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Eastern India most vulnerable to climate change, says study

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Assessment by two IITs and the IISc finds 24 of India’s 100 districts most vulnerable to climate change are in Assam

History & Culture

A campaign to save Visakhapatnam’s 2000-year-old Buddhist site of Thotlakonda

Nivedita Ganguly

Sabita Mahto and Shruti Rawat are on the Trans Himalayan Cycling Tour for the One Billion Rising campaign

These women on the Trans Himalayan Cycling Tour are riding through ‘what will people say’

Sunalini Mathew A fun Facebook post by feminist-activist Kamla Bhasin, of One Billion Rising, actually had a whole story behind it

Ramanathapuram Forest Range Officer S Sathish on winning the International Ranger Award 2021

Susan Joe Philip Satish won the award for his contribution to marine conservation at the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park and Palk Bay region

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Kadassery residents live in fear of wild cats

Navamy Sudhish Repeated leopard sightings, attacks on livestock

Toyota Motor Corp said it would review its lobbying and be more transparent on what steps it is taking as it faces increased activist and investor pressure.

Toyota to review climate stance as investors turn up the heat

Reuters The car maker came under scrutiny after siding with the Trump administration in 2019 in a bid to bar the state of California from setting its own fuel efficiency rules.

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Bohag Bihu Bird Count 2021 set to begin on April 14

K Jeshi As the Bohag Bihu Bird Count 2021 begins on April 14 in Assam, birders across the country talk about the significance of this month in bird watching

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A researcher at Nanyang Technological University's attaching an electrode on the surface of a Venus flytrap plant at a laboratory in Singapore, as scientists develop a high-tech system for communicating with vegetation.

Watch | Scientists develop ‘robo-plants’ to interact with plants

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History & Culture

A campaign to save Visakhapatnam’s 2000-year-old Buddhist site of Thotlakonda

Eastern India most vulnerable to climate change, says study

Ramanathapuram Forest Range Officer S Sathish on winning the International Ranger Award 2021

Actor Gul Panag on lending voice to wildlife documentaries to be screened on World Earth Day

Kadassery residents live in fear of wild cats

Toyota to review climate stance as investors turn up the heat

These women on the Trans Himalayan Cycling Tour are riding through ‘what will people say’

A fun Facebook post by feminist-activist Kamla Bhasin, of One Billion Rising, actually had a whole story behind it

Now, masks that grow into plants upon disposal

Paper Seed has come out with masks containing seeds

Only 3% of land areas unblemished by humans: study

Some scientists questioned the extremely low figure, saying it could be attributed to the study using a particularly narrow definition of “intact habitats”

How bycatch along the Indian coast poses a significant threat to enigmatic marine megafauna

Elasmobranchs (sharks, rays, skates and sawfish) are particularly vulnerable to exploitation due to their slow growth and are one of the most threatened marine animal groups across the world.

The Ken-Betwa project reflects the ill-conceived rationale behind river-linking

Last month, the UP and MP governments signed up for the Ken-Betwa project. But not only is it a shoddily conceived plan, the very rationale behind river-linking is dodgy

Eurasian Oystercatcher: Let the beak do the talking

When it comes to having a philosophy around feeding, the Eurasian Oystercatcher seems to be in a league of its own

Bustard poaching in Pakistan desert shocks wildlife activists

Great Indian Bustard, the State bird of Rajasthan, is considered India’s most critically endangered bird

Apple’s $200 million Restore Fund: a vow to remove one million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually

The move announced ahead of Earth Day 2021 sees the US$200 million investment aiming to remove at least one million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually from the atmosphere while demonstrating a viable financial model that can help scale up investment in forest restoration.

Stuck at home again this summer? Bring sparrows to your urban neighbourhoods

Bring sparrows to your urban neighbourhoods this summer, by making simple nest boxes for the birds to rest in

Do swarms of caddisflies in Vijayawada hint at something?

As they are bioindicators a study may reveal implications, say experts

WHO urges halt on sale of live wild mammals in markets

‘Animals source of over 70% of emerging infectious diseases‘

Bohag Bihu Bird Count 2021 set to begin on April 14

As the Bohag Bihu Bird Count 2021 begins on April 14 in Assam, birders across the country talk about the significance of this month in bird watching

Monsoon was stronger 7,000 years ago: study

Due to variations in solar radiation, it started weakening 4,200 to 2,000 years ago, say researchers

Olive Ridley hatchlings released into sea at Suryalanka

The conservation of the turtles was anchored by Guntur Forest Dept

Dolphin boom in Odisha’s Chilika lake

Activists elated at jump in number of endangered Irrawaddy dolphins.

