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

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 …

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

‘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

Are dhole packs in peril?

Safeguarding these true underdogs of India’s tropical forests will require much greater resolve from scientists, wildlife managers and the …

Kerala floods: Government was warned long back, but it chose to ignore

Ignoring experts’ recommendations on protecting fragile ecology of Western Ghats, Kerala had chosen development over environment

Kerala submits revised recommendations on Kasturirangan Report

The Kasturirangan Committee has been set up to suggest measures to conserve the ecology of the hill range

Leaf storm

Indian scientists are resorting to tissue culture to salvage plants facing extinction

Tracks over green

Forest grump

Swamps of Western Ghats in danger due to human activities