India, July 17 -- Scientists have categorised a rare, orange-mouthed monkey from Africa as a new species after it was first spotted almost two decades ago. Named as Colobus congoensis and known local... Read More
India, July 17 -- During her teenage years in Goalpara district of Assam, Wimarithy Marak helped her family collect water from a dug well near their house every day. Often, she would notice tiny organ... Read More
India, July 15 -- The indigenous Korku community of Madhya Pradesh have demanded the forest department and district administration to remove encroachments from forest lands. Nearly 2,000 community me... Read More
India, July 13 -- Tropical forests are being increasingly pushed beyond their threshold limits, affecting their ability to perform photosynthesis and thus their capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, a ne... Read More
India, July 9 -- Over half of molluscs such as chitons, clams, mussels, snails, sea slugs, tusk shells, octopus, and squid are threatened by deep-sea mining, the International Union For Conservation o... Read More
India, July 9 -- Meghalaya has asked the Centre to delegate powers to the state to approve coal mining plans and grant previous approval under the MMDR Act. Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said the mo... Read More
India, July 8 -- Trees across French forests have been dying prematurely over the past decade, signalling widespread climate-driven forest decline, according to a new study. The paper by the Swiss Fe... Read More
India, July 6 -- Climate change is causing more local extinctions among temperate species than tropical ones, challenging earlier expectations that tropical biodiversity would be more vulnerable. A n... Read More
India, July 4 -- Researchers have revalidated and concluded that the Himalayan pangolin (Manis aurita) is a distinct extant species, separate from the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla). A team of... Read More
India, July 3 -- The exotic pet trade in India has grown from a niche activity into a significant operating industry which now stands at a crucial intersection of legal commerce, illegal trafficking, ... Read More