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
Global Eco Watch: A cooling event caused rice to spread across Asia 4,200 years ago
Global Eco Watch: Tree frogs create auditory illusion to find mate without being eaten
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
फूलों के फोम से बने माइक्रोप्लास्टिक से संकट में पड़ा समुद्री जीवों का जीवन
फूलों की खेती में इस्तेमाल किए जाने वाले पानी को अवशोषित करने वाले हरे रंग के फूलों की फोम दुनिया भर में माइक्रोप्लास्टिक की ...
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 ...
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 …
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 …
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 28 – November 3)
The Amazon’s tallest tree just got 50% taller – and scientists don’t know how
At 88m tall, it dwarfs the previous record holders by almost 30 m
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
World Environment Day in numbers: Natural resources
Five actions Madagascar's president must take to save country's biodiversity
Andry Rajoelina’s term represents the last chance to save some of Madagascar’s incredible natural heritage
Propagate and protect halophytes
It is high time that India’s governments make serious efforts to identify, propagate and protect these plants which establish mangroves, …
Database launched on flora in peninsular India
The work started with digitising the flora of Karnataka, but was later expanded to cover other states
India Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (Feb 10-17)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of ecology, botany and zoology
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
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.…
A unique tree park for Chennai
With 300 species of trees, the ‘Forest Genetic Resources Tree Park’ will serve as a unique gene pool for Tamil Nadu’s …
Climate change causes species to change habitats
A warmer climate is playing havoc with both flora and fauna
Unchecked mining spells doom for Saranda forest in Jharkhand
Unregulated large-scale mining activities have decimated plant and wildlife populations in the once-rich Saranda forest in Jharkhand
Have scientists stumbled upon the brain of a plant?
Scientists have shown how a 'decision making centre' of a plant that assesses environmental conditions and determine when seeds will germinate
The Earth's biodiversity could be much greater than we thought
A widely touted study proposes a total of 8.7 million species, but they could be 10 times more
Khar’s experimentation with Himalayan nettle brings recognition
Himalayan nettle, a fibre-yielding plant, has become an important livelihood option for people living in the remote mountainous villages of the …
How the warming world could turn many plants and animals into climate refugees
Almost unprecedented rate of global temperature increase means that species need to migrate at rapid rates
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