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Golden Tigress in Kaziranga: Here's what caused the colour aberration

Science | Jul 15, 2020, 03:03 PM IST

Guwahati: An adult golden tigress that was recently spotted in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, made news headlines because of its colour.Experts and scientists have now come up with an explanation of the rare golden colour of the tigress. Golden colour is "primarily a singular case of colour aberration caused by a unique gene", experts said on Tuesday. The only such big cat in the Kaziranga National Park, first spotted in 2014 during an all India tiger monitoring exercise, has "lighter

Watch: Vehicles 'freezed' after tiger rests in middle of highway in MP

News | Jul 15, 2020, 11:17 AM IST

A full grown tiger was spotted resting in the middle of Seoni-Nagpur highway in Seoni on night of July 13.

Madhya Pradesh: Two tiger cubs found dead at Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Umaria

Tiger kills two cubs in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve: Officials

India | Jun 15, 2020, 12:00 PM IST

Two tiger cubs, around 15 days old, were killed by an adult big cat in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) of Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Sunday.

Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve, Jim Corbett National Park

Jim Corbett tiger reserve reopens for tourists as lockdown eases

India | Jun 15, 2020, 11:00 AM IST

One of India's popular and most visited national parks, Corbett Tiger Reserve including Bijrani, Dhela and Jhirna were opened on Saturday for tourists after a gap of nearly two and a half months.

Tiger straying in human habitats quarantined at national park

India | Jun 07, 2020, 12:09 PM IST

A tiger having the tendency to stray into residential areas has been brought to Bhopal's Van Vihar National Park where it has been kept in a quarantinefacility, an official said on Sunday.

Tiger dies within minutes of being tranquilised

India | May 04, 2020, 10:05 AM IST

A five-year-old tiger that had attacked and injured five persons over the weekend, died 15 minutes after it was tranquilised at the Jari village on Sunday evening in the Pilibhit Tiger reserve (PTR).

Tiger at Punjab zoo tests negative for COVID-19

India | Apr 28, 2020, 11:02 PM IST

The sample of a male tiger at Punjab's Chhatbir zoo which was sent to the National Research Centre on Equines (NRCE) here has tested negative for coronavirus, an official said on Tuesday.

4 tigers, 3 lions test COVID-19 positive at Bronx Zoo

World | Apr 23, 2020, 12:06 PM IST

Four tigers and three lions have tested COVID-19 positive at the Bronx Zoo in New York, authorities announced, weeks after a Malayan tiger at the facility was confirmed positive and six other big cats were said to be exhibiting similar symptoms.

Madhya Pradesh Bandhavgarh reserve Tiger found dead

Madhya Pradesh: Tiger found dead at Bandhavgarh reserve

India | Apr 22, 2020, 06:36 PM IST

A tiger was found dead at a buffer zone in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve on Wednesday, an official said.

Lucknow Zoo on high alert after tiger tests positive for coronavirus in US

News | Apr 07, 2020, 01:13 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow zoo is on high alert after a tiger tested positive for coronavirus in United States on April 06.

This undated photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society shows Nadia, a Malayan tiger at the

Tiger at New York's Bronx Zoo tests positive for COVID-19

World | Apr 06, 2020, 11:31 AM IST

In a first, a tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York tested positive for coronavirus. The 4-year-old female Malayan tiger is believed to have been infected by a zoo employee who was "asymptomatically infected with the virus" while caring for them.

A rusty-spotted cat spotted in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve

Rare wildlife species spotted in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve

India | Mar 04, 2020, 12:54 PM IST

Two rare species of wildlife - a Rusty-spotted cat and a Coral red kurki snake-have been spotted in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR). The Rusty-spotted cat is the smallest member of the cat family and was spotted in Mala range while the Coral red kurki snake was sighted in Haripur range.

Chhattisgarh: Tiger chases tourist bus, two safari staff sacked

Video: Chhattisgarh tiger chases tourist bus in Raipur, two safari staff sacked

India | Feb 16, 2020, 11:00 PM IST

Two staff at Nandanvan Jungle Safari in Raipur in Chhattisgarh were sacked for ignoring safety protocol after a video of a tiger chasing a tourist bus went viral on social media.

Tigress alert in Jharkhand's Ghatsila

India | Jan 16, 2020, 02:26 PM IST

The Jharkhand government has warned villagers and picnickers of the presence of a tigress in and around Dainmari jungle in East Singhbhum district after pugmarks of the big cat were spotted in the forest, an official said here on Thursday.

Fresh pugmarks of tigress spotted at Jharkhand-Bengal border

India | Jan 13, 2020, 02:10 PM IST

Fresh pugmarks of a big cat have been spotted near a forest along the Jharkhand-West Bengal state border, officials said.

4 Sumatran tiger foetuses found in jar in Indonesia (Lead)

World | Dec 09, 2019, 02:25 PM IST

The foetuses, which were kept in plastic jars, and the hide were found on Saturday in two separate places in Riau province after the police received a tip-off about the suspected poachers.

Tiger earlier noticed in MIHAN, now spotted in nearby village

India | Nov 21, 2019, 06:57 AM IST

An adult tiger that was earlier noticed in the Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport Nagpur (MIHAN), was on Wednesday spotted in a nearby village, a forest official said. The big cat was spotted in one of the farms at Sumthan Khadka village of Hingna taluka in Nagpur. The forest department even found the tiger's pug marks on the farm.

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