Mesh sizes for the cod end of trawl nets, where captured fish are collected, play a crucial role in preventing overfishing of small-sized fishes. Each state on the western coast…
Human-wildlife interactions in India are often associated with large mammals coming out of the forest and interacting with humans on the fringes of the protected areas. Due to various push…
Squatting on the veranda against the bright pink wall of her modest home, Boramma focuses her strength and attention on the spindle with a piece of wood mounted on it.…
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands’ forest department and tribal welfare department released eight Andaman wild pigs (Sus scrofa andamanensis), bred through a captive breeding programme, in the Jarawa Reserve Forest…
The clicking sound it makes, during an acrobatic jump that it has mastered, gives this insect its name – the click beetle. Surprise movements or, conversely, feigning dead, are common…
A recent study addresses rising negative interactions between humans and animals and proposes population control measures as long-term solutions, while emphasising the need for continued research. In states such as…
Since the introduction of the National Air Quality Index (AQI) in 2014, New Delhi witnessed the highest number of days in the severe and near-severe category in November 2023. The…
Trees outside recorded forest areas, present remarkable environmental benefits and economic opportunities in India. According to the Forest Survey of India’s India State of Forests Report (ISFR) 2021, these Trees…
While current policies may help India achieve its emission targets by 2030, there will be a rebound of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2031 which will continue rising until 2040,…
The mention of malaria often conjures the image of mosquitoes buzzing in and around homes. But the mosquitoes that spread malaria in northeast India, once associated with forests, may now…
December was a month of deep sorrow for Karnataka’s animal lovers. The state's beloved elephant Arjuna was killed in a freak encounter with a wild tusker during an elephant capture…
Despite repeated warning from geologists and environmentalists about the fragile status of the Himalayas and the need for utmost caution while constructing dams, roads, power plants or tunnels, haphazard construction…
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has set up a pilot project to use eDNA (environmental DNA), to study and monitor wildlife. At present, researchers collect scat (fecal) material from…
Corporate India invested a record sum of over Rs. 25,000 crores in 2021-22 toward Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure. The expenditure was made by more than 18,000 companies that cumulatively…
It continues to be a matter of amusement how an ungulate that’s neither blue, nor a sheep, came to be called blue sheep. Morphological, behavioural and molecular analyses have shown…
On December 13, COP28 concluded with a ‘historic’ consensus on transitioning from fossil fuels, and Sultan Al Jaber, the president of COP28, emerged as a key figure in this successful…
Temporary wetlands are small and shallow aquatic habitats that, more often than not, dry annually or periodically. The period or length of time water is present within them is referred…
On the bank of the horseshoe-shaped Safrai river in the Chala village of Assam’s Charaideo district, stands a lush evergreen forest of over 680 hectares. Nearby, the rectangular shaped structure…
A recent telemetry study on 14 Indian rock pythons (Python molurus) in two South Indian tiger reserves has shed light on various aspects about the species, adding to the knowledge,…
The unassuming paddy fields have been the hotbed for politics for decades in the state of Kerala, and continue to be so even contemporarily. These fields has witnessed some of…