360 unique songbirds make eastern Himalaya a biodiversity hot spot
DNA sampling shows how the birds evolved and colonised niches, leaving no room for migrant species and slowing diversification
Mitigate man-animal conflict: tiger conservation authority
Chhattisgarh tigress could have been saved from mob death on September 24
Use of toxic chemical HBCD severely restricted under Stockholm Convention
The persistent organic pollutant is used in building insulation, especially in the EU
Radio-collared leopard killed by speeding vehicle in Thane
Ajoba made headlines in 2009 when he travelled over 100 km from Pune to Mumbai’s Sanjay Gandhi National Park
New NASA video shows how carbon dioxide flows in Earth’s atmosphere
Nearly all emissions of the greenhouse gas originate in the Northern Hemisphere
Underpass for elephants? Supreme Court snubs solicitor general
Apex court refuses to modify its order directing Indian Railways to reduce speed and stop goods train movement on killer track in northern West Bengal
Research on avian influenza virus to resume
Scientists had suspended research a year ago following public safety concerns over laboratory-modified H5N1 viruses
40 per cent of Europe’s sharks and rays face extinction risk: IUCN
Conservation body’s newly released ‘Red List’ says 7.5 per cent of continent’s marine species are at risk of extinction
18 tribal villages in Maharashtra get tendu rights, finally
Sulking contractors refuse to put in auction bids; state tribal development corporation to the rescue
Half of the world’s richest biodiversity zones unprotected: UN study
Fast progress needed on targets for protected areas especially marine areas, it adds
Delegates attending biodiversity meet swing to Bollywood tunes
Negotiations progress smoothly
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Pollution killing freshwater species of Western Ghats: IUCN
16 per cent fish, plants and other freshwater species threatened; 2 per cent near threatened
New goals set for CERN's Large Hadron Collider
After the quest for Higgs Boson, next set of experiments at the LHC will be to test the theory that predicts a whole range of particles that haven&…
Indian researchers decode function of non-coding part of human genome
Simple sequence repeats punctuate genome; discovery will help improve gene therapy
Bhushan Steel’s Odisha unit in the dock for illegal expansion
Stock market research firms turn blind eye to the unit’s environmental violations
Evolution in times of climate change
The origins of some of our fundamental traits could lie in climate change
Indian companies' CDM projects pollute environment
Most clean projects cleared on face value and are based on tall claims
Hydropower is far from ‘harmless’, says study
Building of Brazil’s largest hydroelectric reservoir has caused loss of animal life in the surrounding area
'Plastics should be classified as hazardous'
Current rate of production may add 33 billion tonnes of plastic by 2050; classification can help reduce this amount to four billion tonnes, says …
Vulture numbers rise in Girnar hills
Maximum concentration of birds found on route of proposed ropeway which will destroy birds, says environmentalist
Humans and mice are similar, yet different creatures, says study
Research will help experts to better test medicines meant for humans on mice
International outcry over Zimbabwe’s plan to export elephant calves
Conservationists denounce the Robert Mugabe government’s capture of dozens of calves and plans to export them to China or the UAE
How tortoises got their shells
South African researchers claim to have found out the reason
South Africa’s Cape Town restores landfill as natural reserve
Bracken Nature Reserve is rich with flora and fauna post-restoration
