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GharialArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.htmlHinduFishermen chop the snouts or kill gharials deliberately when they become helplessly entangled in their nets. WISPY tendrils of mist rise delicately from the ... Illegal sand mining threatens Gharial sanctuary - Oct 15, 2006 The HinduENVIRONMENTAL THREAT: Massive illegal sand mining activity goes on unabated in the National Chambal Sanctuary. MORENA (MP): A 15-km stretch of sandy bank ... Gharial crocodiles face extinction - Jan 23, 2008 香港電å?°There's rising concern in India about the deaths of large numbers of a type of crocodile that's on the list of critically endangered species. ... Centre sets up group to probe gharial crisis in Chambal - Jan 10, 2008 Daily News & AnalysisMUMBAI: The Central government has set up a crisis management group with the help of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to look into the recent sudden deaths of ... SIT: Gharial faces extinction | Blog - Jan 29, 2007 IBNLive.comChambal Wildlife Sanctuary (Madhya Pradesh): The Indian gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) - a species of crocodile - is today as endangered as the tiger, ... Gharial facing extinction in State's sanctuaries - Jan 15, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesENDANGERED SPECIES Gharial (alligator) is facing serious existential crisis owing to a combination of factors, most notable being illegal sand- mining, ... Chhatbir's gharial offspring survive and how - Apr 9, 2009 Times of IndiaCHANDIGARH: With the survival of two gharial babies, Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park, Chhatbir, has earned a rare distinction in captive breeding of the ... Experts jubilant over Hooghly gharial - Feb 12, 2009 Times of IndiaKOLKATA: The near-extinct gharials or long-snouted crocodiles have made a surprise return to the Hooghly after a gap of nearly 30 years. ... 'Match-making' for rare male croc - Apr 25, 2007 BBC NewsBreeding false gharial crocodiles is difficult as they require a setting ... The false gharial, or Tomistoma schlegelii species, is harmless and lives on a ... Gharial population decreasing fast in Nepal - Jun 16, 2009 HinduKATHMANDU (Xinhua): The population of critically endangered gharials is fast decreasing in Nepal due to a lack of efforts to save them, conservationists ... 21 crocodile-like reptiles die in India - Dec 12, 2007 USA TODAY - USA TodayThe gharial, also known as the Indian crocodile, was on the verge of extinction in the 1970s, but a government breeding program that has released several ... Dinosaur may have preferred fish to meat - Jan 14, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukBaryonyx was eating, its skull bent and stretched in the same way as the skull of the Indian fish-eating gharial - a crocodile with long, narrow jaws. ... Photo Gallery: Most Endangered Animals of '07 Announced - Jan 24, 2010 National GeographicReptiles such as the gharial are becoming more prominent on the IUCN's Red List each year. Despite its fearsome appearance and lengths of up to 19 feet (6 ... Experts looking into gharial deaths in UP sanctuary - Apr 1, 2008 HinduKolkata (PTI): Extensive tests are being carried out on the carcasses of gharials found dead at the National Chambal Sanctuary of Uttar Pradesh to look into ... Television Review | Brady Barr - Oct 13, 2007 New York Times...(A gharial is what a crocodile would look like if it had Bob Hope's snout.) So the climactic moment of tomorrow's episode of “Dangerous Encountersâ€? — which ... Grant awarded for Nepal project - Apr 29, 2006 BBC NewsThe area is important for migratory birds, Asiatic water buffalo, Gangetic dolphins and Gharial crocodiles. The project will help local communities obtain a ... Prague zoo sets out to save Indian gharial - May 10, 2008 Expressindia.comPrague, May 10: The Prague zoo has launched a test programme to save the Indian crocodile-like gharial from the brink of extinction with a million-dollar ... In a first, bio-loggers to track gharial movement at Kukrail centre - Oct 28, 2009 Indian ExpressWith an aim to study the movement, habitat and prey of gharials in the Ganga at Hastinapur, bio-loggers were attached to gharials at the Kukrail breeding ... Tracking plan for rare India croc - Jun 28, 2007 BBC NewsThe gharial, with its distinctive long, narrow snout adapted for eating small ... The gharial, or Gavialis gangeticus, is one of the longest of all living ... Flawed conservation policies lead to decline in gharial population - Nov 30, 2006 Down to Earth - Down to Earth (subscription)...people dependent on rivers couldn't afford to antogonise the top predator of the water bodies. Accounts of 18th and 19th European travellers to India also ... More deaths of rare Indian crocs - Jan 4, 2008 BBC NewsThe gharial, also known as the Indian Crocodile, is one of the longest of all living crocodilians - an adult male can approach 6m (20ft) in length. ... Autopsy performed on dead croc - Dec 2, 2008 BBC NewsAutopsies are helping researchers to find out why gharial crocodilians are dying out in large numbers. Last year, more than 100 of the strange looking ... Natural heritage of Beas and Harike to be revived - Oct 1, 2009 Indian ExpressA survey by the Wildlife Department spotted marsh crocodile (gharial) on April ... According to an anecdotal reference, the last gharial in Punjab was shot ... Mass deaths of rare croc in India - Dec 17, 2007 Tehran TimesThe gharial, with its long, narrow snout adapted for eating small fish, ... The gharial, also known as the Indian crocodile, is one of the longest of all ... Gharial conservation programme at crossroads - Sep 26, 2006 Newindpress on SundayBHUBANESWAR: In Orissa, where the first successful captive breeding programme of gharials started, the fresh water crocodiles are at crossroads today. ... 