A Liberian-flagged ship sank off Kochi, leaking oil and cargo. While the spill is contained, missing hazardous materials may ...

First ever photographic evidence of a clouded leopard preying on a Bengal slow loris has emerged from Dehing Patkai National ...

Every year, several ponds and lakes across various Indian states become sites of mass fish deaths. The primary cause for this phenomenon is water pollution, most often stemming from anthropogenic ...

Indian cities are not typically imagined to be biodiversity hotspots and aspects of urban ecology often get missed in public conversations about the city. Apart from being recreational areas, ...

The death of 38 monkeys, which died of asphyxiation during an illegal capture and relocation operation, has highlighted the increasing number of instances of human-monkey conflict in Karnataka.

With a rising demand for vehicles, there has been a corresponding increase in the use of tyres leading to more waste tyres. Scrap tyre comes under the category of hazardous waste owing to its ...

Kyasanur Forest Disease, a tick-borne viral illness, continues to wreak havoc in the Malenadu region of Karnataka, spreading to neighbouring states along the Western Ghats at an alarming rate.

Millets, hardy dryland crops grown in Asian and African countries, are gaining popularity for their nutritional qualities. The UN is celebrating 2023 as the International Year of Millets.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. India has a countrywide network of protected areas (PAs), including wildlife sanctuaries, national parks and tiger reserves. Owing to the pressures ...

Colonisation of the forests devastated them and their inhabitants, the forest dwellers and wildlife. To rein in the recalcitrant state governments for their unchecked forest diversion, the union ...

Extreme climate events may aid the spread of alien species in biodiversity hotspots, such as the 2018 and 2019 flood-driven release of alien species like the alligator gar from illegal aquaculture ...

Planting trees by the millions has come to be considered one of the main ways of reining in runaway carbon emissions and tackling climate change. But experts say many tree-planting campaigns are based ...