Nitrogen overdose

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

Colonisation continues

The story of bioinvasion for beginners

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Four leopards killed every week in India: WWF

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

Dangerous mines

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

Natural Selection

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Undone

10th climate change meet shows how weak the will to combat global warming has become

Wildlife map via satellite

Snail dies in captivity in New Zealand

National biodiversity plan admits India has failed to conserve biodiversity

In Court

Forests in peril in Amazon rainforests

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In Brief

Deserts not deserted, but full of floral, faunal activity

These unforgiving lands may appear lifeless only to the unacquainted, but they are a unique and living ecosystem

More than half of Indian bird species are in academic campuses, says WII study

Academic campuses and similar fragmented areas could secure a wide variety of species, say authors

Here is why forest fires now pose a threat to the very survival of Uttarakhand’s unique biodiversity

Forest fire season in Uttarakhand coincides with flowering & breeding months of several vulnerable species, many of them native to Himalayas 

Funga: UN wants us all to say it along with ‘Flora & Fauna’

The global organisation says it is time that fungi are recognised and protected equally with plants and animals

Odisha government proposes state’s second biosphere reserve at Mahendragiri

The Mahendragiri hills host a rich biodiversity of fauna and flora and are part of the Eastern Ghats

What makes an animal clever? Research shows intelligence is not just about using tools

Species that use tools aren’t necessarily better at solving problems than species that don’t

A multi-pronged attack

The people of southern Zimbabwe have found a variety of ways and means to upgrade the quality of the environment in their part of the world

Climate change severely affecting biodiversity in Hindu Kush Himalayas: ICIMOD

Biodiversity will suffer even if the global temperature rise is maintained at 1.5 degrees Celsius  

My bears and other animals: ‘The Wildlife Stories of An Armyman’ is a fine literary accomplishment

This book, given the experience and the range of experiences of the author, is long overdue and the narrative is both a historical and ecological …

How Nanak used nature in his verses to drive home his point

Down To Earth speaks to musician and singer Rabbi Shergill about the poetry of Sikhism’s founder and its many allusions to facets of …