125-mn-yr dino had 'gharial' skull - Jan 16, 2008 Zee NewsWashington, Jan 16: Biologists have analyzed the fossils of a dinosaur found near Dorking in Surrey, UK, in 1983, to come up with the conclusion that it had ... Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Dec 27, 2009 Daily TimesThey said that in 2004, a male gharial (alligator) died the day after it was transferred by truck from Karachi to Lahore Zoo. ... A gharial for the ages.(For the Record) - Oct 1, 2006 Free with registration - Sports Afield - AccessMyLibrary.comThe only gharial listed in the Safari Club International record book came about as a matter of pure luck. French hunter Marc Pechenart and his wife, ... Uttar Pradesh probing Chambal gharial deaths - Feb 6, 2008 Indian MuslimsBy IANS. Etawah (Uttar Pradesh) : The Uttar Pradesh forest department, along with NGOs and an international team of veterinarians, has captured some ... Cheers in a turtle nursery - Jul 5, 2009 Indian Express...for a species whose survival in the wild depends on the whims of a conservation programme which is aimed not at the turtle, but at the Chambal Gharial. ... Article: Herpetofauna, huh? - New Straits Times | HighBeam Research -... - Oct 22, 2006 Pay-Per-View - New Straits Times - HighBeam ResearchA Dictionary of Zoology; 227 words ...false gharial ( Tomistoma schlegeli ... The False Gharial is distinguished by ... greatest threat to the False Gharial ... The Indian Gharial: Going, going, gone? - Jan 25, 2008 MerinewsAfter years of conservation activity and having been literally brought back from the brink of extinction, the Indian Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is in ... Radio tagging attempt to save critically endangered crocodile - Feb 12, 2009 Science CentricThe gharial is the first crocodilian species to be re-categorised as Critically ... The gharial is now considered to be confined to the river systems of the ... Tehelka:: Free. Fair. Fearless - Oct 27, 2007 TehelkaThe critically endangered Indian gharial is almost on the verge of extinction, ... More than the elephants, it is the gharial that is fighting for survival. ... ICS TRIPET GHARIAL LIMITED (Company Report) - Nov 22, 2009 Pay-Per-View - Experian Company Reports - Alacra StoreRelated Reports:, ICS TRIPET GHARIAL LIMITED (Mortgage Report); ICS TRIPET GHARIAL LIMITED (Corporate Tree Report); ICS TRIPET GHARIAL LIMITED (Director and ... Indian gharial faces threat of extinction - Feb 9, 2008 thecheers.orgWashington, Feb 9 : More than 90 Gharial deaths in the National Chambal Sanctuary in India has led ecologists to determine that the species is under severe ... gharial | Definition of gharial | HighBeam.com: Online Dictionary - Jul 12, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Oxford American College Dictionary - HighBeam ResearchFind out what gharial means: The Oxford American College Dictionary has the definition of gharial. Research related newspaper, magazine, ... NINTH INDO-US MALABAR GETS UNDERWAY OFF GOA - Oct 26, 2006 pib.nic.inFor this operation involving sea-borne landings, some of our army troops have already been trained an onboard INS Gharial (a landing ship). ... Prague zoo sets out to save Indian gharial - May 17, 2008 Zee NewsPrague, May 17: Prague zoo has launched a programme aimed at saving the gharial, an Indian fish-eating crocodile, from extinction with a million-dollar ... Amphibious ship from US to arrive in India in April - Nov 1, 2006 Free with registration - PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd - AccessMyLibrary.comLanding ship Gharial, Coast Guard advanced offshore patrol vessel CGS Samar, ... Indian Navy's landing ship Gharial, carrying Sikh Light infantry troops, ... CNN-IBN to air season two of 'Citizens for Earth' from 10 January - Jan 7, 2009 Indiantelevision.com...'Queen of Chambal will highlight the story of the endangered Indian Gharial and wildlife conservationists and activists who are fighting to save the Indian ... Keeping the river clean: Chambal River, India - Mar 26, 2007 WWF InternationalGharial basking on a river bank. Chambal River, India. ... “Today, one has to be extremely lucky to sight even a few gharial in the area.