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 ...

More than 500 million people depend on the Ganges River as their main source of water. The Ganges River also holds great spiritual significance and is regarded as sacred by Hindus, who come here to ...

Waste fishing gear in the River Ganges poses a threat to wildlife including otters, turtles and dolphins, new research shows. Waste fishing gear in the River Ganges poses a threat to wildlife ...

Waste fishing gear in the River Ganges poses a threat to wildlife including otters, turtles and dolphins, new research shows. The study says entanglement in fishing gear could harm species including ...

The red-crowned roofed turtle or batagur kachuga, which was almost on the verge of extinction in the Ganga river, has made a comeback after 30 years. In April, 20 turtles were translocated from the ...

Prashant Rai, inspector-in-charge of the GRP station at the Malda Town station, says the turtles were rescued from a general compartment of the Malda-bound Farakka Express Some of the Ganges ...

Morigaon (Assam) [India], September 28 (ANI): A total of 104 hatchlings of three turtle species, the Black Softshell Turtle (Nilssonia nigricans), Indian Tent Turtle (Pangshura tentoria), and Ganges ...

New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): The Ganga River, which has been an integral part of Indian civilisation for centuries, is now igniting the possibility of new life along its banks. Ganga's shores ...