New Delhi: The population and diversity of water birds at Delhi Zoo has gone down significantly as compared to 2016, according to the latest findings of the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC), 2018. In 201 ...More

New Delhi: The environment ministry on Wednesday announced a new strategy for conservation and rejuvenation of major river water systems, stating that focus will now be on the entire river basin compa ...More

NEW DELHI: At a time when the country is going gaga over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s keynote address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, a study on air quality conducted by Yale and Columbia Univ ...More

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) not to grant clearance to any new thermal power plant till they comply with the standards set by it, ...More

New Delhi, Jan 23 Government's norms for e-waste management will lead to a formal market in this area, attracting more investments and creating jobs, an IFC consultant said today. The Ministry of Env ...More

Super-efficient and environment-friendly air-conditioners, which consume 30 per cent less power will be installed in 2,500 government buildings, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan has said. All ...More

JAIPUR: A recent study of the gender ratio of sea turtle hatchlings from Australia's Northern Great Barrier Reeffound that 99 percent of hatchlings are female, clearly depicting that male sea turtlesa ...More

New Delhi: Super-efficient and environment-friendly air-conditioners, which consume 30 percent less power will be installed in 2,500 government buildings, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan has ...More

New Delhi: The union environment ministry has decided to start a ‘Himalayan Research Fellowships scheme’ to create a young pool of trained environmental managers, ecologists and socio-economists. Thi ...More

Sydney: A multimillion-dollar campaign to stop the predatory crown-of-thorns starfish devouring the Great Barrier Reef was announced by the Australian government on Monday in a push to preserve the Wo ...More

JALANDHAR: Sharp decline in the number and diversity of migratory birds, as well as, native species at Kanjhli Wetland in Kapurthala has been reported this year during Asian Waterbird Census (AWC). Th ...More

The Centre has asked Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) to develop contraceptives for wild animals, as states struggle to check growing man-animal conflict. The ministry of environment, ...More

Washington: Scientists have revealed a surprising relationship between surging atmospheric carbon dioxide and flower blooms in remote tropical forests. The researchers studying the rich tropical fores ...More

ENEVA: The last three years were the hottest on record, the United Nations weather agency said on Thursday, citing fresh global data underscoring the dramatic warming of the planet. Consolidated data ...More

ENEVA: The last three years were the hottest on record, the United Nationsweather agency said on Thursday, citing fresh global data underscoring the dramatic warming of the planet. Consolidated dat ...More

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Seah Kian Hoe was just 10 years old, he would jump on the back of his parent’s small truck during school holidays and help them collect scrap, ...More

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Seah Kian Hoe was just 10 years old, he would jump on the back of his parent’s small truck during school holidays and help them collect scrap, ...More

One of the world’s largest turtle populations is turning almost entirely female, and the cause is most likely warming temperatures in a changing climate. The sex of hatchlings in sea turtles — and in ...More

Berlin: Newly discovered fossils show that moths and butterflies have been on the planet for at least 200 million years. Scientists found fossilised butterfly scales the size of a speck of dust inside ...More

The Forest Department has been entrusted with the gigantic task of enumerating wildlife population in the district comprising a total forest area of little over 10 lakh acres, both wildlife and non-wi ...More