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Monarch butterfly feeding on a Duranta flower

Colombia has the world's largest variety of butterfly species: study

Project researchers traveled widely in Colombia, analyzed more than 350,000 photographs, and studied information collected since the late 18th century, the museum said.

Watch | The Saiga antelope is making a comeback

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The Euphlyctis Kerala species of frog discovered from near the Thattekkad bird sanctuary.

New species of skittering frog discovered from surroundings of Thattekkad bird sanctuary

Staff Reporter Species named ‘Euphlyctis Kerala’ in honour of the remarkable biodiversity of the State

A male pheasant-tailed jacana incubating a cluth of eggs. Photo: Rama Neelamegam

Following Father’s Day, meet a feathered dad who raises hatchlings all by himself

Prince Frederick Polyandrous in their mating system, birds in the jacanidae family, including the pheasant-tailed jacana and the bronze-winged jacana in the Indian subcontinent, have this behaviour indelibly scripted into their DNA. Here is a ringside view of a father-son duo as they dodge the dangers in the wild

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The Nilgiris tops the chart in very dense forest with 466.72 sq km.

Calls for comprehensive mountain policy to protect biodiversity and resources

Staff Reporter The Nilgiri Documentation Centre has said the State’s mountains and their resources are under multiple threats, and such a policy would help in their sustainable development

Rubber Board chairman K.N. Raghavan plants a GM rubber sapling in Guwahati on June 22, 2021. Photo: Special Arrangement

First-ever genetically modified rubber planted in Assam

Special Correspondent Rubber Research Institute of India had developed the plant tailored for the climatic conditions in the Northeast.

Safety first: Nasal swab being collected from an elephant at a camp in Tamil Nadu’s Mudumalai Tiger Reserve to test for COVID-19.

CCMB lab issues testing rules for animals

Special Correspondent ‘We regularly test wildlife samples using DNA-based molecular biology tools’

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Colombia has the world's largest variety of butterfly species: study

Watch | The Saiga antelope is making a comeback

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New species of skittering frog discovered from surroundings of Thattekkad bird sanctuary

Calls for comprehensive mountain policy to protect biodiversity and resources

Following Father’s Day, meet a feathered dad who raises hatchlings all by himself

First-ever genetically modified rubber planted in Assam

CCMB lab issues testing rules for animals

‘We regularly test wildlife samples using DNA-based molecular biology tools’

UNESCO to downgrade status of Great Barrier Reef; Australia blames political interference

Australia has for years been battling to keep the Great Barrier Reef off the “in danger” list.

Nature photography contest invites entries showcasing restoration efforts

Kerala-based Greenstorm Foundation, in its 13th edition of the International Nature Photography Contest, will focus on restoration of ecosystems from around the world

Forest fragments in agricultural areas are key to bat conservation: study

The odds of bats using forest habitats was nearly six times higher than open habitats

Australia may list east coast koalas as endangered

Bushfires across New South Wales and Queensland states in 2019 and 2020 are estimated to have killed as many as 30% of the population

Fossils show new species of extinct giant rhino that roamed Asia

Paraceratherium linxiaense were hornless, long-necked herbivores

From Mandaveli to Mahabalipuram: How the ashy woodswallow receded from urban spaces

As this bird’s breeding season reaches its tail end, a throwback to the days when nesting pairs could be seen in urban spaces, sometimes atop lamp posts. Despite being more easily sighted in Chennai and other bustling sections within its distribution range, an erroneous notion about the bird persisted for a long time

Peacock population booms in Odisha’s Pakidi hills

There is a belief that peacock sighting brings good luck.

‘Life of Butterflies’: a documentary that chronicles butterfly behaviour in great detail

Conservationist Sammilan Shetty’s documentary ‘Life of Butterflies’, deftly and beautifully chronicles the behaviour and evolution of these winged insects

A film on award-winning macro photographer K Jayaram

Mayan Mahesh’s film ‘Insects to Infinity’ documents the over five-decade work of award-winning macro photographer K Jayaram

‘Silver Monstra’ captured, brought to camp

The injured elephant was captured using kumki elephants in Gudalur; it will be treated by a team of vets for an injury to its tail region

Hebbal-Nagawara valley project: Over 6,000 trees face the axe

A notification, published on June 14, has invited objections

New tardigrade species named after Kerala

Stygarctus keralensis was discovered from Vadakara

Using 'Footprint' as a guide to go green

Sustainability consultant Shriya Suriyanarayanan’s podcast, ‘Footprint’, is a beginner’s guide to sustainable living in India

