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A handout photo taken on 22 November, 2020 and received on 25 November from the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) shows some of the 100 dead pilot whales stranded on New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands

Scores of pilot whales dead in New Zealand stranding

The Chatham Islands was the site of New Zealand's largest recorded mass stranding, when 1,000 beached themselves in 1918

Eureka moment Forrest Galante with the Fernandina Island tortoise

‘Extinct or Alive’ returns for Season 2 with Forrest Galante

Deepa Alexander

In this Sunday, September 30, 2018 photo water vapour clouds rise from the cooling towers of the Jaenschwalde lignite-fired power plant of Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG (LEAG) in Jaenschwalde, Germany.

Surge in greenhouse gases sustained despite COVID lockdowns - U.N.

Reuters Levels of carbon dioxide touched a new record of 410.5 parts per million (ppm) in 2019

The world's first platypus twin puggles born in captivity are shown together for the first time during a full health check at Taronga Zoo's veterinary clinic in Sydney, 28 March 2003.

Drying habitat pushes Australia's platypus towards extinction

Reuters “There is a real concern that platypus populations will disappear from some of our rivers without returning, if rivers keep degrading with droughts and dams,” said Richard Kingsford, director of the university's Centre for Ecosystem Science.

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The squids of Mumbai’s beaches

Meghna Majumdar Squid eggs and fledgeling, yet-to-develop creatures can be spotted on Mumbai’s shores

Bonsai enthusiasts G. Lakshmanasamy and G. Ramasamy with some of their plants in Tiruchi.

Bonsai, a craft for the soul

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Scores of pilot whales dead in New Zealand stranding

Watch | The hanging village of Bangladesh: a testimony to climate crisis

Surge in greenhouse gases sustained despite COVID lockdowns - U.N.

‘Extinct or Alive’ returns for Season 2 with Forrest Galante

Drying habitat pushes Australia's platypus towards extinction

Birds throng Vaduvur, Udhayamarthandam and Point Calimere

Caring for an endangered visitor

State’s coast has become a preferred nesting ground for Olive Ridley sea turtles listed as vulnerable species by world conservation body and proper protective measures will ensure a safe zone for them

Bonsai, a craft for the soul

‘We consider these our most valuable possessions’

A successful solution to the ‘slash and burn’ problem

Field trials of the Pusa decomposer in Delhi, Haryana region show promise

Question Corner: Why do some tarantulas have vivid blue and green colours?

Readers may send their questions/answers to questioncorner@thehindu.co.in

Twice hit by climate change

Global warming may have killed many dinosaurs 179 MYA

The squids of Mumbai’s beaches

Squid eggs and fledgeling, yet-to-develop creatures can be spotted on Mumbai’s shores

Green Humour by Rohan Chakravarty

Moyar is the last stronghold for mahseer

The species is restricted to a few stretches of rivers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

Longest migrating small bird Willow Warbler spotted in Kerala’s Punchakkari

The bird was spotted by Nirmal George, NSS Programme officer of Sree Gokulam Medical College and Research Foundation, in the capital district on November 14.

Watch | All about Ramsar sites

A video on the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, an intergovernmental treaty for the conservation and wise use of wetlands

Migratory species live fast, die young: study

The researchers analysed over 700 birds and 540 mammal species

Competing for growth: How Miyawaki forest projects are mushrooming in India

Japan-inspired Miyawaki forests emerge as a popular solution to restoring degraded habitats in the country

World’s last known white giraffe gets GPS tracking device

A rare genetic trait called leucism causes the white color

Greenland's largest glaciers likely to melt faster than feared: study

The ice melt has already contributed more than eight millimetres to global sea levels

UK to ban petrol, diesel cars from 2030 in green 'revolution'

Automakers have expressed concern about the target, saying the previous goal of 2040 was already ambitious.

