The rare and ancient gharial, with its distinctive long snout, faces critical endangerment in northern India's rivers. Unlike crocodiles, gharials are gentle giants crucial for river ecosystem health.

The Fort Worth Zoo announced the "groundbreaking births" Thursday of "a historic conservation success" -- the hatching of four critically endangered gharial crocodiles. Of the 35 gharial crocodiles ...

The population of critically endangered gharials in Chitwan National Park, Nepal’s stronghold for these crocodiles, increased by around 11% as of the start of 2024, totaling 265 individuals compared ...

Slender-snouted gharials are among the most distinctive of the world’s crocodilians, and thus the most in need of conservation action, a new study suggests. The study authors scored all 28 existing ...

Chitwan, May 29 -- Bed Bahadur Khadka, a passionate conservationist who dedicated nearly two decades of his life to protecting the critically endangered gharial crocodile, passed away on Monday after ...

Bhubaneswar: The wildlife wing of the forest department is planning to release more radio-tagged gharials into the Mahanadi gorge in Satkosia Tiger Reserve for conservation breeding. The gharials will ...

A new assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has shown that the gharial, a rare crocodile-like reptile, is still highly dependent on conservation efforts to survive in ...

BHUBANESWAR : Gharial conservation in Odisha has taken another leap forward with birth of 29 more crocodile babies in the freshwaters of Mahanadi river this year, making it the fifth consecutive ...