If you liked this story, share it with other people. India, the world’s largest user of groundwater, consumes 87% of it for irrigation and 11% for domestic use. However, this vital resource is ...

According to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) around 600 villages still remain inside notified core tiger reserve areas. A new study proposes a framework for prioritising villages in ...

The king cobra, the world’s longest venomous snake, was first defined as a species in 1836 by Danish researcher Theodore Cantor, who gave it the scientific name Hamadryas hannah. Ever since, it was ...

Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures could play an important role in meeting the country’s biodiversity targets. OECMs have the potential to recognise the role communities play in ...

Urban expansion drives forest loss in India’s biodiversity hotspots ...

Scientists have described a new snake species found in Himachal Pradesh, which also belongs to a newly identified genus, Anguiculus. Named after actor Leonardo DiCaprio, the snake is small-bodied with ...

A study conducted in Delhi’s informal settlements found that high temperatures cause significant economic losses and health impacts for the informal sector workers. As temperatures rise, expenditures ...

Protected areas only cover about 5.02 percent of India’s total area. Consequently, a large percentage of India’s wildlife live outside protected boundaries. This gives rise to situations spanning ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. In the last few years, there has been a notable decline in the nesting sites of the white-bellied sea eagle in Kerala, raising the need for urgent ...

Home to nearly 90 tigers, Ratapani in Madhya Pradesh is a newly notified tiger reserve. The protected area faces challenges from speeding trains, illegal tree felling and poaching in and around the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Three decades ago, Rajabai Sawant used to pick and sort waste on the streets of Pune with a gunny bag on her back. The plastic she collected from a ...