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Radio Collar Tracking in Wildlife: What the Device Weighs, Records and Costs the Animal

The 3% Rule and What It Means for a TigerWildlife biologists work with a standard: a tracking device should not exceed 3% of the animal's body weight. For a 180-kilogram Bengal tiger, that ceiling is 5.4 kilograms. Most modern GPS collars for large cats weigh between 400 and 700 grams,…

Times Life · Sep 29

India's Only Striped Hyena Eats Anthrax-Laden Carcasses and Keeps Disease From Spreading Across the Wild

The stomach that stops an outbreakThe striped hyena has the most acidic digestive system of any land mammal studied, a gastric pH that drops as low as 1.7, comparable to concentrated battery acid. A 2017 paper published in the journal Integrative Zoology confirmed that this acidity allows hyenas to neutralise…

Times Life · Sep 15

Inside the Maharajas' Express: The Cabins, Routes and People Who Actually Book India's Most Luxury Train

What You Are Actually BuyingThe cheapest berth on the Maharajas' Express starts at roughly $4,000 per person for a five-night itinerary. That number stops most people cold, and then they read it again to check they haven't misplaced a zero. They haven't. The Presidential Suite, one of two on the…

Times Life · Sep 8

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…

Times Life · Jul 10

Inside the Sundarbans: Why India's Tiger Mangrove Delta Is Beautiful and Deeply Unsettling

You arrive expecting wilderness. You find something watching you.The boat leaves Godkhali jetty before sunrise, and within twenty minutes the land you knew is gone. Not behind you, erased. The Sundarbans swallows its own edges. The waterways here do not behave like rivers; they branch and double back and end…

Times Life · Jul 9

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…

Times Life · Jul 8

5 Powerful Ganesha Temples in India Over 1,000 Years Old

India’s spiritual landscape is filled with temples that are not just places of worship, but living pieces of history. Among them, temples dedicated to Lord Ganesha hold a special charm- rooted in faith, resilience and centuries of devotion. Some of these sacred spaces have stood for over a thousand years,…

MyLifeXP · Mar 27

6 Best National Parks for Stunning Winter Wildlife

The forests turn into a wonderland during winters. For wildlife enthusiasts the colder season is the perfect time to explore the natural habitat. There are several national parks around the world that showcase the beauty of the winter wildlife. Yellowstone National Park, USA

The Yellowstone National Park becomes one of…

MyLifeXP · Nov 26, 2025

Indian reserve tigress kills forest ranger in second attack on humans in as many months

Big cat killed seven-year-old child in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve last month

The Independent UK · May 13, 2025

Watch tigress and her cubs feasting on crocodile they killed in rare footage

Visitors at Ranthambore National Park in India captured rare footage and images of a tigress and her three 1-year-old cubs feasting on the carcass of a crocodile after killing it.

LiveScience · Apr 19, 2024