CBI sleuths, probing poaching of rhinos in Assam (especially in the Kaziranga National Park), suspect that Northeast-based insurgent outfit Karbi People’s Liberation Tigers is actively involved in

The ambitious India Rhino Vision 2020 (IRV2020) is heading in the right direction and there is no reason to doubt its success so far, said AC Das, Director of the Manas National Park cum Tiger Proj

The highest number of 41 rhinos poached in 2013

Against the backdrop of an escalating man-elephant conflict triggered by degraded habitats of the Chirang-Ripu Elephant Reserve in BTAD, local communities have joined hands with voluntary organisat

A total of 42 rhinos were poached in Assam last year

GUWAHATI: Western Assam's Manas National Park which also covers a part of Bhutan has excited conservationists.

Guwahati: The first ever transboundary survey of reptiles and amphibians carried out in the Indo-Bhutan Manas landscape has indicated the presence of a treasure trove of these speciesPreliminary re

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the project

The quest to know the status of two highly endangered and also elusive species of wildlife at Manas national park, in western Assam, has begun for their long-term conservation.

Manas is one of the last bastions of the critically endangered pygmy hog (the smallest hog species in the world) and the endangered hispid hare. Hispid hare is also one of the most elusive species found in the park. And for years their habitat status was not known.