Courting controversy

Ram Naik passes a death sentence for Dahanu's fragile ecology

Lives of others

Wildlife is more of an academic concern except when the charismatic tiger is wiped out from a protected forest or our favourite fish vanishes …

In troubled waters

After having forced into extinction many different species of animals, human beings have most recently focused their greed on fishes in the deep …

Hurricane happy

Krill kill

Seas around the Antarctic are losing krill -- a crucial part of the marine and terrestrial food chain

At snail's pace

Exotic species bring slow death to native ones

Whale shark caught in fishing net in Odisha, released into Bay of Bengal

Forest officials are keeping an eye on the shoreline at night in case it beaches again 

Carbon as old as 8,000 years found in deepest blue hole

Finding to help study carbon cycling and potential mechanisms controlling it 

How 6 fast-growing Asian countries consume plastic packaging

New report on China, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia

Trawler with live Olive Ridleys seized by forest guards in Gahiramatha

Six fishermen were arrested on charges of trafficking the endangered turtles that were released back into the sea

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छठवीं बार इस पृथ्वी पर सामूहिक प्रजातियों की विलुप्ति का प्रबल खतरा

धरती पर अब तक कुल पांच बार सामूहिक प्रजातियों की विलुप्ति हो चुकी है। लगातार खराब होती धरती की सतह के कारण करीब आधी ...

Odisha begins process to extract oil from grounded ship in Chilika

The Malaysian ship has been lying grounded in the lake since August 7

List of threatened species gets longer a year before prevention target

International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List shows that every fifth species is threatened with extinction

Mass nesting of Olive Ridleys starts in Odisha’s Gahirmatha

The natural phenomenon will last till March 8, 2019

Two gharials spotted in Kosi river in Bihar after half a century

A team of scientists found in Saharsa district an adult and a juvenile gharial, which they believe belong to the endangered resident population …

Indian shark researcher gets global recognition

Divya Karnad, a marine biologist working on shark conservation, has been chosen for a global award to work on such holistic conservation programme

Why eat plastic?

New research reveals animals and marine species consume plastic debris because it smells and looks like a delicious meal

60% of all coral reefs bleached in Maldives: IUCN

Some sites have experienced 90 per cent coral bleaching, finds IUCN survey

Coral bleaching comes to the Great Barrier Reef as record-breaking global temperatures continue

Rapidly warming ocean temperatures present a serious threat to coral reefs, the world’s most biologically diverse ecosystems

Rising ocean temperatures will lead to sharp decline in marine productivity, says study

According to the study, the rapid warming of the Indian Ocean has reduced the phytoplankton population by a fifth in the past 60 years

Coast Guard mops up another oil spill

The oil pipeline burst at Bombay High exposes maintenance lapses and highlights the urgent need for environment management plans to tackle such …

Deadly blooms

Make the Dead live

Fish in troubled waters

Several fish species in Kerala are threatened by overfishing and the release of effluents in the coastal waters