â€? A gharial! ... Tata zoo gives up gharial hope - Jul 26, 2008 Calcutta TelegraphJamshedpur, July 25: Authorities of Tata Steel Zoological Society apparently have lost all hope of welcoming back the third Gangetic gharial that was washed ... World's Largest Reptile Found in India - Jun 14, 2006 OhmyNews InternationalAll three species of crocodiles -- Gharial, Mugger and Saltwater -- in the river ... The Gharial and Saltwater crocodile conservation program preceded the ... Indian navy to commission landing ship tank INS Shardul - Jan 3, 2007 $2.95 - BBC Archive - NewsBankThe newly-built ship is the third LST after INS Magar and INS Gharial and the first of a new class. Handed over to the Navy in November, the ship was built ... false gharial | Definition of false gharial | HighBeam.com: Online … - Jul 12, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Oxford American College Dictionary - HighBeam ResearchFind out what false gharial means: The Oxford American College Dictionary has the definition of false gharial. Research related newspaper, magazine, ... Of the 1,500 wild gharials in the world, India has 1,400, over half... - Apr 28, 2008 OutlookOn December 9, veteran gharial researcher Rishikesh Sharma noticed something ... Wildlife vet Dr KK Jadav, who has conducted 26 gharial autopsies with his ... LAXMEESH MIJAR, YEDAPADAVU, MANGALORE, UAE - Oct 29, 2006 Daijiworld.com..."Indian Navy's landing ship INS Gharial embarked with 9 sukh LI Army troops also joined the task force Malabar for amphibious landing at Ganapatipulle beach ... Conditional renewal of MP diamond mine lease - Nov 12, 2005 The HinduIt goes on to add that the meeting cleared the proposals for construction of the Bagad-Dhavaiya lift irrigation project in the Son Gharial sanctuary in ... Gharial deaths traced to Chambal fish toxin - May 5, 2008 Calcutta TelegraphLucknow, May 4: A WWF report has concluded that 100 gharials died in the Chambal river because of a toxin in a type of fish that the animals consumed. ... scinexx | Erneuerbare Energien auf dem Vormarsch: „Grüner“ Strom... - Jan 26, 2010 scinexx | Das WissensmagazinSie haben sich zum Rückzugsgebiet für seltene Tierarten wie Himalaya-Bären und Pandas oder das vom Aussterben bedrohte Gharial, ein Sumpfkrokodil, ... … STORY BY JAN MARCHAL An Indian gharial crocodile... - Getty Images... - May 11, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchTO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JAN MARCHAL An Indian gharial crocodile... ... find Getty Images articles. MICHAL CIZEK Getty Images 05-11-2008 TO GO WITH AFP STORY ... Tehelka:: Free. Fair. Fearless - Feb 2, 2008 TehelkaThe gharial, which has outlived the dinosaurs, is on the brink of extinction. ... And yet, the gharial has been hanging on the precipice of existence by its ... Indian crocodiles "video blog" for survival - Nov 9, 2009 Reuters UKAccording to the Gharial Conservation Alliance, illegal fishing, pollution and habitat destruction are the biggest threats to the reptiles which were also ... The New Nation - Internet Edition - Mar 3, 2008 New Nation - The New NationThe mystery of gharial deaths in the Chambal waters continues to elude scientists. ... Though most of the gharial carcasses found were partially decomposed, ... More room mate! - Dec 29, 2006 Kuensel, Buhutan's National NewspaperHistorically, the gharial was abundant in all the large river systems of the ... The gharial is now restricted to scattered, isolated population in India, ... Clueless in Chambal - Feb 29, 2008 Down to Earth - Down to Earth (subscription)...the mystery of gharial deaths in the Chambal waters continues to elude scientists. ... Though most of the gharial carcasses found were partially decomposed, ... A CORMORANT at River Ken in the Panna Tiger Reserve. — Dinesh … - Jan 28, 2007 Hindu Business LineIt was the same at the 45.20-sq km Ken Gharial sanctuary. A long 26-km ride over kutcha roads from the reserve took us to the Ken Gharial sanctuary and the ... Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine - Feb 14, 2009 TehelkaHow true: the gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) derives its name from the river ... Jasbir Pehelwan, of Makdoompur village, understands the gharial is vital to ... "SuperCroc" Fossil Found in Sahara - Jan 23, 2010 National GeographicLike the gharial, a large long-nosed crocodilian in India, the ancient croc had eye sockets that tilted upward, which helped it conceal its huge body ... Six more crocs brought to zoo - Dec 7, 2006 The HinduHOME, NEW HOME: A gharial basking in the sun at the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park in the ... The gharial must have undisturbed sand banks to bask and nest. ... RTÉ Radio One, Mooney Goes Wild - Dec 5, 2008 RTE.ieI started working on gharial conservation in 1973 when my colleagues and I ... We concluded that there were less than 200 gharial left in the wild and ... Pratincoles or swallow plover on the banks of the Chambal river. — … - Nov 4, 2005 Frontline..."Aage ja ke mil saktha hai (You may spot the gharial some distance away)," the farmer said though that day we did not sight any. ... Bonding with beasts - Nov 25, 2007 HinduI'm told the Bank actually has around 2500 crocs, no mean figure, comprising 14 species including the critically endangered gharial. ... Extinction of Gharials in Pakistan feared - Apr 28, 2008 News International - The News InternationalThe endangered crocodile species, Gharial, also known as Gavialis gangeticus, ... The Gharial is one of the two surviving members of the family Gavialidae, ... Syed Shamim Faruk - May 13, 2005 Daily Star - The Daily StarThe Indian gharial or the Gangetic gharial has also been earmarked as critically ... It was a very common sight to see a crocodile or gharial sauntering ... Living relic of jurassic age - Nov 19, 2007 Calcutta TelegraphA good example is how differently they attribute the relationship between the gharial and the false gharial, a reptile native to Sumatra and Malaysia. ... Factiva Search - Jan 13, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow JonesGharial facing extinction in State's sanctuaries. 