black tiger

The reason ‘black tigers’ exist and why that is dangerous

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The reason ‘black tigers’ exist and why that is dangerous

Claims of Black tiger sightings have been made since at least 1773 when James Forbes, an artist, made a watercolour painting of one in Kerala. (IE) An expert team, led by National Centre for Biological Sciences’ Uma Ramakrishnan and her student Vinay Sagar, has uncovered the genetic mystery of black tigers in Odisha’s Simlipal. The … Read more

Mystery behind Odisha’s Black Tiger solved? This research might have some answers

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Mystery behind Odisha’s Black Tiger solved? This research might have some answers

The researchers looked at the genetic analyses of other tigers in India and computer simulated data. (Image: IE) Black Tiger in Odisha: Has the mystery behind the black tigers of Odisha finally been resolved? Black tigers are mostly found in Odisha’s Similipal and have been the subject of fascination for years due to their predominantly … Read more