COSTA RICA

A prairie refuge

The vast grasslands in USA are finally making a comeback

Missing links

Ghana

3-D techniques shed light on what makes a bird’s lungs so efficient

Airways and blood vessels track each other and supply specific parts of the bird’s lung

Large share of India’s threatened endemic species in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka: Study

Tackling threats from agro industry, small-holder farming, grazing plantations most effective in reducing extinction risk  

Forays of Ignorance

There is something seriously amiss in the way studies of wildlife have been conducted in Sikkim

Global Eco Watch: Polar bears could become extinct by 2100, says study

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Why are there hopping mice in Australia but no kangaroos in Asia? It’s a long story

Why did more animals move from Sunda to Sahul than in the other direction?

In the bog

Protecting biodiversity

Death by disease

Severe impact

Many species may become extinct due to global warming

Dwarfed by climate change

Animals, plants stunt as global warming alters metabolism  

Earth on verge of mass extinction

Event will be human-induced, warn scientists

BIODIVERSITY PLAN

EROSION CHECK

MEXICO

MALAYSIA

KENYA

Climate effect: Airborne pollen in United States may go up by 2050

Pollen season will start earlier and last longer throughout the US, simulations by researchers show

Back from the dead! ‘Extinct’ frog species make a comeback

Researchers confirmed that many harlequin frogs once believed to be extinct are persisting

World Biodiversity Day: Ever more important amid COVID-19 pandemic

Various levels and forms of biodiversity such as ecosystems, species, genes across all taxonomic ranges are threatened, and facing an alarming …

The environmental costs of Trump's wall

All that concrete will generate millions of tonnes of CO2 emissions and the wall will ravage a unique desert habitat that straddles two countries

Global Eco Watch: Bumblebees bite leaves to make plants flower early

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology