Kaziranga National Park has lost over 300 sq km of grasslands in a century, with forests expanding significantly. This ecological shift, dr...

During the Question Hour, Piyush Goyal asked about the weed to Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, who was responding to a query on clear...

The armoured sailfin catfish, known as the Rakashi or devil fish, has been found in 65% of water bodies in the Eastern Ghats region of Indi...

These invasive plant species that have been found in different ranges of the national park are posing a grave threat to the habitats, inclu...

Many reptiles are being pushed to the brink, the researchers said, by factors similarly imperiling the world's other land vertebrates - amp...

The meet aims at delving in detail the impact of IAS on biodiversity, impact of biological invasion on ecosystem besides, to develop a nati...

Kolkata, Nov 30 (IANS) Invasive plant species such as alligator weed, which threatens natural ecosystem, could be promoted as a food produc...

With the discovery in Uttarakhand recently, the total number of varieties of butterflies found in the hill state is 453. Of the three new v...

The brightly coloured land snail Indrella ampulla is found exclusively in the Western Ghats, but what it looks like would depend largely on...

Invasive alien species like Lantana and Cuscutta pose a threat to the ecosystems and lead to loss of biodiversity of the country, the gover...

The quest to know the status of two highly endangered and also elusive species of wildlife at Manas national park, in western Assam, has be...

The islands have no native herbivores except for wild pig, which is omnivorous while elephants were brought over from mainland India in the...

India has one of the longest shorelines in the world and many marine species of birds are found in the Indian seas and on the coastal areas.

Melghat Tiger Reserve in Amravati district, one of the oldest tiger reserves in India established in 1973, has unique and excellent grassla...

The Indian myna bird which was introduced in Australia in 1862 to control insects in Melbourne's market garden is now posing a threat to so...

The King Cobra, world's longest venomous snake found predominantly in Indian rain forests, are increasingly threatened due to loss of habit...

Speaking about biodiversity loss, he pointed out that 1.6 billion people worldwide rely on forests for their livelihood, but an estimated 4...