Kendrapada: Wetlands are crucial ecosystems that support a vast array of plant and animal species, making them vital for ...

KENDRAPARA: Forest officials seized five quintals of roots and stems of a mangrove species during a raid in Bhitarkanika National Park on Monday, arresting five smugglers during the operation.

KENDRAPARA: Even as Bhitarkanika national park is likely to face the brunt of cyclone Dana on Thursday, the denudation of mangrove forests has put areas near it at a greater risk. Mangrove forests ...

The forest officials sighted 179 mangrove pitta birds in 2023 during the first-ever mangrove pitta bird (Pitta megarhyncha) census in Bhitarkanika. The census was conducted on Saturday by around ...

Kendrapara: The Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha’s Kendrapara district reopened its doors to tourists Thursday, following a nine-day closure. The park was closed from January 14 to 22 to allow for ...

Kendrapada: An 18.5-ft-long male python was rescued by forest officials on the fringes of Bhitarkanika National ... entangled in an iron fence along the mangrove forest's boundary.

Bhitarkanika, one of the State’s finest ... In 1999 when coastal Odisha was battered by Super Cyclone, the rich mangrove forests had then acted as a bio-shield. There was very little impact ...

BHUBANESWAR: Over 16 lakh winged guests of more than 200 species are roosting in Odisha’s major wetlands and bird congregation zones at present, revealed the an ...