms. That makes it the largest snake in India and, by mass, one of the four heaviest snakes on Earth, behind only the reticulated python, the green anaconda, and the Burmese python. Adults are unmistakable: a…

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The Wildlife Reserve Night Soundscape Explained: What Every Call and Noise Actually Means

Why the Night Sounds Nothing Like the DayThe forest at Tadoba or Nagarhole doesn't fall silent after sunset. It reorganises. Diurnal species, the babblers, the drongos, the peacocks, drop out. A completely different set of animals takes the frequency bands they vacated, and the result is a soundscape so distinct…

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How Kaziranga's Rhino Conservation Brought the One-Horned Rhinoceros Back from Extinction

A Species That Nearly DisappearedAt the start of the 20th century, the greater one-horned rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, had been hunted so relentlessly across the Indian subcontinent that fewer than 200 individuals remained, almost all of them concentrated in the tall elephant-grass floodplains of what is now Kaziranga. Trophy hunting under…

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Six Indian Eco-Lodges That Practice Genuine Sustainability, Not Just Green Marketing

Bison Resort, Wayanad, KeralaBison Resort sits inside the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary buffer zone, and it earns that address. The lodge runs on solar power for over 80% of its electricity load, composts all organic waste on-site, and has a documented no-plastic policy that extends to guest toiletries, refillable dispensers, cloth…

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Assam Forest Minister reviews Kaziranga tourism preparedness, seeks stakeholder suggestions for integrated development

Assam Forest Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah met stakeholders for Kaziranga's upcoming tourism season. He requested written suggestions for conservation and visitor facility improvements. The department will work with stakeholders to identify priority interventions for development. Balancing development and ecological integrity remains a key government commitment.

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A 10-Day Northeast India Roadtrip Itinerary Covering Meghalaya, Assam, and Nagaland Without Rushing

Days 1 to 2: Guwahati to Kaziranga, Start Moving Before You Think You're ReadyLand in Guwahati, clear the airport, and drive east on NH27 the same afternoon. The road is wide and fast for the first two hours, then it narrows into the Brahmaputra floodplain and the light turns gold.…

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Dragonflies Have Mastered Flight Engineering That No Machine Has Matched, Here Is How

The number that stops engineers cold95% prey-capture success rate. That is what researchers at Harvard's Concord Field Station recorded when they filmed dragonflies hunting in slow motion. Cheetahs catch roughly 58% of prey they chase. Lions, around 25%. The dragonfly is, by this measure, the most effective predator on the…

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5 Lesser-Known Wildlife Sanctuaries in India Where Real Solitude and Wilderness Still Exist

Dampa Tiger Reserve, MizoramDampa sits in the far west of Mizoram, sharing a border with Bangladesh, and receives a fraction of the footfall that Kaziranga or Corbett pulls in any given weekend. The reserve covers roughly 500 square kilometres of semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forest, and tigers are present, though…

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Kaziranga in Assam Is the Wildlife Reserve India Has No Answer To, And the Rhino Is Why

The animal that stops you coldYou are sitting in an open jeep on a dirt track through tall elephant grass when the rhino appears. Not far away. Not behind a fence. Close enough that you can see the texture of its armoured skin, the way its small eyes register you…

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Assam official blows whistle on illegal mining in Kaziranga, fears state ‘action’ and ‘mafia’

Nearly five months after an anonymous government official flagged rampant illegal mining near Kaziranga National Park, the Supreme Court’s Central Empowered Committee has asked the DGP and chief secretary to ensure the 2019 ban on such activities is complied with.

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Mongolian endangered eagle returns to Kaziranga in Assam to breed; Details...

Kaziranga is one of the best locations to watch the Pallas's Fish eagle in the world. A must read on Dynamite Read:

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Assam: Floods claim lives of 215 animals including 13 one-horned rhinos at Kaziranga National Park

The flood in Assam has claimed lives of 215 animals including 13 one-horned rhinos at Kaziranga National Park this year so far. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Assam Floods: 159 animals, including 9 rhinos, killed in Kaziranga National Park

The park authority and the forest department have also managed to rescue 133 animals during flood time and 111 animals were released after treatment. Read further on Dynamite News:

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About 95 Kaziranga forest camps submerged in Assam floods

There are a total of 233 camps in the park. As a result of the flooding, the authorities have vacated six camps. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Assam’s Kaziranga National Park collects highest revenue in its 50-year history

Kaziranga National Park in Assam breaks revenue and visitor records, attracting high-profile visitors and tourists worldwide.

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Assam's Kaziranga National Park witnesses historic visitor influx in 2023-24, records 3.27 lakh tourists

Assam's Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR), which is known as the place with the highest population of one-horned rhinoceros, has experienced a fabulous hike in the number of visitors in 2023-2024. Read further on Dynamite News:

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PM Modi visits Kaziranga National Park in Assam

PM Modi in Assam: During the trip, PM Modi interacted with members of ‘Van Durga’, the team of women forest guards who are at the forefront of conservation efforts, elephant mahouts and forest officials.

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PM Modi reaches Assam amid anti-CAA mood

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Assam’s Kaziranga amid anti-CAA protests, to lay foundation stones for projects worth ₹18,000 crore.

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One lakh diyas lit in Assam’s Golaghat to welcome PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kaziranga on March 8 evening and will stay overnight at Kaziranga National Park. On March 9 morning, he will visit the Kaziranga.

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PM’s visit may revive speed guns on highway at Kaziranga

Prime Minister Modi's visit to Kaziranga may revive speed sensors on NH37 to protect wildlife from speeding vehicles.

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National Board for Wildlife approves elevated road project near Kaziranga National Park in Assam

The National Board for Wildlife also approves two elevated railway corridors skirting Deepor Beel, a major wetland and designated a Ramsar Site

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Poachers kill rhino in Kaziranga, steal horn

Poachers kill adult female rhino in Kaziranga National Park after almost a year; officials intensify combing operations.

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Two new mammalian species added to Kaziranga’s fauna

Two new mammalian species, the binturong and small-clawed otter, have been added to Kaziranga National Park's fauna.

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Assam’s Kaziranga National Park records 27% increase in waterbirds

The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, better known as the safest address of the greater one-horned rhinoceros, has recorded a 27% increase in the number of resident and winter migratory waterbirds.

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Kaziranga rhino killed with spear, 1 arrested

The primitive spear has been added to the list of killers of the greater one-horned rhino in the 1,300 sq. km Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.

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