The Latest Breaking News from Terai

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…

The Hills Named After ShivaThe Siwalik Hills stretch in a long arc from Pakistan through northern India and into Nepal, running along the base of the Himalayan range. The name comes from Shiva, "Siva" in Sanskrit, and the range was once thought to be the matted hair of the god…

Scientists use tiger poop to understand prey selection patterns in India's Terai-Arc Landscape, finding large-bodied species like sambar, swamp deer, nilgai, chital, wild pig, and livestock comprise 94% of the diet. They suggest careful management interventions to reduce threats of livestock predation-related conflict and ensure future conflict-free tiger persistence.

Community-based programme by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has led to a sharp dip in human deaths and injuries with cases falling from 12 per year in 2012 to four. WTI has now launched the programme in Wayanad

he WTI team ensured safe passage for 78% of the big cats while 12% were captured and released in the wild and 10% were sent for lifetime care in zoos.

RUDRAPUR: The Terai region witnessed loss of life and property (approximately worth Rs 300 crore) due to heavy rainfall that continued for three consecutive days in October last year. In Rudrapur, the district headquarter of Udham Singh Nagar, people were stranded for 60 hours due to the rain spells. The…