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Siliguri: Tigress Sheela with her three new born cubs at Bengal Safari in Siliguri, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.

Tigress ‘Sheela’ gives birth to 3 cubs in Siliguri’s Bengal Safari park

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The cubs were born in the tiger enclosure around 7 a.m. and they are doing fine, the official said

Dry form of Common Evening Brown

Common Evening Brown butterfly photographed in over 60 variations

Currently, 35% of the sewage generated in the city is not being treated and a large part of it ends up in the Yamuna. file photo: V.V. Krishnan

Pathogens listed as critical by WHO found in river Yamuna

Aswathi Pacha Sewage was the main source of their entry into the river, according to a research paper

Forest department official of the Athagarh division prepares bamboo seed balls which will be scattered into different reserve forests to enrich food stock for wild elephants.

Odisha turns to seed-bombs to fight a jumbo problem

Satyasundar Barik Forest officials hope bamboo seed balls will germinate and ensure food for elephants, preventing conflict with villagers

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Plain Tiger: The butterfly next door

How the tiger can regain its stripes

Stop the dismantling of environmental rules

Tigress ‘Sheela’ gives birth to 3 cubs in Siliguri’s Bengal Safari park

Urban Drive Environment

A letter to Prakash Javadekar

Citizen science in the times of lockdown

Put on hold draft EIA till it is discussed, Jairam urges Javadekar

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Artistes and musicians get creative for support against draft EIA 2020

The window to express public feedback closes on August 11, and the final leg of creative campaigns is worth looking up

Common Evening Brown butterfly photographed in over 60 variations

Coimbatore-based Darshan M Trivedi enters the India Book of Records for photographing a single butterfly in 67 variations

The animals we cannot hear

From island-dwelling geckos to bats in Berlin, chiropterologist Rohit Chakravarty shows how sound produced by different creatures can surprise you

Pathogens listed as critical by WHO found in river Yamuna

Sewage was the main source of their entry into the river, according to a research paper

Odisha turns to seed-bombs to fight a jumbo problem

Forest officials hope bamboo seed balls will germinate and ensure food for elephants, preventing conflict with villagers

As floodwaters recede, hunters kill rhino in Kaziranga

The horn of the rhinoceros, second to fall to poachers this year, was sawed off

NGT directs UPPCB to recover ₹1.90 cr. form industrial unit in Uttar Pradesh

The green panel also noted that the industrial unit - C L Gupta Export Ltd- lacked treatment facility for effluents.

Uttarakhand, Maharashtra had highest leopard poaching in India: TRAFFIC study

‘Wildlife smugglers target the species lured by high profits and low risk of detection.’

Opposition MPs resist attempts to stall discussion on EIA draft

BJP MPs objected to debate at meting of parliamentary panel on S&T.

Unauthorised extraction of groundwater for commercial use criminal offence: NGT

The tribunal said that if anyone is found extracting groundwater, it is per se a criminal offence.

India’s ‘Recycle Man’ makes bricks from discarded face masks

Binish Desai, India’s ‘Recycle Man’, makes bricks from discarded face masks

Let’s bring the butterflies home

If butterflies inspire you, here is how you can woo them to your frontyard or the mini-gardens in your backyard and balconies

A virtual photo expo in the time of pandemic

It presents myriad shades of emotions, architectural splendour and the nature

Environment Ministry dithered on decision to close LG Polymers plant in Vishakapatnam

Documents show Section 5 of Environment Protection Act cited for plant closure.

A green initiative takes off in Palwancha town of Telangana

Akshay Gunteti of Green Worms shares details of their waste management plan in small towns and villages

Single use, dangerous misuse: on the war against plastic during COVID-19

Reversing policies aimed to eliminate single-use plastics will do us more harm than good

Animals spell out COVID-19 precautions and protest draft EIA 2020 in Pune-based artist’s work

Pune-based wildlife illustrator Rohan Dahotre’s works sport detailing in technique and purpose in content

Naturalist Yuvan Aves discusses ecology and the threat faced by moths

Naturalist Yuvan Aves discusses the ecology and the threat faced by these beautiful winged creatures as he shares stunning pictures of them during National Moth Week

The Hindu Explains | What are the key changes in the Environment Impact Assessment Notification 2020?

Will environment regulation be weakened?

EIA draft translated into 3 languages instead of 22

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How Ponnus, a native mango tree, was saved

Conservationists’ efforts bear fruit, as they succeed in saving this rare, indigenous mango tree from the axe

Kibber’s snow leopards

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Vizag start-up roots for eco-friendly celebrations by promoting seed rakhis and ganesh idols

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Ramesh-led House panel to discuss draft Environment Impact Assessment

The Cong. leader had written to Javadekar detailing his five main objections to the draft

The Indian Rat Snake is a well-behaved reptile

The Indian Rat Snake that emerges during the monsoon, is non-venomous and will not attack unless cornered

Record 212 environmental activists killed in 2019, says watchdog

Latin America accounted for more than two-thirds of all victims last year, with Colombia the deadliest country of all, with 64 killings.

Three billion animals affected by Australia bushfires: WWF

‘It’s one of the worst wildlife disasters’

Working with India to make clean power accessible, says U.K. Minister

The Green Growth Equity Fund is focusing on upgrading infrastructure for cleaner energy, Lord Ahmad said

We started sustainability way before customers even asked: Justin Lyles, Dell

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At 2,967 tigers, India’s capacity at peak

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar releases updated report on India’s Tiger Survey.

Indian climate activist Archana Soreng named by UN chief to new advisory group

‘Our ancestors have been protecting the forest and nature over the ages. Now onus on us to be the front runners in combating the climate crisis’, says Archana Soreng

France to ban heated terraces in anti-pollution drive

While a handful of French cities have already banned heated terraces, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has refused, saying businesses stand to lose a huge chunk of their revenues.

Depleting mangrove cover poses problems to Visakhapatnam

Finding a sustainable solution is key to revive the ecosystem, says forest official

Climb or die — Himalayan plants on steep trek to survive climate change

Fragile per-glacial ecosystems have seen a depletion in several species, says a Botanical Survey of India study

COVID-19 and the plastic comeback

Fanning the fear of infection, companies are trying to sneak single-use plastics back into the economy. This might yet be the worst fallout of the pandemic

Number of fires more than doubles in Brazil’s Pantanal

Officials said it was the largest number of fires in a six-month period in the last two decades.

NGT directs Indian Oil’s Panipat refinery to pay ₹25 crore

The green panel noted the report filed by a committee which said there was no progress towards restoration of the environment by the refinery

How young Asian elephants learn to bend their trunks left or right

The first-of-its-kind study of wild elephant calves found that laterality develops even at three months of age.

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Human-relevant systems are needed to understand COVID-19

Meet the ‘tiny bug slayer’, ancient relative of dinosaurs and pterosaurs

The fossil’s tiny body size may help explain the origin of flight in pterosaurs

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