13 January, 2005 ... 13 -- ENDANGERED SPECIES Gharial (alligator) is facing serious existential crisis . ... Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary - Jul 10, 2006 The HinduReptiles like the gharial, mugger crocodile, fresh water turtle and poisonous and ... Other attractions: The river Mahanadi that flows nearby, the Gharial ... Nepalese conservationists boost rare crocodile population - Aug 29, 2005 $2.95 - BBC Archive - NewsBankThere are a total of 614 gharial crocodiles in the breeding centre, ... The conservation of gharial crocodile has been prioritized as this species is rare, ... Redheaded Vultures near extinction: Conservation group - Sep 14, 2007 HinduThe list revealed that the Western Gorilla and the Gharial Crocodile are also ... Only 182 breeding adults of the Gharial crocodile remain, down almost 60 ... Indian warships on three-day Brunei goodwill visit - Oct 19, 2008 $2.95 - BBC Archive - NewsBankBrunei Darussalam will welcome two Indian naval ships (INS), Gharial and ... INS Gharial is the second indigenously designed landing ship tank (LST) of the ... FACTBOX - Gorillas, hammerhead sharks at risk - Sep 12, 2007 Reuters UKGHARIAL. Moved to Critically Endangered from Endangered. A type of crocodile found in India and Nepal, the gharial suffers from a loss of habitat because of ... Tender notice for common sense - Feb 29, 2008 Down to Earth - Down to Earth (subscription)Foreign vets, called in for advice, asked for a study on a live gharial to ... This would mean killing one gharial. The Wildlife Protection Act does not ... Caiman caper spurs research into reptiles - Oct 24, 2008 starbulletin.comAt 20 feet long, the gharial is the biggest of all crocodilians, but don't worry about running into one. The species is native to the northern Indian ... newindpress on sunday - News Items - Aug 27, 2008 Newindpress on SundayThey also had two trophies: a mugger and a gharial. ... In 1975, the Gharial Research and Conservation Centre was set up at Tikarpara in Satkosia gorge ... Gharials, Monarch Of Indian Rivers, Under Grave Threat - Feb 15, 2008 sciencedaily.comMost of gharial mortalities have been reported in the Uttar Pradesh side of the ... Also a member of the Crisis Management Group, he said: “These gharial ... Radio chips to monitor Ghariyals in River Chambal in Uttar Pradesh - Jun 29, 2008 thecheers.org..."Fundamental gaps in the knowledge of Gharial biology were highlighted in the course of investigations of gharial mortalities that occurred in Chambal. ... Hand over wild animals to authorities: Expert - Mar 30, 2009 Times of India..."A friend recently told me about a group of youth who got a gharial from somewhere without the knowledge of their parents. A parent of one of these youth ... Darfur peace talks restart - Nov 30, 2005 South African Star - The South African StarMadras - A two-year-old gharial crocodile at the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust ... The outstanding feature of the gharial is the long slender snout with sharp ... Cá sấu quà hiếm chết, Ấn Ä?á»™ xôn xao - Feb 2, 2008 XãLuáºn.com tin tức việt nam 24h cáºp nháºtCá sấu Gharial có nguồn gốc từ Nam Ã? là má»™t trong những loà i cá sấu nÆ°á»›c ngá»?t bị ... Tổ chức nà y Æ°á»›c tÃnh chỉ còn khoảng 1.300 con cá sấu Gharial sống sót ... Cá sấu quà hiếm chết, Ấn Ä?á»™ xôn xao - Jan 28, 2008 Báo Khoa há»?cCá sấu Gharial có nguồn gốc từ Nam Ã? là má»™t trong những loà i cá sấu nÆ°á»›c ngá»?t bị ... Tổ chức nà y Æ°á»›c tÃnh chỉ còn khoảng 1.300 con cá sấu Gharial sống sót ... Yankees in India - Oct 30, 2006 Times of IndiaOn Saturday, the Indian Navy landing ship, INS Gharial, joined the task force for an amphibious landing on what Capt Angood described as the "best beach ... Atlanta News, Sports, Atlanta Weather, Business News | ajc.com - Apr 11, 2009 Atlanta Journal ConstitutionOne of the things on the zoo's wish list is a separate breeding facility for endangered species and the ability to house animals like gharial, a critically ... Mystery illness killing Indian crocodiles - Feb 2, 2008 New York TimesThe gharial, native to South Asia, is one of the most endangered freshwater crocodile species. The World Wildlife Fund believes it is extinct in its former ... Crocodiles Swam Atlantic? | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, … - Mar 23, 2007 KCRGIt belonged to a gharial, a group found today only in fresh water in India and ... Brochu explains that the Indian gharial is not found in salt water, ... Search on for roaming Gangetic gharials - Jun 20, 2008 Calcutta TelegraphOne gharial and a crocodile were spotted. The crocodile was caught last evening ... Sharing space at the zoo now are the crocodile, the female gharial and ... Mysterious spate of deaths afflicts endangered crocodiles - Jan 17, 2008 Science CentricThe gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is one of the most endangered freshwater crocodile species. It is classified as critically endangered by IUCN, ... Focus now on repair of infrastructure - Jan 5, 2005 The HinduFive ships — Rajput, Gharial, Cheetah, Bhikaji Cama, Kanaklata Baruah — are operating to Great