Bihar plans another tiger reserve in Kaimur

The forests of Kaimur district, which include the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, have been earmarked as a second reserve for tigers since the Valmiki …

Bihar man-eater shot: Here is when an order can be given to put down such an animal

If a tiger / leopard begins to seek out, stalk and wait for human beings and has, after killing a person, eaten the dead body, it is established …

Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve to get more grassland cover

Increasing grassland will mean a rise in tigers’ prey base, leading to better chances of survival

Bihar adds elephant centre to Valmiki Tiger Reserve, experts see challenges

Centre in Valmiki Tiger Reserve will provide perfect natural habitat but increase human-animal conflicts, conservationists say

Tigress that killed 3 in Bihar dies

The tigress had created panic in West Champaran district. It was wounded and unable to hunt due to old age, said forest officials 

Royal Bengal tiger that stoked panic in Bihar villages caught

The tiger had strayed 130 km from Valmiki Tiger Reserve in villages of East Champaran district, Bihar 

Bihar forest dept officials on toes after tigress kills 3

The tiger is wounded and weak, hence hunting down human beings, say officials; no trace of it so far

Bihar to get its second tiger reserve in Kaimur soon

Officials have been working towards obtaining the National Tiger Reserve Conservation Authority’s approval for declaring Kaimur Wildlife …

Conservation plan chalked out after 150 vultures spotted in Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve

A rescue centre for vultures will be set up in the reserve’s Ganauli range to increase the number of vultures

‘CAG report on Bihar wildlife largely accurate but ground situation is evolving’

While CAG’s latest report on Bihar’s management of its wildlife sanctuaries and national parks is scathing in its indictment of the …

Floods threaten wildlife at VTR, Bihar’s sole tiger reserve

Floodwaters entered the low-lying areas of VTR following heavy rainfall in catchment areas of Gandak river in Nepal in the last 48 hours  

Hundreds of gharial eggs destroyed by floods in north Bihar

Two back-to-back cyclones in May, followed by early floods in June caused officials to release water into the Gandak river, thus destroying the …

Bihar man-eater shot: ‘We need to put down problem animals for wildlife conservation’

Shafath Ali Khan, who was engaged by the Maharashtra government in the operation to eliminate Avni in 2018, released a book this year to narrate …

Border, forest officials seize live pangolins, deer horns on Bihar-Nepal border

The pangolins were seized from the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in West Champaran district; the deer horns were found in Araria district

Bihar makes an attempt to boost gharial population

Population of the reptiles in India has declined by up to 94 per cent in past few years due to rampant hunting and killing for their skin

Gaur back in Valmiki Reserve thanks to increase in grassland cover

At least 150 gaur in the reserve currently, according to information from camera traps

Bihar: Reduced human activity, including mining bans, helped increase tiger numbers in Valmiki reserve

Reduced activities increased grassland cover; this supported more herbivores & consequently, tigers

Tiger kills man near Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar

Victim was a farmer working in his paddy field when he was attacked

COVID-19 lockdown: Wild animals freely roam Bihar’s forests and fields

Leopards, nilgai and tigers, all have appeared in human-dominated areas

Bihar’s only tiger reserve using green energy to provide water to wildlife during summer

Solar-powered pumps are being used to fill waterholes in the grasslands of VTR to provide water to tigers and other wildlife