Odisha is set to have the world’s first melanistic tiger safari in close vicinity of Similipal Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district by year-end, an official said on Monday. “Competent ...

Per National Geographic, Similipal Tiger Reserve is home to the world's only wild population of black tigers, also known as pseudo-melanistic tigers. Bertie Gregory for National Geographic In ...

Odisha establishes armed police unit to protect Similipal Tiger Reserve, enhancing security and combating wildlife poaching ...

Both Zeenat and Jamuna, who had been brought from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra to correct the genetic disorder ...

Odisha coordinates with Jharkhand to bring back stray tigress Zeenat to Similipal Tiger Reserve for genetic diversity.

For the first time, tourists sighted a melanistic tiger in Similipal and captured the video. "The introduction of Jimny vehicles in Similipal for tourists has made it possible," Nanda wrote on X.

The three-year-old tigress was brought from Maharashtra and released in the core area of Similipal on November 24, after ...

A melanistic RBT in Similipal was reportedly ... The RBTs were found dead in Similipal Tiger Reserve, Satkosia Tiger Reserve, and Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary. Officials said that between 2020-21 ...

BARIPADA: The Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR ... The spike in the number of pseudo-melanistic tigers, that now constitute close to half of Similipal’s total big cat population, has also been ...

The villagers also reported seeing an adult melanistic leopard in the same area on the same day. In May 2018, a family from Belgium visiting the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) was lucky to ...