If it was not for the stern eye of our BNHS birding expert, I might have ended up patting a Godwit or two sitting so temptingly close to our boat. As the boat skimmed through the reed-lined narrow ...

Chilika houses 159 Irrawaddy dolphins; Odisha records 765 aquatic mammals in 5-year high ...

At first glance, Chilika Lake looks endless. Water stretches out toward the horizon, broken only by low islands, patches of reeds and the sudden flash of bird wings. It does not behave like a typical ...

The Department of Tourism, Government of Odisha, in collaboration with the Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, recently inaugurated the 6th National Chilika Bird Festival 2026 at the ...

Chilika Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage candidate and designated Ramsar site, is not just a lake but a dynamic ecosystem that attracts hundreds of thousands of migratory birds every winter. It’s a ...

Berhampur: Chilika Lake, the biggest brackish water lagoon in the country, will remain closed for visitors for four days — on Jan 18, 20, 21 and 22 — for the annual bird and dolphin census. The ...

On Friday (October 10), visitors to Chilika Lake in Odisha witnessed a rare and dramatic weather phenomenon- a tornado, also known locally as 'Haathisundh' (elephant’s trunk). The event unfolded ...

Bhubaneswar: Scientists of the Chilika Development Authority (CDA) have observed sponges, a primitive animal, in the southern sector of Chilika Lake near Rambha. Scientists said that sponges, which ...

Bhubaneswar: Environmentalists in Odisha are protesting the ministry of road transport and highways’ approval for a proposed two-lane national highway over Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest brackish water ...