When one mentions Kaziranga, thoughts of the One-horned Indian Rhino roaming around verdant forests beside marshes with tall grass hugging the Brahmaputra immediately come into mind. The Kaziranga National Park (KNP) is located in Assam between Nagaon and Golaghat districts. It is approximately 40 km long and 13 km wide, crisscrossed with rivers such as […]
Helping the Hargila: How Assam Successfully Bred the Rare Stork
On a bamboo platform 10 feet above the ground, a baby stork is safely nestled and busy getting much attention and care from its parents. Keeping an equally watchful eye are a group of zoo authorities of the Assam State Zoo observing the family from down below. They have waited with batted breath for this […]
New roosting site of rarest bats in the world found
Armature birders may never have imagined a bat being named after India’s famed ornithologist Dr. Salim Ali! Indeed, little is known about the Latidens salimalii or better known as Salim Ali’s Fruit Bat. In 1993 however, the bat found its fame when it entered the Guinness Book of World Records as “one of the three […]