World Crocodile Day: Experts call for patience regarding human-croc conflict

Down To Earth speaks to experts in four prominent human-croc conflict areas; none support culling

Villagers in Odisha’s Malkangiri kill, consume meat of mugger crocodile

Odisha forest department officials detained a few villagers over the incident

This World Crocodile Day, South Asian countries should think of cooperating to conserve them: Experts

South Asia’s crocodilians increased during pandemic, but human-croc conflict needs to be addressed, Anslem de Silva told DTE  

Marginal increase: There are 1,811 saltwater crocodiles in Odisha’s Bhitarkanika, annual census reveals

Bhitarkanika, in the state’s coastal Kendrapara district, is one of 3 ‘saltie’ strongholds in India; the Sundarbans and …

Bhitarkanika: Man taken by estuarine croc in fatal attack  

The man, a milk supplier, was waiting to ford a crocodile-inhabited river when he was dragged and taken

Odisha woman survives croc attack in Bhitarkanika

Mamata Jana was collecting prawn seeds when she was attacked by 9-foot-long reptile

World Crocodile Day: How crocodilians square off against big cats

Here are some remarkable examples of crocodilian predation involving large wild cats based on published literature

Decapitated body of mugger crocodile found in Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary

Forest officers suspect the reptile was hacked by fishers when it got stuck their nets

Around 2,500 crocodiles born in Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park

The number of hatchlings was fewer than last year due to flood damage during Cyclone Yaas 

How Australia’s saltwater crocodiles are being made scapegoats amid increasing conflicts with humans

There is no evidence to prove that their increased migration is causing attacks on humans as news report claim

Odisha’s Kendrapara now India’s only district to have all 3 species of crocodilians

A baby gharial was found in a Kendrapara river on August 29; the district is already home to saltwater and mugger crocodiles

'Crocodiles are affected by low frequency vibrations'

Down To Earth interviews crocodile expert Adam Britton on impact of noise on the breeding and behaviour patterns of crocodilians

Most number of saltwater crocodile births in Bhitarkanika this year

Number of hatchlings 50% more than 2021

Has Odisha’s Bhitarkanika reached a saturation point for its estuarine crocodiles? Experts say yes

Human-crocodile conflict in and around the park could spike unless steps are taken to address the rising numbers of crocodiles

Croc kills again: Sixth fatal attack in a year near Bhitarkanika

The national park in Odisha is home to over 1,700 saltwater crocodiles

‘Water trains’ hold key to survival of 350 mugger crocodiles in Rajasthan’s Pali

Water levels in the Jawai dam are down to three feet in which the animals will not be able to survive

Yes, there are crocodiles in Iran and they are in trouble due to climate change

Crocodile attacks on humans in Iran’s poorest province are on the rise as drought fastens its hold on the country

World Crocodile Day: Experts flag dip in gharial count in Odisha

Only 14 gharials were spotted at Satkosia gorge in Tikarpada in state’s Angul district in 2019, claimed a former forest official

Andamans want 'absolute protection' for saltwater crocodile to be withdrawn

The union territory’s administration has sent a proposal to delist the animal from Schedule 1 of the Wldlife Protection Act ‘in order …

Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali and Java. Can we learn to live alongside them?

Historically, crocodiles lived throughout the Indonesian archipelago but were killed off in Bali, Lombok and Java 

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Gharials of Chambal

The Gharial Conservation Program is one of India's best faring wildlife conservation efforts. R K Sharma, an officer at the Gharial breeding …

Crocodiles lend themselves very naturally to captive breeding

As far back as 1978, India's so-called "snake-man", ROMULUS WHITAKER, the man who played with reptiles as if they were spaghetti, …

40 gharials released in Ghaghara river amid lockdown

About 250 gharials have been released in the river since 2014