NEPALGUNJ, Dec 27: In a bid to conserve the endangered gharial crocodile, Banke National Park (BNP), the youngest national park of the country, is planning to protect the rare reptile in the buffer ...

A fluctuation of a mere 1.5ºC is enough to seal the fate of a gharial embryo as a male or female The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore ...

A gharial that was recently spotted near Dhaula Kingra village here was rescued on Thursday. The gharial was captured by a private diver-cum-wildlife expert Pargat Singh Sandhu whom villagers had ...

The remains of a young marine crocodile have been discovered in a Peruvian desert. The fossils date back 10 to 12 million years ago. The fossil is of a gharial crocodile, which eats fish.

CHITWAN, March 24: The Kasara-based Gharial (Crocodile) Breeding Center in Chitwan has released 150 grown up crocodiles of Gharial species into its natural habitat. The animals raised in the Center ...

Earlier this year, 25 gharials were released on Jan 13, followed by 32 gharials and a crocodile released at Sarsaini Ghat on Jan 19. This brings the total number of gharials released in the ...

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Odisha remains the country's only state housing all three species of crocodiles: gharial, mugger, and saltwater. The 1975 launched conservation program succeeded with saltwater and mugger species but ...

They are the closest living relatives of birds; the two groups are the only known survivors of the Archosauria. Portrait of a crocodile named Gharial with open mouth. Image by prill via Depositphotos.

There is a possibility that the crocodile was displaced due to flooding. Similar incidents have been reported throughout the country as well. A few weeks back, in the city of Kolkata, a gharial, which ...