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Project Crocodile: How India Saved Three Species From Extinction Through Conservation

Three Species, One CrisisBy the early 1970s, India had hunted and farmed its crocodilians to the edge of disappearance. The mugger (Crocodylus palustris), found across freshwater lakes and rivers from Rajasthan to Odisha, had been slaughtered for its skin. The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), the largest living reptile on Earth,…

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Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary: The Uttarakhand Himalayan Forest With Panoramas and No Crowds

What Binsar Actually IsBinsar Wildlife Sanctuary covers 47.08 square kilometres of the Jhandi Dhar ridge in Almora district, Kumaon, at an altitude that tops out near 2,420 metres above sea level. The Forest Department declared it a sanctuary in 1988, primarily to protect the broadleaf forest rather than a single…

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India's Golden Mahseer Is Critically Endangered: What Is Killing Uttarakhand's Freshwater Giant

The Fish That Ruled India's RiversTor putitora, the golden mahseer, can reach 2.75 metres in length and weigh over 54 kg, making it one of the largest freshwater fish in Asia. It belongs to the cyprinid family, the same broad group as carp, but there is nothing ordinary about it.…

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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 Sundarbans Tigers Evolved Swimming, Saltwater Adaptation and Predation Habits No Other Tiger Has

A Tiger That Drinks Salt WaterEvery other tiger population on Earth drinks fresh water. The Sundarbans tigers, living across roughly 10,000 square kilometres of tidal mangrove forest straddling the India-Bangladesh border, regularly drink water with salinity levels that would cause severe dehydration in most large mammals. A 2011 study by…

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India Wildlife Safari Planning: What First-Timers Miss Before Booking a Tiger Reserve

The Permit System Will Confuse You the First TimeEvery national park in India divides its core zone into numbered safari zones, and each zone has a fixed daily quota of jeeps. Ranthambore, for instance, has six zones in its core area. Zones 1, 2, and 3 sit closer to the…

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6 Indian National Parks Beyond Ranthambore That Every Tiger and Wildlife Safari Fan Must Visit

Jim Corbett National Park, UttarakhandJim Corbett has been hosting tigers since 1936, which makes it the oldest national park in India and the site where Project Tiger was formally launched in 1973. The Dhikala zone, set inside a broad riverine grassland called the chaur, gives you the kind of unobstructed…

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Jim Corbett Safari Guide: Book the Right Zone, Timing, and Jeep to Beat Weekend Crowds

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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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Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden are missing the bigger picture about migrant border crossings

When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and United States President Joe Biden announced unofficial border crossings were no longer exempt from the Safe Third Country Agreement — meaning migrants could be turned away — news reports documented the surprise and dismay of those who arrived at Roxham Road in Québec,…

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The tamest episode ever of Man Vs Wild, featuring Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has managed to do for television that which the television industry nowadays fails to do. Ensure appointment viewing.

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