Nicobar. The road from Campbell Bay to the southernmost point ... Mystery illness fells dozens of rare Indian crocodiles | Article from... - Jan 23, 2008 Pay-Per-View - International Herald Tribune - HighBeam ResearchThe gharial, native to South Asia, is one of the most endangered freshwater crocodile species. The World Wildlife Fund believes it is extinct in its former ... UI researcher: Crocs crossed the Atlantic - Mar 26, 2007 $3.50 - The Gazette - NewsBankThe fossil belonged to a gharial, a group of sea-going, coastal animals that ... This gharial lived during the Oligocene epoch, a geologic period ranging ... Gharials critically endangered: report - Oct 4, 2007 Indian ExpressGharial, the Indian crocodile, has been declared critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). ... Gharials under threat as river turn poison - Mar 7, 2008 IBNLive.comOn the last count there were less 200 breeding gharial pairs left in the Chambal—a figure, which puts the animal on the critically endangered list. What's for tea then, Mummy? - May 25, 2007 Daily MailBut this gharial - a kind of thin-snouted crocodile - looks completely unfazed as she surveys her enormous brood. Maybe she knows her offspring will be well ... Federal Register 2005 - 70 FR 62321 Receipt of Applications for Permit - Oct 31, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2005 - LoislawSiamese crocodile (C. siamensis), African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis), false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii), and Indian gharial (Gavialis ... Amy Winehouse's James Bond wish – Daily Gossip - Jan 21, 2010 NME.com...[a]The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster[a]'s Sym Gharial nearly knocked over a punter at the Camden Crawl, outside the Dingwalls venue (from Dan). ... Article: TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Jan Marchal "Tcheques-theatre- … - Apr 19, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchTO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JAN MARCHAL An Indian gharial ... Getty Images; May 11, 2008 ; 213 words ...MICHAL CIZEK Getty Images 05-11-2008 TO GO WITH AFP ... Article: TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Jan Marchal "Tcheques-theatre- … - Apr 19, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchTO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JAN MARCHAL An Indian gharial ... Getty Images; May 11, 2008 ; 213 words ...MICHAL CIZEK Getty Images 05-11-2008 TO GO WITH AFP ... Interview: Rom Whitaker, Reptile Expert - Jan 11, 2009 PBS...turtle project supported by the Turtle Survival Alliance (USA), and a gharial conservation project, supported by the Gharial Conservation Alliance. ... Assam to breed gharials to boost their numbers - Nov 22, 2007 earthtimes.orgThe decision came following the rescue of a gharial from fishermen's nets in the Manas river last week near Manikpur village, about 155 km from here. ... Wild, Wild NICK! - 05 Aug 2009 Chandigarh Newsline...wild places….here's a country that was more beautiful and more tunning than anything I expected to see,â€? Nick's filmed the gharial crocodile in India, Barind region facing imminent natural disaster - Jul 20, 2009 The New Nation...litre in Kukhandi village under Paba upazila of Rajshahi district, 1092 microgram per liter of water in Gharial village under Shibganj upazila of Radio tagging to track Nepal's endangered gharials - Mar 12, 2009 Scientific AmericanWith just a few hundred individuals left, the critically endangered gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) faces an uncertain future in its remaining river habitats Four Chambal dams stopped - Mar 4, 2009 Down to Earth (subscription)Dhruva Jyoti Basu, gharial conservation coordinator at wwf India, said the projects would finish one of the last bastions of the reptile. Rs 49-cr proposal for Chilika - Mar 6, 2009 Express BuzzA breeding pool for gharial at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore and an interpretation centre of Rs 90 lakh are part of the proposal. The State Government has demanded Animal Planet's Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Spotlights the ... - Mar 18, 2009 TMC NetOF OMAHA'S WILD KINGDOM include the following: -- a herpetologist endeavoring to save the gharial (the world's oldest crocodilian) from an epidemic that Kenya Open starts with junior action - 21 Feb 2009 Daily Nation,Mona Musibega 6-0, 6-0, Njeri Imara bt. Nankiran Gharial 6-0, 6-0, Rebecca Ngure bt. Mercy Mijide 6-0, 6-0 and Melisa Gachui bt. Celine Sabwa 6-1, 6-0. Experts jubilant over Hooghly gharial - Feb 11, 2009 Times of India,KOLKATA: The near-extinct gharials or long-snouted crocodiles have made a surprise return to the Hooghly after a gap of nearly 30 years. Fighting to save the gharials - Jan 30, 2009 NDTV.com,The gharial, a species of crocodile is perhaps making its last stand. They used to be in thousands, but now just a couple of hundred remain in India. Where Have the Gharials Gone? - Feb 11, 2009 OhmyNews International,Once common throughout its range with an inferred population of 5000 to 10000 in the 1940s, gharial numbers have dropped to less than 200 breeding adults. Radio tagging attempt to save critically endangered crocodile - Feb 11, 2009 WWF International,The gharial, which mostly inhabits deep, fast-flowing