In the last one year, wild pigs have been termed vermin in parts of Uttarakhand along with nilgai, or blue bull, in Bihar and the monkeys in Himachal Pradesh. In Bihar, for instance, farmers have been ...More

Penguin populations in Antartica are in danger of disappearing in large numbers due to climate change, according to scientists. A new study suggests that Adélie penguin colonies, which are only found ...More

WASHINGTON: Continued warming of Antarctica due to climate change may lead to decline of 60 per cent of Adelie penguin colonies by the end of this century, a new study has warned. Climate change i ...More

WASHINGTON: Antarctica's ozone hole finally is starting to heal, a new study finds. In a triumph of international cooperation over a man-made environmental problem, research from the United States an ...More

NEW DELHI: Call it the audacity of ambition. Having doubled the country's solar power capacity — from 3GW to nearly 7GW — in 18 months, there are some within the government who think it is time for an ...More

The Basai wetland, which is a bird paradise, is facing the threat of habitat loss because of unsustainable development and negligence from the authorities. About 240 species of birds were recorded at ...More

Maharashtra, which embarked on its ambitious 2 crore tree plantation mission in the city on Friday, not only reached its target by 5.28pm, but also ended up going way beyond it. As per the plan, whil ...More

Only collective action involving all the stakeholders will help the world meet its temperature target Following ratification of the Paris climate change agreement in April 2016, the United Nations Fr ...More

New York, July 1 (IANS) Continued warming of Antarctica due to climate change could wipe out 60 per cent of Adelie penguin colonies by the end of this century, warns new research. The climate change ...More

NEW DELHI: Each year as temperatures rise across India, farmers look to the sky and pray for rain. The all-important monsoon forecast becomes a national priority, with more than 70 per cent of Ind ...More

The most discoveries were made in the Eastern Himalaya region, which accounts for 19 per cent of the total discoveries. Four species of reptiles, six species of amphibians, 26 species of fishes, thre ...More

Continued warming of Antarctica due to climate change could wipe out 60 per cent of Adelie penguin colonies by the end of this century, warns new research. The climate change impacts will be highly s ...More

New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) The NTCA has red flagged a proposed tiger safari project in Uttarakhand's Corbett National Park and asked the state government to first comply with wildlife norms. The Natio ...More

Environmental clearances to development projects in Indiaare given after "multi-level scrutiny" and "not in a hurry", a Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) official said ...More

LONDON: Britain's government remains committed to fighting climate change despite last week's vote to leave the European Union, the country's energy and climate minister said on Wednesday. "While I ...More

Nagpur: At a time when tigers are facing increasing poaching threat, delay in release of funds from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a statutory body monitoring all tiger reserves i ...More

Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) on 29 June 2016 started five long-term monitoring plots in the Himalayas to document the impact of climate change on animal world. The project is funded by the Union M ...More

New Delhi: CO2 concentration levels in the atmosphere have risen above 400 parts per million (ppm) for the second year in succession, but this time they will endure for our lifetimes, according to sci ...More

MEXICO CITY, June 29 (Xinhua) -- In Mexico, some 20,000 people die annually around the country because of air pollution-related ailments, the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) said on Wednesd ...More

Climate change and vicious river bank erosion in the post-Farakka Barrage period have blurred the lines between the rich and the poor and are pushing successive generations to grinding poverty along t ...More