Invasive species may soon wipe out Shola vegetation from Nilgiris: Report

Alarming expansion of exotic and tea plantations threaten native dry deciduous, moist deciduous and thorn forests and grasslands there

No food in forests: Weeds like Mimosa, Siam are taking over Assam’s biodiversity

Mimosa species, at its peak, covered 56% per cent of Bagori range of Kaziranga National Park

Marine invasive alien species threaten islands in Asia-Pacific

The species, which is little understood but is a serious threat to biodiversity, will make for a key topic of discussion at the IPBES meet

Invasive alien forest insects will kill 1.4 million urban trees in US by 2050: Study

Ash, maple and oak trees in the US will be most affected due to insect-cause mortality

Climate notes

Impacts of climate change in the Himalayas

Clue to save turtles

Agriculture runoff triggers fatal tumours in green sea turtles

New global standard adopted for making trade in plants and seeds safer

There is an increasing risk that pests carried by seeds could establish themselves and spread after planting

Pesky pets

One of the first species domesticated by man, the pigeon is now an invasive species and a pest in many parts of the world

Invasion triggers evolution

A study on lizards shows evolutionary change can occur swiftly when two closely related species compete

Global Eco Watch: Drifting iceberg threatens seals, penguins on British Antarctic island

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Butterflies brought by tsunami threaten Andaman's ecology

Rs 21 crore blunder

Invasive species in Western Ghats affects plants

Will planting Causarina give protection against another tsunami?

Invasive ‘aliens’

Lantana camara is growing unchecked in Western Ghats, threatening the biodiversity hot spot

Fire in the mountain

Acute fodder crisis behind forest fires in Himachal Pradesh

Colonial plants

The poor and the environment: lessons from energy crisis

Silent invasion

The more fish are introduced in Vidarbha, the more it loses diversity

Cyanide kills elephants

International Snow Leopard Day: Of snow leopards and domestic dogs

‘Man’s best friend’ has become a big threat for the charismatic cat in Ladakh, as this account shows

Hard time for honeybees

Entomologist May Berenbaum of University of Illinois in USA has inspired a character in TV series, X-Files. The winner of this year’s Tyler …

Extreme weather events may be driving replacement of native species with exotic ones

Analysis shows higher reproduction, competitiveness and plasticity may be helping non-native species

Silent invader

Prosopis juliflora can pose a big threat to bird population in Tamil Nadu

No food in forests: Bears, langurs throng Uttarkahand apple orchards as native vegetation gets taken over by invasives

Locals report numerous changes in food habits of wildlife; increased number of tigers in the state may also have a role