Tag: Dolphin

Bhubaneswar: A massive exercise to conduct the annual dolphin census was taken by the wildlife divisions of Puri, Kendrapara and Paradip today. According to official sources, the census is being carried out by 10 teams from Arakhakuda to Astaranga river mouth in Puri. Similarly, two teams comprising eight officials of Kujanga wildlife division conducted the […]

Puri: The carcass of an Irrawaddy dolphin was found floating in Chilika lake near Mahisa village of the district on Monday. The matter came into light after some locals spotted it and later informed the forest department. On being informed Satpada forest department team rushed into the spot and recovered the carcass. Satpada Ranger informed […]

Chilika: Dolphin caught in a prawn and crab trap in the Chilika Lake was rescued by some kind-hearted boatmen and returned to the water on Sunday. The boatmen came to the rescue of the dolphin seized in the crab trap while ferrying some tourists near Mirzapur in the brackish water lake yesterday. This is not […]

Berhampur: The annual dolphin census began at Chilika lake on Friday. According sources, 26 teams comprising five members in each team, have been deployed for the head count. While, 18 teams are carrying out the census in Chilika, the remaining eight teams are cnduting the census at Chilika sea beach. The census which began at […]

London: Researchers have found a “missing link” from a 180 million-year-old fossil that sheds light on how some ancient crocodiles evolved into dolphin-like animals. The fossil named Magyarosuchus fitosi in honour of the amateur collector who discovered it, Attila Fitos, was unearthed on a mountain range in north-west Hungary in 1996 and stored in a […]

Bhubaneswar: The recent dolphin survey in the state threw up some startling figures. The number of these human-friendly mammals in Odisha’s known aquatic ecosystems, has fallen alarmingly, coming down from 469 in 2018 to 259 this year. The census covered the Chilika lake, India’s largest brackish water lagoon straddling Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts, the […]

Kendrapara: After a five-year break, annual headcount exercise of dolphins inhabiting along brackish water bodies of the Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary and Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary in Odisha will be held on January 19, a forest official said on Tuesday. A survey of these animals is vital for the study of the growth pattern of the aquatic […]

Bhubaneswar: The annual headcount exercise of dolphins inhabiting in the backwaters of Chilika Lake began on Sunday. Official sources said, 18 teams comprising 109 officials from forest department, Chilika Development Authority (CDA), WWF, Motor Boat Association, representatives of several NGOs and students of Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology (OUAT) have been engaged for the […]