Five actions Madagascar's president must take to save country's biodiversity

Andry Rajoelina’s term represents the last chance to save some of Madagascar’s incredible natural heritage

Reworking of times past

In the race to make a fast buck from Jurassic Park, Spielberg lost a cinematic shot at recreating the complex ecosystem where dinosaurs ruled Earth

Global Eco Watch: Pregnant Gaur killed in Kerala; 6 held

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 28 – November 3)

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Boom-time for koalas

Sweet tooth

Like humans, plants, too, have a penchant for sugar

Changing colour

Who winds body clock?

Scientists discover protein that helps plants, animals mark time

Meet thy neighbours

Every existence has its excuse, it is said. Every year taxonomists in India venture into uncharted landscapes and scan every nook and corner to …

Species census

Total number of known species on Earth are rising. A report by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University, US,…

Growing old in the wild

The conventional belief is that animals don't live into old age, but succumb much earlier to "unnatural" causes. Recent research, however, …

Global Eco Watch: Atlantic Salmon returning to Maine river after dam removals

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Global Eco Watch: European Bison to be introduced into Kentish woodland

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Global Eco Watch: Dust causing rapid snow and ice melt in western Himalayas

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Eavesdropping on animals via satellite

Technological advances allow biologists to sit in their labs and monitor animal movements.

Save squirrels

Damnation abounds

Warm and uncomfortable

Altered habitats caused by increasing temperatures are threatening penguins in Antarctica

Feline felling

Lost wonder

The world has lost one-third of its natural wealth in 25 years, says a WWF report

Island of treasure

INDIA

Human evolution and tubers

Encyclopaedia of natural world

Global pet trade in amphibians is bigger than we thought

There is a strong bias for certain types of amphibians; six amphibian families contributed disproportionately high numbers of traded species