Meet R Manikandan from Coimbatore who has won the Best Water Warrior award

Manikandan of Kovai Kulangal Padhukaapu Amaippu has won the Best Water Warrior award for his efforts to revive the city’s canals, rivers and lakes

Vulture conservation: Centre to regulate sale of veterinary NSAIDs

At least one “Vulture Safe Zone” will be set up in every state

Emaciated fin whales wash up dead on French shores

“The question lurking in the background is: are humans a contributing factor in their capacity to upset the environment?” Willy Dabin, a researcher from the Pelagis Observatory working on the corpse said

Winter visitor Black baza spotted near Chadivayal

When a group of 13 nature enthusiasts from Coimbatore embarked on a birding trip to Chadivayal jungles on Sunday, little did they expect to chance

Lonar lake, Sur Sarovar declared as Ramsar sites

Recently, Kabartal in Bihar’s Begusarai district was recognised as a wetland of international importance, the first such wetland in the State, under the Ramsar Convention.

Tristan da Cunha island creates massive marine protection zone

The sanctuary will be the biggest “no-take zone” in the Atlantic Ocean

Buu and her week-old baby gorilla melts hearts at Spanish zoo

The park on the Mediterranean coast proudly proclaims him as the first gorilla born in Andalusia

The Sunday Quiz: Easy like Sunday morning

All these animals and plants have a common name because of the way they look! Just fill in the blanks with what you think they look like. The number in the brackets is the number of letters of the word. Good luck!

New species of vine snakes discovered

They are among the most common snakes in peninsular India, found even in peri-urban areas.

A community turns to Twitter hashtags to motivate people into birding and conservation

A community that shares a common passion for birding and conservation turns to Twitter hashtags to motivate people

Mollem on our mind

Why #SaveMollem needs our amplified attention and support

New genus of tree frog discovered, found in Andamans and Northeast India

Frogs of this genus are known to inhabit forested as well as human-dominated landscapes right from Northeast India, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, up to southern China.

Kabartal becomes Bihar’s first Ramsar site

With this now India has 39 Ramsar sites

New marine ornamental shrimp species discovered in Lakshadweep

Ornamental fish industry to get a boost

Report sounds an alarm on ongoing decline of U.S. coral reefs

The reefs off the Florida coast are the country’s most degraded, with perhaps as little as 2% remaining, officials said.

Newly discovered primate in Myanmar ‘already facing extinction’

Trachypithecus popa is threatened by hunting and habitat loss

Female mongooses start a battle to find the perfect mate

About 20% of pups in a group are sired by males from opposing groups, DNA analysis showed.

Glaciers in China's Qilian mountains melting at ‘shocking’ pace

The Tibetan plateau is known as the world's Third Pole for the amount of ice long locked in the high-altitude wilderness.

‘Mahabali frog’ may be Kerala’s official amphibian

Scientifically called Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis,it is listed as endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Experts want more U.S. action on climate change from Joe Biden

President Elect had promised a return to the Paris Treaty during his campaign

Watch | Kenya's lakes are flooding

A video explainer on why the lakes in the Great Rift Valley have been rising over the years

Guwahati zoo becomes home for rescued exotic animals

Six blue macaws and two capuchin monkeys from South America, three tortoises from Seychelles and a kangaroo from Australia were smuggled in from Myanmar

Four more biodiversity heritage sites for Karnataka

State Biodiversity Board has passed a resolution

Vladimir Putin orders Russian government to work towards Paris climate goals

Russia is world's fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases

Notes from a balcony

Ten minutes later, another one flew past, again something trailing from its beak

Ecologically and culturally rich deserts, swamps and grasslands must not be labelled ‘wastelands’

Ill-informed attempts to modify these landscapes are the legacy of colonialism, when many such lands were considered wastelands because they did not generate revenue

States to get air pollution funds based on meeting ‘performance targets’

On Monday, Centre, based on recommendations of 15th Finance Commission, released exactly half —₹ 2200 crore—of allocation to 15 States

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