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India's Terai Grasslands Are Vanishing, And Taking Species Found Nowhere Else With Them

A Strip of Land That Shouldn't ExistThe terai is a geographical accident. Where the Himalayan rivers slow down and drop their sediment load onto the plains, they created a belt of waterlogged grasslands, sal forests, and oxbow lakes stretching from Uttarakhand through Bihar and into the lowlands of Nepal. It…

Times Life · Aug 25

Jim Corbett National Park's Wildlife Goes Far Beyond Tigers: Biodiversity, Birds, and Mammals

The Forest That Existed Before the Tiger Became a SymbolJim Corbett National Park was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park, making it India's first national park. The tigers came with it, but they were never the only reason the Ramganga river valley mattered. The park sits at the foothills…

Times Life · Jul 25

5 Wildlife Experiences in India That Work Exceptionally Well for Families With Teenagers

Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, Tiger Safari With a Fortress BackdropRanthambore is the most reliable place in India to see tigers in the open, and that reliability matters when you are travelling with teenagers who will not forgive a blank forest. The park's tigers have been photographed resting on the ruins…

Times Life · Jul 21

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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…

Times Life · Jul 9

Why a Tiger's Roar Produces Infrasound That Causes Paralysis, Vibration and Fear

The Frequency Below HearingA tiger's roar peaks at around 18 Hz, just below the threshold of human hearing, which begins at 20 Hz. That gap is not a flaw in the tiger's design. It is the design. Infrasound at 18 Hz does not enter the ear cleanly the way a…

Times Life · Jul 4

Private buses in Corbett’s core: Controversial ex-director didn’t have ‘any powers’ to permit it

A committee has filed a report in the Supreme Court that says a former director of Uttarakhand’s Corbett Tiger Reserve permitted private buses to operate within the park’s core reserve area even without “having any powers to do so”.

Newslaundry · Oct 21, 2024

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