Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district will be closed for three months as the mating and nesting season of saltwater crocodiles has begun. Officials said that the seasonal restriction is a standard conservation measure. The park was closed to...
A wild elephant died after allegedly consuming suspected explosive material in Kandhamal district of Odisha, according to forest officials on Saturday. The carcass of the elephant was discovered in the Belghar forest range under the Baliguda forest division in the...
Odisha Forest Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia informed the State Assembly on Tuesday that over 800 wild animals have been poached in the state over the last five years. In a written response to a query from BJP legislator Sanjali Murmu,...
Two people lost their lives on Sunday after being trampled by a wild tusker in the Ganjam district of Odisha, according to officials. The victims, identified as 53-year-old Urmila Rout and 67-year-old Gopinath Pradhan, were residents of Jalameripalli village within...
In a remarkable show of bravery, a 41-year-old tribal woman rescued her husband from a near-fatal encounter by fending off a wild bear in the dense forests of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, local police said on Wednesday. The incident took place...
The Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha's Ganjam district, renowned for the mass nesting of endangered Olive Ridley turtles, has emerged as a potential habitat for Irrawaddy dolphins, a forest official confirmed on Tuesday. Forest department officials reported sighting a congregation...
The Irrawaddy dolphin population in Odisha’s Chilika Lake has held steady at 159, matching the figure recorded in 2025, according to the latest census released by the wildlife wing of the forest, environment and climate change department on Wednesday. While...
Three women were killed, and three others sustained injuries in an attack by a herd of four wild elephants in a forest in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district on Tuesday, a senior officer said. The incident happened near Lochapali village within the...
The blackbuck population in Odisha’s Ganjam district continues its upward trajectory, rising by 498 in the last one year, officials said on Wednesday. The total number of blackbucks in the district stood at 9,287, according to a census conducted by...
A young man in Odisha's Cuttack district survived a violent encounter with a leopard inside a farmhouse on Friday night, managing to kill the predator with a kitchen knife while suffering severe injuries, officials said on Saturday. The incident took...