rivers, is characterized by its long and slender snout whose fragile jaws render it incapable of Nepal: Save the Dolphin! - Jan 28, 2009 Seed Magazine,He paints a grim picture: endangered creatures such as dolphin, antelope, and gharial crocodiles "slaughtered" by starving people; acres of forest cut down Birthday party for stuffed croc - Jan 26, 2009 BBC News,The 15ft gharial - now classed as a critically endangered species - was sent to Wick by local politician and benefactor Sir Arthur Bignold. What did dinosaurs eat? - Feb 7, 2009 guardian.co.uk,...to contain fossilised fishscales - suggesting it used that long snout for fishing in a similar way to modern crocodiles such as the endangered gharial. Environment Ministry rejects Rajasthan’s proposal on hydropower ... - Feb 8, 2009 Zee News,The panel further noted that as per study, the dams would lead to loss of 197 km of habitat for dolphins and gharials, both of which are in the most Patna Zoo world No 2 in rhino count - Nov 11, 2008 Times of India,Patna zoo has also become a breeding centre for 'gharial'. The 39-year-old Patna zoo, spread over 153 acres, has earned Rs 1.64 crore revenue in 2007. Sonepur Fair - Nov 13, 2008 Bihar Times,The other was that in the Ganga roundabout here lived a gharial -- by the way this Gangetic entity is so known because it has a small strange growth on the "It is - still - the best zoological blog out there, period" - Oct 30, 2008 ScienceBlogsThe monster skull is in fact that of a False gharial Tomistoma schlegelii. Yes, a False gharial. Holy shit. Hai-Ren actually got it right: well done you! Ocean Watch Caiman caper spurs research into reptiles - Oct 24, 2008 Honolulu Star-Bulletin,At 20 feet long, the gharial is the biggest of all crocodilians, but don't worry about running into one. The species is native to the northern Indian Madras Crocodile Bank Trust/Centre for Herpetology - Nov 13, 2008 Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News,...the freshwater mugger crocodile (or marsh crocodile), the saltwater crocodile and the gharial, the long-snouted fish eating crocodile of North India. Nepal's Endangered Rivers - Nov 11, 2008 OhmyNews International,River pollution is causing a decline in the population of the endangered Gharial crocodile and the Gangetic river dolphin found in Nepal's Karnali River. Family wildlife tour offers tigers, temples and Taj - Nov 11, 2008 Easier (press release),...shy Chousingha followed by possibilities of spotting endangered Fish-eating crocodiles basking on the muddy banks at Gharial sanctuary on the Ken River. Beguiling Tasik Bera - Malaysia's First Ramsar Site - Nov 3, 2008 Bernama,Endangered and vulnerable species include the Asian elephant, tiger, clouded leopard, tapir, Asian Arowana and the Malayan false gharial crocodile. Xmas birding in Nepal's top three - Nov 4, 2008 Easier (press release),...and onto the Koshi River by raft in search of Marsh Mugger and fish-eating Gharial Crocodile – and perhaps encounter endangered Ganges River Dolphin. Indian navy ships nudge closer - Sep 24, 2008 Viet Nam News,The ships – INS Gharial and INS Kulish – are captained by commanding officers Sujit K.Chheti and Jaswinder Singh respectively. The officers and crew of the Bringing extinct species back from the dead - Sep 5, 2008 CNNThe Asian gharial is one of the species on the IUCN's Red List that is threatened with extinction. The La Palma Giant Lizard that had been believed extinct Opinion: Dinosaurs 'lucky' to win evolutionary contest with crocs? - Sep 14, 2008 DigitalJournal.com,In the Jurassic croc species included marine crocs, some looking like icthyosaurs, and one gharial-type actual croc, and a miniature two foot long, Floods worsen, Bogra embankment breached - Sep 3, 2008 Bangladesh News 24 hours (subscription),...and Astamichar of Roumari, Bangasona Hat of Bhurungamari, Andharir Jhar, Thaieb Khan of Rajarhat, Gharial Bhanga, Bajra and Hatia of Ulipur worsened. Abundant rains - An ornithologist's dream - Sep 3, 2008 Easier (press release),...before heading to the Himalayan foothills and Corbett NP for Indian Elephant, Leopard, Tiger and rare fish-eating Gharial Crocodile. Ohio zoos are leaders in reintroducing animals to the wild - Sep 2, 2008 The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com,The Cleveland zoo now has a gharial in captivity, but "in some cases, this work is being done for species that won't ever be on exhibit," said Kym Gopp, í•´êµ°, 부산 êµì œê´€í•¨ì‹? 참가 í•¨ì • 발표 - Sep 16, 2008 ì¡°ì„ ì?¼ë³´,...ì?´ë°–ì—?ë?„ ì?¸ë?„ì?˜ 5600톤급 대형ìƒ?륙함ì?¸ 가리알함(INS GHARIAL), ì˜?êµì?˜ 3470톤급 í•´ì–‘ì¡°ì‚¬ì„ ì—?ì½”(HMS ECHO)함, ìº?나다ì?˜ 5000톤급 호위함 켈거리함(HMCS CALGARY), Crocodiles coming out of artificially hatched eggs - 14 Aug 2008 Hindu,The conservation project undertaken in Bhitarkanika is a huge success, while, a similar UNDP-funded 'gharial croc' conservation project launched River Dolphins on the verge of extinction - 14 Aug 2008 The New Nation,River dolphins, gavial (gharial) and turtles have almost been extinct from the rivers of the country. When the list of near extinct animals is increasing it Bhitarkanika mothers estuarine crocodiles - Aug 11, 2008 The Statesman,The conservation project undertaken in Bhitarkanika tasted success while a similar UNDP-funded ‘gharial croc’ conservation project launched simultaneously Tata zoo gives up gharial hope - Jul 25, 2008 Calcutta Telegraph,Jamshedpur, July 25: Authorities of Tata Steel Zoological Society apparently have lost all hope of welcoming back the third Gangetic gharial that was washed Studying gharials - Aug 6, 2008 Down to Earth (subscription),...