El Nio hindered

Another pacific phenomenon holds up the wild child

Plant-like bacteria

Viral attack

Beam the sound of music

Monarch massacre

Loggers in Mexico accused of wiping out millions of butterflies

Australia invaded

Penguin walk saves energy

The funny walk is a penguin's way to deal with short legs

Leaf economics

Plant growth rate determines their vulnerability to changes

Ecofriendly detergents

Cheap and effective, too

Pathogen chip

Can scan for thousands of microbes in 24 hours

Inclement future

Pronounced climate change impact in India by 2071

Contagious passage

Salmon fish farms spell trouble for wild populations

Pollutant gourmet

Genome of a microbe that thrives on chlorine mapped

Future shock

Home PCs predict global warming will be worse than believed

Back to the source

Recharging aquifers with treated wastewater is the only hope to meet the water needs of a growing urban population

Enviroguard

In every sphere of human endeavour, the use of biological indicators provides an elegant device, as they do not disrupt the stability of natural …

Springing a surprise

Global warming has led to the early rejuvenation of vegetation in spring, a phenomenon that is causing a change in the annual carbon dioxide …

Waiting for the mud

Mexican vulcanologists are trying to track the path that destructive mudslides, the fallout of an impending volcanic eruption, might take

Peep into the past

A female Sao La belonging to a rare bovid species has been captured for scientific study in Laos's Annamite mountain range. Her discovery has …

With warm regrets

Global warming is causing glaciers on the Himalaya to melt into natural lakes. This threatens the lives of indigenous people and animals

Bear business

The growing demand for bear products might jeopardise the existence of several rare species in Asia

Likes and unlikes

Appearances are deceptive, as the case of honey bees demonstrates. Though physiologically alike, queens and workers among bees can be …

The other side of nitrogen

Excess of any thing is bad, and nitrogen is no exception. The benevolent gas is actually responsible for immense ecological damage

Alternative to the natural

Fuel from plastic wastes and chemicals from grains: researchers in UK experiment with innovative substitutes

Pure stuff

Total water management -- envisaging supply, use and recycling of wastewater -- is what Akshyadhara is all about