An SOS call for the ‘Tiger of Kaveri’
The orange-finned mahseer or hump-backed mahseer, believed to be endemic to the Kaveri river that flows through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, has been an enigma for anglers…
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Fine those dumping waste into water bodies, says pollution watchdog
Expressing concern at the neglect of community water resources that are increasingly polluted, India’s top pollution watchdog, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), has now come out with a set…
Microplastics and colourants found in mussels from India’s southeast coast
Microscopic plastic particles and colourants have been detected inside the commercially important Asian green mussel Perna viridis from a fishing harbour in Chennai for the first time in a preliminary…
A floral calendar for bee conservation
Researcher K Lakshmi Rao is habituated to bee stings. And in her quest across India, to understand what whets the appetite of the honeybee (Apis mellifera), she has been at…
Hidden cameras reveal six colour variants of the Asiatic golden cat
Cameras placed across protected and community forests in the Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh recorded six different coat colours of the Asiatic golden cat (Catopuma temminckii). In all, the cameras…
Delhi is running out of water, and it is everybody’s problem
The newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre has announced the launch of Nal Se Jal (Water From Tap), a poll-promise from its 2019 manifesto, to ensure piped water…
Your environment this week: Citizen’s efforts for water conservation, the origins of pepper and more
To receive a weekly email with a roundup of our stories, please sign-up to our newsletter. Poor urban neighbourhoods more vulnerable to extended effects of heat India is experiencing one…
A Goan village is on the brink of victory to conserve a century-old lake
On a rainy day last week, June 12, as cyclone Vayu was pelting rain on Goa, 400 villagers braving inclement weather, gathered at a community hall. They were there for…
Is India doing enough to battle desertification?
Close to one-third of India’s total land area, 29.32 percent, was undergoing land degradation during 2011-2013 and with rising impacts of climate change, the figure could increase in the coming…
When and from where did black pepper come to India?
A new study has, for the first time, thrown light on when and from where black pepper (Piper nigrum) had come to India. The species arrived into India from Southeast…