“The study involves fitting radio transmitters in 30 gharials,â€? said Dhruva Jyoti Basu, gharial conservation coordinator with wwf India, which is overseeing Increasing pollution in Yamuna raising concern - Jul 20, 2008 Times of India,The unhatched eggs at gharial rehabilitation centre in Kukrail which were brought after being collected from the sanctuary substantiate the same. Ski via SMS - Aug 8, 2008 Sydney Morning Herald,But, alas, tourists looking for a thrill in the Chambal Valley may have to settle for encounters with the gharial, or long-nosed crocodile, that inhabits é?Šæœªç›¡ï¼šè?²å¾‹è³“生態好去處 - Jul 30, 2008 é¦™æ¸¯æ–‡åŒ¯å ±,...哲雲ï¼?奇旺國家公園（Royal Chitwan National Park）的旅程便å?¯èˆ‡å‹•ç‰©ç‚ºä¼´ï¼Œé¨Žè±¡é?Žæ²³ï¼Œè¿‘è·?離看犀牛和其他ç??貴野生動物，如åŸåŠ 拉虎ã€?é•·å?»é±·éšï¼ˆGharial Experts looking into gharial deaths in UP sanctuary - Mar 31, 2008 Hindu,The Uttar Pradesh Government has taken a serious view of the mysterious gharial deaths and UP forest department has sought the intervention of the Union Amy Winehouse's James Bond ambitions – Daily Gossip - Apr 21, 2008 NME.com,...[a]The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster[a]'s [b]Sym Gharial nearly knocked over a punter at the Camden Crawl, outside the Dingwalls venue (from Dan). The plot thickens - Mar 31, 2008 Deccan Herald,The mystery of gharial deaths in the Chambal waters continues to elude scientists. More than 90 of the critically endangered species have died since early A spirit runs through it - Mar 29, 2008 The Times,Visit, for example, the most sacred city of Varanasi, with its bells and monkeys, or learn about the threatened long-snouted gharial crocodiles — seen from Crowd and effect - Apr 5, 2008 India Today,For a species classified as critically endangered, Gavialis gangeticus, or the gharial, has had it good over the years at Patna zoo. From just 11 in 2002, Go wild in the Florida jungle - Apr 19, 2008 Mirror.co.uk,Where else can you fly above a rainforest canopy and check out what the gharial crocodiles and white cheeked gibbons get up to 50ft below? INS Kesri commissioned today, 05 April 08, at the Naval Base at ... - Apr 6, 2008 India PRwire (Press Release),INS Magar, INS Gharial and INS Shardul were successfully delivered to the Indian Navy by GRSE in the past. The basic design of the ship was evolved by Uttar Pradesh: Reason: Unknown - 22 Feb 2008 Central Chronicle,Though most of the gharial carcasses found were partially decomposed, on-the- spot post-mortems revealed liver cirrhosis, as indicated by scarred and Contaminated fish killing gharials in Yamuna - Feb 21, 2008 Mangalorean.com,The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is one of two surviving members of the family Gavialidae, a group of reptiles, closely related to crocodiles, Live Gharials helping investigate Mass Gharial Deaths on river Chambal - Feb 5, 2008 India PRwire (Press Release),In a first of its kind conservation effort, the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department in association with NGOs - Wildlife SOS, Gharial Conservation Alliance, Uttar Pradesh Probing Chambal Gharial Deaths - Feb 5, 2008 NEWSPost India,In 2007, the Indian gharial became the only crocodile to be reclassified 'Critically Endangered' by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). Gharials, Monarch Of Indian Rivers, Under Grave Threat - Feb 12, 2008 Science Daily (press release)Most of gharial mortalities have been reported in the Uttar Pradesh side of the river, near the confluence of the Chambal and the Yamuna that flows through Damned Gharial - Jan 25, 2008 Tehelka,The gharial, which has outlived the dinosaurs, is on the brink of extinction. Can we revive conservation efforts to save this beleagured animal? The Indian Gharial: Going, going, gone? - Jan 25, 2008 Merinews,After years of conservation activity and having been literally brought back from the brink of extinction, the Indian Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is in ‘I am still hooked’ - Jan 30, 2008 The Statesman,Gharial survival is inextricably linked with the survival of our northern rivers (as are the fates of river dolphins, turtles, migratory waterfowl, Dozens of Rare Reptiles Wash Up Dead in India - Jan 23, 2008 National Geographic,The precise number of gharials that have died remains unclear, with the nonprofit Gharial Conservation Alliance saying 81 bodies have washed up so far. Crocodile-like reptiles found dead in Central India - Jan 23, 2008 Xinhua,The precise number of gharials that have died remains unclear, with the Gharial Conservation Alliance saying 81 bodies have been found since early December, Save the crocs! - Feb 4, 2008 Deccan Herald,Three decades after it was brought back from the brink of extinction, the rare Indian crocodile, known as the gharial, is turning up dead by the dozens on Dozens of Indian Crocodiles Mysteriously Die - Jan 24, 2008 Environmental Graffiti,The gharial is probably best known for its long, narrow jaws. The Indian crocodile is one of only two surviving members of the ancient family Gavialidae, Yamuna’s toxins