A new assessment by IUCN has shown that the gharial, a rare crocodile-like reptile, is still highly dependent on conservation ...

Rising global temperatures have been linked to several critical climate issues, such as an increase in extreme weather events and melting Arctic ice sheets. But a new study has flagged higher ...

Meerut: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in its first-ever ‘Green Status' assessment of the gharial ...

The Centre on Monday launched five national-level projects on species conservation and conflict management, including one to address conflicts between humans and tigers outside tiger reserves, and ...

WWF-India and partners reintroduce critically endangered gharials as well as hatchlings of three species of turtles In another boost to the long-term survival of the critically endangered gharial, 23 ...

India’s rivers, estuaries, and wetlands are home to some of the most fascinating reptiles on the planet. One among them is the crocodile, with scaly skin, and are known as the apex predators. India is ...

Bihar's environment department and Wildlife Trust of India signed an MoU to strengthen gharial conservation, with Patna Zoo ranking second globally. An incubation centre will be established in Bettiah ...

Nepal recently released 25 critically endangered gharials into a tributary of the Mahakali River to reintroduce them to historical habitats, but concerns have arisen over transparency and timing of ...

A gharial is a peculiar creature with a slender snout reminiscent of a swordfish, bulging eyes similar to a bullfrog’s, and a body like a crocodile. Its small, bulbous eyes and extremely thin jaws ...

A critically endangered species has hatched at the Fort Worth Zoo for the second year in a row in “a massive conservation achievement,” zoo officials said in a news release Wednesday. The hatching of ...

The Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating another conservation success with the hatching of critically endangered gharial crocodiles for the third year in a row. Zac Foster, supervisor of ectotherms, stands ...

The Fort Worth Zoo welcomed two gharial crocodile hatchlings, a critically endangered reptile. The zoo, located in Texas, is the only North American institute to successfully hatch multiple of the ...