A melanistic Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT), one of the rarest subspecies, was killed by poachers in Similipal Tiger Reserve, a habitat that is home to an estimated 20 of these unique black-striped cats.

In a rare sight, a melanistic leopard was seen roaming around in Odisha’s Nayagarh forest with a cub. The awe-inspiring moment was captured on camera. In the video, the melanistic spotted feline ...

Bhubaneswar: Wildlife wing of the forest department on Saturday arrested six poachers in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) with ...

Black ‘melanistic morphotype’ of Rhynchocalamus hejazicus pictured in life. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

BHUBANESWAR: The special enforcement wing of the Similipal South wildlife division probing the melanistic tiger poaching case has found that the accused arrested so far were in contact with at ...

BARIPADA: Poaching of the melanistic tiger has prompted the State Police to join forces with the Similipal tiger reserve management as both agencies have launched intensive combing in the tiger ...

Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha is home to the world's only population of melanistic tigers, a rare genetic variant of the Royal Bengal Tiger. Melanistic tigers, with their distinct coat pattern ...