Cultured to propagate

Tissue culture helps scientists protect endangered flora

Damnation abounds

Warm and uncomfortable

Altered habitats caused by increasing temperatures are threatening penguins in Antarctica

Lost wonder

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

Island of treasure

INDIA

Phillipines

UNDER THREAT

Origin of beauty

All flora species are offspring of fragile water plants

Lack of data on gut microbes in India a problem

Studies across the globe have linked intestinal microbes with protection from diseases; India may be sitting on a mine of information

Plant non-grata

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Catch a tiger by its pug

Accurate tiger census methodology assumes significance in the context of the recent controversy over the declining number of tigers in the Indian …

Looking beyond hype and nostalgia

To most modern Indian writers, the environment means trees, birds and animals -- and human beings, in aesthetic or metaphysical communion with them.

Ask the villager before the researcher

Nigerian pastoralists have been found to be a storehouse of valuable information on the value of plants.

Making a start

Ground realities alone will determine the future of Himalayan biodiversity and the people of the area

Farmer's right

A new draft of the Union for Protection of New Plants Varieties protects the rights of the farmers

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

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

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

Troubled botanists

Biodiversity under threat worldwide

Marigold magic

An insecticide obtained from marigold flowers is effective against mosquito larvae

Protests galore

Activists protest against mindless development in Uttara Kannada district

In the safety net

Spy vs spy

The war of wits that goes on between plants and viruses