"I set the hook, the gar jumped out of the water and I seen it was black." Melanistic alligator gars have excessive amounts ...

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.

BARIPADA: Poaching of the melanistic tiger has prompted the State Police to join forces with the Similipal tiger reserve management as both agencies have launched intensive combing in the tiger ...