

Visitor numbers fall slightly in the last fiscal year as officials cite domestic protests and the war in West Asia, although the park remains open for year-round jeep safaris. Visitor numbers at N...
CHITWAN, July 16: Chitwan National Park has fitted a radio collar on Dhrube, a rogue elephant believed to have killed 25 people in and around the national park and its buffer zone. The elephant was...

A week after the wild tusker killed a woman and her four-year-old son in Jagatpur, Chitwan National Park has intensified efforts to tranquillise, collar and track the animal blamed for 25 deaths si...

Timely identification of ‘problematic’ animals and engagement of communities in conservation efforts are vital. The recent deaths of Ashika Bote and her young son in Jagatpur, Chitwan, following a...

Few in Chitwan National Park might not have heard of the aggressive male wild elephant Dhurbe. That same violent elephant has now been confirmed to have killed a mother and son in Bharatpur Metropo...

Concerns raised over wildlife disturbance as community forests plan sunset safari in Barandabhar corridor. A proposal to introduce an evening jeep safari in the biologically sensitive Barandabhar ...

The park authority says the annual suspension is aimed at protecting wildlife during breeding season and ensuring visitor safety amid damaged trails and flood risks. Jeep safari inside Chitwan Nat...

Operators say visitors from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are driving increased activity in Sauraha as Chitwan National Park records a sharp rise in Indian arrivals. Even during the peak heat of the Nep...
CHITWAN, June 15: Over the past 45 years, the Gharial Crocodile Breeding Centre in Chitwan National Park has successfully released 2,315 crocodiles into various rivers with the majority, 1,560, bei...

Communities in Meghauli are combining forest-side water management and village-based alert systems to reduce rising human-wildlife conflict. Meghauli in Chitwan is a well-known tourism destination...
Chitwan, June 15 Over the past 45 years, the Gharial Crocodile Breeding Centre in Chitwan National Park has successfully released 2,315 crocodiles into various rivers, with the majority, 1,560, be...

Decades of efforts to establish new habitats for endangered species have produced uneven outcomes, raising concerns as authorities prepare to relocate blackbucks to Chitwan. From a conservation pe...

Officials say trees around enclosure could give leopards access to relocated blackbuck, reviving concerns shaped by past wildlife translocation failures in Chitwan. A long-running plan to bring bl...

Kathmandu, May 24 The number of tourists visiting Chitwan National Park has increased. Although domestic tourists have increased, tourists from SAARC nations and third countries have decreased. A...

Growing rhino presence in settlements around Chitwan National Park is raising fears among residents and prompting debate over habitat change, urban expansion and wildlife management. A one-horned ...

Chitwan National Park records show seven of the 204 rhinos that died between the fiscal years 2015-16 and 2022-23 were killed by electric current. A one-horned rhinoceros found dead in a cornfield...