New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- A scientific study has traced the evolutionary history of Assam's Kaziranga National Park, revealing how the habitat of the one-horned rhinoceros has been shaped over time by climate change, vegetation transitions, invasive species and herbivore activity. The findings are based on analyses of sediment layers beneath the park's wetlands.

According to the Ministry of Science & Technology, rapid urbanisation, industrialisation, and deforestation, together with natural hazards such as floods, droughts, earthquakes, and landslides, are driving global ecological degradation and accelerating biodiversity loss. Northeast India, part of the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot, hosts numerous endangered species facing extinction r...