Deep in trouble

The ecology of Scotland may undergo a major transformation due to climatic changes, says a report

Acid rain arriving soon in India

It wreaked havoc in Europe. Now scientists are worried that acid rain may soon acquire grave proportions in India. Acid rainwater may cause …

Court raps environment ministry

Asks why it allowed Nirma to create confusion on wetland

Up in smoke

Did fires caused by the Aborigines drive creatures larger than humans to extinction?

Nowhere to go

What happens to living beings when climate change threatens even national parks and nature reserves

Nitrogen overdose

Excessive nitrogen is causing "nitrogen stress" in flora and fauna

Colonisation continues

The story of bioinvasion for beginners

The secret garden

Want to know about a lost variety of rice or a cure to asthma? Answers lie in the notebooks of schoolchildren and women of the Sundarbans and …

Four leopards killed every week in India: WWF

Report warns that the endangered cat may reach near extinction as happened with tiger

International bodies like WHO, FAO join hands at CITES COP19 to curb zoonotic diseases

Zoonoses defined as infectious diseases spread between animals and humans by food, water, fomites or vectors

The vanishing lakes

There is more water than land in north Bihar. The rivers that ramble down from the Himalaya feed numerous depressions scattered all over the …

Dangerous mines

Burying of waste by the mining industry can severely damage plant and animal life

Torn apart

Forest fragmentation can have detrimental effects on the flora and fauna, leading to a loss of biodiversity

Climate on a skid

Global warming is likely to be far greater and faster than previous estimates, says the latest report of the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction …

UN Crime Congress adopts Doha declaration on combatting wildlife crimes

International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime calls on members to recognise wildlife and forest crime as a transnational organised crime …