Western Ghats at risk: Deforestation data drives home point again

Loss recorded across four districts of Karnataka, according to data from Global Forest Watch

In Court

Six environmental laws to be amended soon

An ongoing conference in the capital to decide on changes in crucial environmental laws, as proposed by the Centre

Feathered touch

Govt must rethink railway projects in Uttara Kannada

Uttara Kannada is home to not just a diverse number of flora and fauna, but also ancient cultures

Crowd-sourcing, community participation to help in conserving rare toad

Bengaluru-based non-profit grantee to build citizen conservationist group for mapping, conserving Malabar Tree Toad in the Western Ghats

Is it on the right track?

Controversy has dogged the Konkan railway project since its inception. Today, many influential Goans are up in arms against the present alignment …

Sugathakumari: A poet who pioneered environmentalism in a state that never prioritised conservation

Despite vilification by politicians and bureaucrats, with the active involvement of religious leaders and obscurantist forces, the poet-turned-…

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (September 23-30)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Goa’s private forests, a last defence against global warming

The government needs to work on incentives for people to hold on to private forests rather than sell them

Kaiga nuclear plant expansion: Expect body blow for Western Ghats biodiversity

Rich tropical forest, vibrant wildlife, water of Kali river will be in line of destruction

The Kerala deluge: Global warming’s latest act

The global community has a responsibility not to let Kerala sink as it is reeling under the onslaught of global warming in the creation of which …

New species of shieldtail snake discovered in Western Ghats

The newly found species faces threats from road traffic, habitat loss, and a possible fungal infection, say scientists

Treasures of Silent Valley

Down To Earth traveller Jemima Rohekar's stunning photos of the Silent Valley National Park opens up before us a diversity of life rarely experienced

Nine new frog species found in Western Ghats

In 2014, 41 new species of frogs have been found, all in the Western Ghats

Troubled botanists

Wild & fragile

The Western Ghats in the south of India have forests which are, for some plant species, their exclusive home on this earth. No wonder then, that …

Bailing out turtles

A Kerala village strives to save Olive Ridley turtles threatened by indiscriminate sand mining

New species of dragonfly discovered in the Konkan

The Konkan Rockdweller is endemic to the region and likes to perch on rocks or concrete walls  

‘If trees are lost, giant and flying squirrels will lose their arboreal highways’

Three researchers talk to Down To Earth about the real danger facing India’s canopy-dwelling rodents

A unique dragon

The population of the Southern Flying Lizard of the Western Ghats is fast dwindling and needs conservation

World’s smallest terrestrial fern found in Western Ghats

The newly-found fern is one cm long and has different genetic and physical characters compared to other known fern species

Raining frogs

Will the deluge end?

When the hills turn blue

... it is the elusive kurinji flowering in the Western Ghats, blossoming faithfully every 12 years

At home in a cave