behind crocodiles’ deaths: expert - Feb 19, 2008 Hindu,Most of gharial mortalities have been reported in the Uttar Pradesh side of the river, near the confluence of the Chambal and the Yamuna that flows through Endangered species news updates - Feb 19, 2008 Plenty Magazine,New reports indicate that the gharial's primary food source, tilapia, is absorbing an as-yet-unidentified toxin from the water. The gharials eat the tilapia ‘I am still hooked’ - Jan 30, 2008 The Statesman,It is at the forefront of herp conservation in India with a major turtle project in the north, the new gharial conservation initiative and a research base The rodent to ruin? - Jan 29, 2008 BBC News,Huge amounts of money gets spent on these things," says Dr Hilton-Taylor "In the case of gharial [Indian crocodile-like reptiles], 10000 animals had been Leading the way in wildlife conservation - Jan 25, 2008 Hindu,Take for example, the gharial crocodile, which, Romulus explains, is “the keystone to understanding the health of our rivers.â€? Unfortunately today, gharials Celebrate Valentine's Day on the Wild Side - Feb 12, 2008 KHNL-TV/KHBC/KOGG,..."We're going to go see the elephants, as well as the orangutans, a type of crocodile called a Gharial, and of course the Sumatran Tigers," Wendland-Gardner Satkosia gorge sanctuary the beauty of Orissa - Feb 4, 2008 Newindpress,A huge variety of resident and migratory birds and reptile species (gharial, mugger, crocodile, fresh water turtle, poisonous and non poisonous snakes etc) Healthy Wetlands, Healthy People - Feb 1, 2008 Gorkhapatra,These wetlands are critical habitats for the one-horned rhinoceros, Bengal tiger, Asiatic elephant, water buffalo, swamp deer, otter, gharial and marsh Bonding with beasts - Nov 24, 2007 Hindu,I’m told the Bank actually has around 2500 crocs, no mean figure, comprising 14 species including the critically endangered gharial. Assam to breed gharials to boost their numbers - Nov 21, 2007 Earthtimes,The decision came following the rescue of a gharial from fishermen's nets in the Manas river last week near Manikpur village, about 155 km from here. Chambal: From bandit country to tourist haven - Nov 19, 2007 Sify,Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan — the three States the river passes through — is now helping the gharial population bounce back. The 100-km stretch of the Burning too bright - Nov 12, 2007 Hindustan Times,Take the Indian gharial. In international taxonomic listings it has now reached the Critically Endangered list. Its populations have fallen so drastically Chukka-full of charm - Nov 2, 2007 Independent,Today, many endangered animals flourish here, including the one-horned rhinoceros, the Bengal tiger, the gharial crocodile, and a curious gentleman by the Hyacinth Troubles Bishajari Taal - Nov 1, 2007 Gorkhapatra,Besides birds, conservationists also report most adverse impact on Gharial crocodiles. The number of crocodiles in the lake is said to have dwindled due to Gharial sighting delights experts - Oct 8, 2007 Calcutta Telegraph,Guwahati, Oct. 8: Hunted since time immemorial thanks to the mistaken belief that these crocodiles attack humans, the long-nosed gharial had disappeared Television Review | Brady Barr - Oct 12, 2007 New York Times,...(A gharial is what a crocodile would look like if it had Bob Hope’s snout.) So the climactic moment of tomorrow’s episode of “Dangerous Encountersâ€? — which Q&A: 'Ganga has more life in it than a forest' - Oct 21, 2007 Times of India,Reptiles like the gharial and monitor lizards are found in the Ganga and her tributaries; crocodiles are estuarine, you’ll find them in the Sunderbans. Number of gharials sinking fast: Report - Oct 2, 2007 Newindpress,In its 2007 Red List of Threatened Species which has just been released, the IUCN has included 188 new species and Gavialis gangeticus (gharial), State govt issues grant for conservation of ghariyals - Oct 7, 2007 Lucknow Newsline,Lucknow, October 7 The state government has issued a grant of Rs 15.77 lakh to the Kukrail Gharial Rehabilitation Centre (KGRC) for the conservation project Work plan to boost tourism in Chambal - Sep 25, 2007 NewKerala.com,Besides 'gharial', which is facing threat of extinction, crocodiles, dolphins and other migratory birds inhabit the sanctuary, which was established in 1992 Half Of Nepal's Vulture Species In Danger - Oct 11, 2007 Gorkhapatra,The Gharial crocodile of Nepal and India (Gavialis gangeticus) is facing threats from habitat degradation and has moved from endangered to critically More Species Than Ever Threatened With Extinction, Report Says - Oct 15, 2007 Voice of AmericaThe Gharial crocodile in India and Nepal faces extinction because much of its living area has been destroyed. The scientists are blaming the destruction on CM’s pat for wildlife lovers - Oct 3, 2007 The Statesman,Several specicies are fighting a losing battle be it the vulture, gharial crocodile or the Indian Cheeta, he said. The fate of plant life is equally bad Wildlife activists call for preservation of Jim Corbett's memorabilia - Oct 3, 2007 NewKerala.com,The wildlife found in the park include the tiger, elephant, chital, sambar, nilgai, gharial, King Cobra, Indian muntjac, wild boar, hedgehog, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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