Wittenburg has taken two melanistic color phase pheasants from his Oral farm and land northeast of town, he said. One bird was bagged on Saturday, Nov. 14. Another bird was taken two weeks earlier ...

Both stamps will also be available to stamp collectors. • The Game Bird Stamp will feature the Melanistic Mutant (blue) Pheasant (Phasianus colchius). The melanistic pheasant originated in ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Chris Shomo’s melanistic deer at American Natural Resources in Griffith, Indiana. Dale Bowman/Sun-Times Share Black and white in the natural world have a ...

A melanistic strain is also evident in the brilliant ... Only a small portion of the pheasant farming operation goes to the hunting preserve – about five or six thousand a year.

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.

Melanistic tigers are rare but Odisha is one of the states where they have been spotted. However, the increase in the melanistic tigers in the Similipal biosphere, the state’s biggest tiger sanctuary, ...

She is part of a plan by the Odisha government to tackle inbreeding in the tiger population that has resulted in increasing numbers of the once elusive black tigers or pseudo-melanistic tigers.

BHUBANESWAR: The committee of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), formed for feasibility assessment of the world’s first melanistic tiger safari near Similipal, has given its ...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has stepped up the work for the proposed melanistic tiger safari near Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district. Once the safari work is complete ...

A melanistic Royal Bengal Tiger was killed by poachers in Similipal Tiger Reserve, the world's only habitat for these rare tigers. Authorities arrested four men and seized the hide, nails ...

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!

Soumen Bajpayee was at the Nandankanan Sanctuary last year when he spotted the melanistic tiger, which is on the verge of extinction.