Lakshwadeep islands to be connected by Ham radio

Sourcing Shompens

Hunter-gatherers of Great Nicobar yield evolutionary clues

Human-Croc conflict: Lessons from Down Under

As crocodilians (Alligators, caimans and true crocodiles) re-wild former ranges globally, Australia’s model of croc management and peaceful …

Will John Chau’s body spread disease among the Sentinelese? Scientists differ

While the body will definitely give out pathogens, whether or not the Sentinelese are susceptible to them is not known

Gaea's youngest

For the first time, scientists beheld the unusual phenomenon of the birth of an island from an undersea volcano in the Pacific ocean off Hawaii

Inhumanly polluted

Away from human interference, the virgin Arctic islands are, ironically, more polluted than the distant industrialised settlements. And the …

I learned the language without references

Pramod Kumar researches a language spoken by only 273 people in the Andaman islands. A PhD candidate at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, he …

What the debate on Singur hasn't touched

A solar eclipse like this will not happen in 19 years

While a total eclipse was visible from the Faroe Islands and the Svalbard Islands, regions of Europe, northern Africa and northern Asia was …

Andamans, Lakshwadeep declared ‘hope spots’ by IUCN

Two groups of islands are the first in India to make it to the list of 50 global hope spots with significant wildlife and underwater habitats

IMD warns of Bay of Bengal cyclone on May 16

No prediction whether Cyclone Amphan would make India landfall

Are the indigenous people of Andaman and Nicobar contracting COVID-19

Jarawas also very vulnerable; experts say administrative failure to blame for tribals getting infected

Volcano erupts on small Galapagos isle

Eruption followed a series of nine earthquakes

Precariously perched

Power crunch in paradise

Port Blair, port city of the Andamans, is in a developmental cul de sac

Embracing disease

The Jarawas of Andaman Islands are dying from a number of diseases

Tsunami fallout

Army firing range draws tribal wrath in Nicobar Islands

Sea level rose 3.1 mm each year between 1993 and 2020: Report

Warming ocean waters have caused many marine species to move towards cooler waters, leading to introduction of non-native and invasive …

Lakshadweep administration’s proposed two-child norm defies all logic

There is no evidence that a two-child policy is effective even for states which have high fertility rates than Lakshadweep

COVID-19: Land is key to survival of indigenous peoples in Asia

Those who are in their forest abodes, are self-sufficient; But those who have been forcibly evicted, will find it hard to survive the pandemic

India's marine meadows

Tape seagrass, which has the longest leaves among its kind found in Indian waters, is a major carbon sink. A recent study has some useful …

Scientists in the fields

Farmers in South Andamans benefit with guidance from the Central Agricultural Research Institute

Andaman and Nicobar: Beyond India's landmass

Excerpts from Troubled Islands! by Pankaj Sekhsaria

How to face a rising sea? Maldives bets on artificial islands

About 80% of Maldive’s coral islands are less than one metre above sea level

19 quakes strike Nicobar Islands within 10 hours

No casualties have been reported so far