Feeding frenzy

14 fly species and 18 species of wasps found living in a single tropical flower, feeding on each other

Dwarfed by climate change

Animals, plants stunt as global warming alters metabolism  

Earth on verge of mass extinction

Event will be human-induced, warn scientists

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Reigning greens

New global map that charts plant diversity

Orchid’s secret note

Global warming forces it to bloom early

Climate has its say

Land formation does not get to decide biodiversity alone  

Taxman's hedge

Searching for the great hedge in the UK, Dileep Chinchalker uncovers the story of a hedge that ran from Torbela near Rawalpindi to Calcutta in …

Global Eco Watch: Bumblebees bite leaves to make plants flower early

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

Bee species are missing, pollination on high risk

Plants have a new date with flowering

Rhododendrons losing ground

14 species native to Himalayas are critically endangered

The lotus effect

Water doesn't stick to lotus leaves. Nature has given the plant a self-cleaning mechanism. Crack the science of it, and you have the formula for …

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  

Climate change spurs rapid growth of trees in Tibet

Warmer weather is melting the permafrost of the plateau, moistening the ground and making nutrients available to plants

Climate notes

Impacts of climate change in the Himalayas

Goodbye maples, pines

Climate change may cause some tree species to disappear

Alien invasion

Mini Nilgiri reserve