Raimona boost for Greater Manas Landscape protection

Notification of new National Park in Kokrajhar fulfilled recommendation of UNESCO World Heritage Site committee

‘Crowded’ Theppakadu camp raises questions on protocols to capture wild elephants

The camp now has 28 elephants; ₹12 lakh needed to maintain an elephant annually

Two Nilgai herds spotted in Bidar district

With two herds of antelopes called Nilgai being spotted in Bidar, the border district has become home for the first time to all the four major types

1.5-lakh Casuarina trees to be planted in coastal areas of Alappuzha

Planting activities will begin in connection with ‘Vanamaholsavam’ from July 1 to 7

After fire and floods, Aussie farmers suffer devastating mouse plague

The government has announced millions of dollars in support and reached for a more potent poison

Watch | China's wandering elephants

A video on the 500-km journey undertaken by a herd of elephants in China

India's contribution to climate change in last 200 years just 3%: Javadekar

Developed nations owe USD 1.1 trillion to developing nations as a part of climate change mitigation under the Paris Agreement, and this was discussed at the G7 Summit, said the Union Environment Minister

Tale of a mystery cat echoes on Anamudi hills

There is no solid proof, but tribespeople of the hills in the Western Ghats swear by ‘Pogeyan’

15-metre tree discovered in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Pyrostria laljii is new to science, and also the first record of the genus Pyrostria in India.

Watch | This man from Kerala grew a mini-forest on his land

A video on Manoj Kumar from Kerala, who grew a forest on one-and-a-half acres

The impact of noise on trees

Scientists have long known that noise pollution affects birds and animals. A new study suggests that the detrimental effects have trickled down to plants as well and the risks can be long-term.

Green humour by Rohan Chakravarty

China’s wandering elephants on the move again

The group left a wildlife reserve in the southwest of Yunnan province more than a year ago and has trekked 500 kilometers north to the outskirts of the provincial capital of Kun

Why rosewood is in the cross hairs

IUCN has listed it in Red List

Monkeys poop ‘rotten’ fruit tree that’s new to science

Garcinia sibeswarii was recorded from Assam’s Lakhimpur district

Marine creatures come alive in the language of the common people

Local communities in Pulicat, Besant Nagar, Kovalam, Odiyur and Kaliveli borrow metaphors from their immediate world to name coastal fauna

Ghana plants 5 million trees in a single day to combat deforestation

The expansion of farming, and to a lesser degree mining and logging, has led to high levels of deforestation in Ghana, environmentalists say.

Plan to increase green cover on school premises through ‘Miyawaki’ forest method

The seeds for this was sown in the virtual meeting organised for the Green Corps and Environmental Groups of the schools in connection with the ‘World Environment Day’.

Fall in e-waste generation in poor countries shows growing digital divide, report says

E-waste in poor countries is managed inappropriately by the informal sector in open burning and acid baths, which are polluting the environment and depleting valuable resources

NGT forms 3-member committee to evaluate risk over Nayara Energy expansion

A Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the project proponent Nayara Energy to ensure that all necessary safeguards are adopted and EC conditions duly complied.

Researchers identify gynandromorphism in crimson marsh glider dragonfly

Specimen spotted by schoolboy from Palakkad on his house premises

Dihing Patkai is Assam’s 7th National Park

It has 47 species each of reptiles and mammals, including tiger and clouded leopard.

New plant species from coffee family spotted in Wagamon

Argostemma quarantena is a perennial herb characterised by striking white flowers

How green is my post-pandemic world?

From tapping into renewable solar energy and sustainable fashion to going local with responsible tourism, experts from the field chart out a roadmap on green recovery

Two species of monals sighted together in Arunachal

The rarer Sclater’s monal is found in southern China and northern Myanmar

China's wandering elephants become international stars

“What possibly happened here is that in their search for new habitat, they got lost along the way and kept going,” said Nilanga Jayasinghe, manager for Asian species conservation at the World Wildlife Fund

Exit and re-entry of the cheetah and other animals

After the Supreme Court nod last year, the cheetah may roam Indian forests again by the end of this year. But it will be the African cheetah, not the Asian species. Has something similar been done before? What are the implications of such a move? Let’s find out

Drones keep an eye on Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Anamalai landscapes

Fear loomed over the quarters of tea workers near Valparai, around 100 km from Coimbatore, on June 4 after a 60-year-old man was trampled to death by

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