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

Notch in the mountains

HIMALAYAN BIODIVERSITY-ACTION PLAN·Edited by Uppeandra Dhar·Himvikas Publication No. 10, published for the G B Pant Institute of …

Spy vs spy

The war of wits that goes on between plants and viruses

RNAs online

Scientists discover how molecules travel along a veritable 'information superhighway' inside plants

Home remedy

Tanzania

Going to seed

Crowded out

Human threat to biodiversity

Rich, suddenly

Ladakh's people get key to seabuckthorn 'goldmine'

Auto-recovery

Veins tell it all

Arrangement of veins control carbon, water intake in plants

Benefits of self-rejection

Evolution favours plants that rely on cross-pollination

From The Blurbs

Mira Behn: A friend of nature

The urge to be close to nature guided Madeleine Slade, who came to be known as Mira Behn, throughout her life

Global Eco Watch: Arm forest guards with guns instead of lathis, suggests SC

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

Global Eco Watch: 1.2 million Indians died of snake bites in last 20 years

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

पहाड़ों पर बंजर खेतों की रंगत लौटाने को एकजुट हुए किसान

डबरा गांव के कुछ किसान परिवार एक बार फिर एकजुट हुए हैं। किसानों ने आपस में मिलकर फिर से बंजर जमीनों पर अन्न उगाने ...

Listen... plants too speak

As early as in 1880, Charles Darwin demonstrated that plants could sense light, moisture, gravity, pressure and possessed several other qualities.…

Secret life of plants

A new book reinforces the fact that plants have intelligence and a complex sensory network

Plant a repellant

Disastrous dyke

Documenting the dying

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