Global Eco Watch: Chinese pink dolphin numbers rise in Pearl river estuary
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Plant roots mysteriously pulsate and we don’t know why – but finding out could change the way we grow things
To really understand how plants grow, you need to look at processes which happen inside cells.
Global Eco Watch: A cooling event caused rice to spread across Asia 4,200 years ago
Book Excerpt: A guide to the Peninsula’s indigenous floral wealth
Many in southern India are unaware that the region hosted and still hosts unique botanical life
One-third of Africa's tropical plant species are on the verge of extinction
A large part of western Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo could lose 40 per cent of their trees, shrubs, herbs and …
Global Eco Watch: Arm forest guards with guns instead of lathis, suggests SC
Global Eco Watch: 1.2 million Indians died of snake bites in last 20 years
Global Eco Watch: How climate may have helped exacerbate Spanish Flu
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
Global Eco Watch: Red Sea turtles are now mostly being born female due to climate change
‘The ship has reached the shore’: The planet finally has a treaty to protect life in the high seas
The high seas are areas of oceans that lies beyond countries’ national waters. These are the largest habitat on Earth and home to …
Human reproductive technologies like sperm freezing and IVF could be used to save threatened species
They could solve genetic and cost issues and prevent inbreeding depression among such species
Global Eco Watch: Reliance plans ‘largest zoo’ in Jamnagar
Global Eco Watch: ‘Strongest storm on Earth’ in 2020, slams into the Philippines
Global Eco Watch: Polar bears could become extinct by 2100, says study
Mesoamerica, origin of several global crops, faces floristic biodiversity loss: Study
Mesoamerica is seeing a decline in the wild relatives of potatoes, beans, squash and maize due to loss of wild spaces and mechanisation of agriculture
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
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 …
Global Eco Watch: Bumblebees bite leaves to make plants flower early
Global Eco Watch: Leopard killed, eaten in Idukki as revenge for sheep-killing
COVID-19: Shut pet markets, animal protection organisation urges PM
The animal rights organisation said that both SARS and COVID-19 were caused by viruses linked to wildlife markets in China
Green campus done right: This Assam university sets an example
How Assam Don Bosco University weaves climate action, preservation of flora and fauna, management of water resources in its green initiatives …
Beyond conservation, why our natural ecosystems need restoration
Significant strides have been made in both the science and practice of restoration over the last three decades, with specialisation across …
Global Eco Watch: Drifting iceberg threatens seals, penguins on British Antarctic island
Legal, controlled trade of wild species can have many benefits: CITES report
Adressing causes of poaching will benefit indigenous people, local communities and others involved in the supply chains
