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A tiger, a 2.5-tonne rhino carcass in a marsh: Why a rare killing in Dudhwa reserve left forest officials stunned

March 06, 2026 3:14 pm

Officials suspect the rhino got trapped in the marsh, leaving it vulnerable to an attack by the big cat.

Mother-daughter duo’s encounter with rhino, Varanasi monkey flying kite and more: top 5 viral videos today

January 07, 2025 6:39 pm

A look at the top five viral videos of the day.

UPSC Current Affairs Pointers of the past week | September 23 to September 29, 2024

October 04, 2024 9:52 am

Are you preparing for the UPSC Prelims 2025? Worried about your Current Affairs preparation? Don't miss out on important current affairs tidbits for your Prelims and Mains preparation. Learn about World Rhino Day, Joint Commanders' Conference (JCC), Pygmy Hippos, Minerals Security Finance Network (MSFN), GI tags, and more. You can also test your knowledge by solving the MCQs.

After 'zero' rhino poaching cases in 2022, Assam records first case in 2023

March 28, 2023 2:40 am

In records maintained by Kaziranga National Park officials dating back to 1995, there have been cases of poaching recorded every single year till 2022.

Rhino carcass found in Jan 2022, but it was killed in 2021: Officials defend Assam’s poaching-free year

January 05, 2023 10:17 am

On January 2 this year, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that “not a single rhino” was poached in the state in 2022 following which Prime Minister Narendra Modi also congratulated him.

For first time in many years, no rhinos poached in Assam in 2022

January 03, 2023 5:45 pm

The Indian rhino is listed as vulnerable (better than endangered, worse than near threatened) in the IUCN Red List; it was earlier placed in the endangered category.

How Mother Nature engineers light and tough armours for her myriad species

March 30, 2022 12:26 pm

What’s common between a rhino’s horn, pangolin’s scale, and porcupine’s quill? These natural weapons are made of the same protein found in human hair

DNA studies help unravel evolutionary history of rhinoceros

November 06, 2021 10:07 am

The three major clades of the rhinocerotinae family diverged 17-14 million years ago, an ‘epoch’ in geologic history when the climate was 3-4 degrees Celsius warmer than it is today.

Rhino keepers

April 05, 2014 11:30 pm

Kept on his toes day in and day out by poachers on the prowl, Bhuyan says his job more difficult than that of Army.

Rhino reports are in,test negative for anthrax infection

May 11, 2012 1:57 am

The anthrax scare reported from the Delhi zoo after the death of a rhinoceros abated on Thursday as test reports cleared doubts over anthrax infection as the cause of death.