Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve: Chhattisgarh, Wildlife Corridor & Tiger Conservation
Why in news? The Udanti‑Sitanadi Tiger Reserve (USTR) in Chhattisgarh has recorded the movement of three tigers through its forests in recent months...
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Why in news? The Udanti‑Sitanadi Tiger Reserve (USTR) in Chhattisgarh has recorded the movement of three tigers through its forests in recent months...
Why in news? Wildlife officers in Uttar Pradesh intercepted a vehicle in Greater Noida and rescued 16 Indian softshell turtles that were being smuggle...
Why in news? Researchers from Rajiv Gandhi University in Arunachal Pradesh and the University of Tübingen in Germany have identified three previously...
Why in news? The administration of Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu recently travelled deep into the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve to check on remote tribal ...
Why in news? A census conducted in April 2025 (results reported in 2026) at Assam’s Manas National Park recorded around 76 Bengal Floricans, offerin...
Why in news? Conservationists reported in April 2026 that the blackbuck reintroduction programme at Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary in Chhattisgarh has...
Why in news? The Enforcement Task Force of the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) h...
Why in news? Camera‑trap surveys conducted in March 2026 confirmed a resident leopard population in the Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary near Chandigarh. T...
Why in news? Gangotri National Park in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district reopened to tourists on 1 April 2026 after being closed for the winter seas...
Why in news? At the COP15 summit of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) held in Campo Verde, Brazil, in Marc...
Why in news? Environmentalists have raised alarms as the U.S. administration plans to expand oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, a move that could imp...
Why in news? A 12‑metre humpback whale became stranded in shallow waters near Wismar, Germany, after entering the Baltic Sea in late March 2026. A r...