EXPLAINED: Terai - The Real Truth

Prime Minister Balendra Shah will meet Indian and Chinese ambassadors on Monday. He will also meet the US Embassy Charge d'Affaires on Tuesday. These meetings follow a joint courtesy meeting with seventeen ambassadors in April. The agenda includes discussions on bilateral relations and messages from respective governments. These engagements were…

A Tiger That Drinks Salt WaterEvery other tiger population on Earth drinks fresh water. The Sundarbans tigers, living across roughly 10,000 square kilometres of tidal mangrove forest straddling the India-Bangladesh border, regularly drink water with salinity levels that would cause severe dehydration in most large mammals. A 2011 study by…

The Forest That Existed Before the Tiger Became a SymbolJim Corbett National Park was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park, making it India's first national park. The tigers came with it, but they were never the only reason the Ramganga river valley mattered. The park sits at the foothills…

Scientists use tiger poop to understand prey selection patterns in India's Terai-Arc Landscape, finding large-bodied species like sambar, swamp deer, nilgai, chital, wild pig, and livestock comprise 94% of the diet. They suggest careful management interventions to reduce threats of livestock predation-related conflict and ensure future conflict-free tiger persistence.