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How Migratory Fish Navigate India's Rivers During the Monsoon Using a Biological Compass Science Is Still Mapping

The fish that reads the river like a mapThe Hilsa, Tenualosa ilisha, can detect a change in water salinity of less than 0.1 parts per thousand. That sensitivity is not incidental. It is the opening move in one of the most precise navigational performances in freshwater biology. Every monsoon, adult…

India's Indian Softshell Turtle Is One of the Most Endangered Freshwater Reptiles in Its Own Rivers

India's Indian Softshell Turtle Is One of the Most Endangered Freshwater Reptiles in Its Own Rivers

A Reptile Built for Rivers, Stranded by ThemThe Indian softshell turtle, Nilssonia gangetica, can grow to over 70 centimetres and weigh close to 25 kilograms. Its shell is not the hard dome most people picture. It is a flattened, leathery pad, cartilaginous rather than bony, that lets the animal slip…

Chilika Lake's Hidden Biodiversity: The Aquatic Species Living in India's Largest Coastal Lagoon

Chilika Lake's Hidden Biodiversity: The Aquatic Species Living in India's Largest Coastal Lagoon

A Lake That Is Not Quite a LakeChilika is a brackish water lagoon, not a freshwater lake, and that distinction is the biological engine behind everything that lives in it. Spread across roughly 1,100 square kilometres along the Odisha coast, it sits at the meeting point of the Mahanadi river…

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India's Last Gharial Stronghold: Why the Chambal River Saved a Crocodilian No Other River Could

A Crocodilian Built for One Thing, Destroyed by Everything ElseThe gharial's jaw is so narrow it cannot eat anything larger than a fish. Gavialis gangeticus evolved that way over millions of years, a specialist so refined it cannot pivot. That specialisation is also why it collapsed so fast when India's…

ONGC starts drilling first deepwater well in Mahanadi basin under Samudra Manthan mission

ONGC began drilling its first deepwater exploratory well in the Mahanadi offshore basin. This ambitious campaign aims to tap India's vast hydrocarbon resources. The government has opened nearly one million square kilometers for exploration. Recent successes strengthen the outlook for offshore exploration efforts.

The Economic Times

Indian Turtle: Species Diversity, Habitat and Conservation Importance

Why should we avoid keeping turtles as pets?Turtles and tortoises, with their unique traits and tranquil demeanor, have often been sought-after exotic pets. Nevertheless, it's crucial to realize that these animals are unfit for domestic life for various reasons. Turtles aren’t easy pets:Turtles and tortoises demand specific dietary and environmental…

Mathematically quantifying water needs of Odisha, Chhattisgarh in Mahanadi River water dispute

The Mahanadi River, India’s sixth-largest, has become the subject of a bitter dispute between the States of Odisha and Chhattisgarh.

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Floodwaters enter over 100 villages in Odisha, 1.2 lakh hit

Floodwaters enter over 100 villages in Odisha, 1.2 lakh hit

BHUBANESWAR: On a day the sun came out, there was misery in store for Odisha as floodwater entered more than 100 villages across the state in the past 24 hours, forcing people to abandon their homes on Tuesday.

The Times of India

Ten districts of Odisha brace for flood as Mahanadi swells after incessant rain

Ten districts of Odisha brace for flood as Mahanadi swells after incessant rain

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik emphasises on zero causality policy.

NGT directs Odisha not to undertake any permanent construction in Mahanadi’s floodplain area

NGT directs Odisha not to undertake any permanent construction in Mahanadi’s floodplain area

Tribunal also stops sand mining near River Subarnarekha in Balasore district

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