CSIR removes NEERI head Rakesh Kumar as Director

Move follows CVC order of an inquiry into allegations of corruption against him

Wayanad sanctuary a haven for Asiatic wild dog

Study finds the sanctuary is host to nearly 50 individuals

How wildlife trade features in the day-to-day politics of Assam

Political unrest and economic instability are feeding a thriving illegal wildlife trade in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district

Author Deepak Dalal’s new books for young readers put the spotlight on conservation

Author Deepak Dalal’s two new books, one set in Lakshadweep Islands and the other on Snow Leopard Adventure in the Himalayas, create a connection between young readers and wildlife, and eventually conservation

Old Samsung Galaxy phones are recycled into medical devices

Samsung says the recycling initiative diverts e-waste from landfills to units making medical devices for underserved communities

Third of Antarctic ice shelf area at collapse risk due to global warming: Study

They noted that when melted ice accumulates on the surface of ice shelves, it can make them fracture and collapse spectacularly.

Bar Headed Goose at Hadinaru with a Mongolian ‘address’ around its neck

On a remote-working arrangement in his hometown Mysuru, an IT professional from Chennai studies the species at Hadinaru freshwater lake during weekends, and connects with Mongolian conservation scientists to decrypt the story of a collared bird

New species from Arunachal added to India’s bird list

BNHS team spotted the three-banded rosefinch at an altitude higher than its recorded perch in China.

Watch | Scientists develop ‘robo-plants’ to interact with plants

A video on 'robo-plants', a high-tech system for communicating with vegetation.

Polar bears forced to forage eggs as warming shrinks hunting grounds: study

Some bears are also coming ashore at the same time seabirds are nesting and are snacking on their eggs.

Here’s how zoos across India are preparing for the great Indian summer

Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the zoos are geared up to beat the heat with sprinklers, khus-khus mats and fruity animal treats

This is the greenest DIY home décor trend that everyone is raving about

Made a terrarium yet? Social media is brimming with accounts — of novices and experts — that specialise in these miniature gardens, the numbers steadily growing.

With second wave of bird flu, hundred birds found dead in Himachal Pradesh

Like the previous outbreak, most of the victims are bar-headed geese

Climate change shrinks marine life richness near equator: study

Having fleets of fish and other swimmers shift rapidly to more temperate waters could devastate the coral ecosystems they leave behind.

Chennai resident sights two rare warblers at home on the same day

The city falls in the migration route of the passage migrants Western Crowned Warbler and Large-billed Leaf Warbler. As these birds ‘pass through a narrow window of time’, there are not many records of them from these parts

Zoo officials take special steps to keep animals cool this summer

We are also providing glucose and B-complex in the diet, says Curator

Greens ask parties to draft report on status of Western Ghats

Manifesto listing slew of measures to combat climate change submitted

Europe's heat and drought crop losses tripled in 50 years: study

The study said the punishing heat wave and drought of 2018 in Europe caused a decrease in grain production of 8%

Three new migratory bird species spotted in Coimbatore

The migratory birds will arrive from various parts of the world to the tank from the first week of October and depart by end of March the next year.

In Tamil Nadu, environment is good politics

There seems to be a shift from prioritising expressways and megaports to agriculture and forests

The day of the urial

Despite the severe stress on the species and its declining numbers, the urial continues to hang on

This Chennai visitor does not grant birders an easy audience

The Terek Sandpiper’s forehead is a cliff dressed in feathers. The bird would still be headbutted out of a “Mr. Steep Forehead” contest. The Pied

Sunday Quiz | On dinosaurs

If history repeats itself, I am so getting a dinosaur: Anonymous

Meet the 18-year-old environmental activist fighting air pollution in Punjab

Winner of Let Me Breathe’s Clean Air Punjab Competition, Akshyae Singh, talks about the discourse around pollution

India pushes deadline for coal-fired utilities to adopt new emission norms

India had initially set a 2017 deadline for thermal powerplants to install Flue Gas Desulphurization units that cutemissions of sulphur dioxides.

Are our leaders awaiting a vaccine for the environment?

COVID-19 has negatively affected not just laws, but has given rise to job losses among protected area rangers, and reduced anti-poaching patrols and environmental protection rollbacks

Closed throughout 2020-21 due to COVID, bird flu, Delhi zoo sees animal deaths fall to 3-year low

The zoo lost two tigress, a tiger and two cubs in the last one year.

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