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In the 1940s, the brown tree snake reached Guam hidden in post-WWII cargo and set off a chain reaction that scientists are still measuring today; birds gone, tree seedlings down by up to 92%, and spiders multiplying up to 40-fold on an island that once had neitherAn invasive brown treesnake on Guam has decimated native bird populations, leading to a silent forest. This loss has crippled the island's ...- 'Jurassic Park' got it wrong! Scientists just found that pterosaurs, may have had more wing-shape diversity than current reconstructions allow, changing how we picture ancient flightFor over a century, our understanding of pterosaur wings has been based on limited fossil evidence, leading to remarkably similar reconstru...
- Pet pythons escaped into Florida in the 1970s, spread for decades through the Everglades, then a hurricane carried them south, and now the Key Largo woodrat may disappearEndangered rodents in Key Largo face a crisis. Invasive Burmese pythons, spreading after Hurricane Irma, are decimating Key Largo woodrat p...
- Italy planted Norway spruce across the Alps in the 1930s, a deliberate-but-naive reforestation drive, but 90 years on, plant diversity is 50% lower than in native forestsA 90-year-old reforestation project in Italy's Prealps planted Norway spruce. A new study reveals this decision drastically reduced plant d...
- Scientists just mapped 110 quadrillion kilometers of hidden fungal threads underground, weighing about five times all humans combinedVast underground fungal networks, stretching billions of times to the sun, exist in Earth's soil. These hyphae, finer than hair, weigh more...
- JSW–The Times of India Earth Care Awards Recognises Champions of Climate Action and Sustainability
- This UK couple grows chairs in their garden and sells them for $90000Alice and Gavin Munro have spent two decades cultivating trees to grow into ready-made chairs, a process taking 6 to 12 years per piece. Th...
- Akshaya Tritiya 19th April 2026: What the scriptures actually sayAkshaya Tritiya is a significant date in the Vedic tradition. It signifies actions and intentions that compound over time. The day emphasiz...
- Bramayugam Academy museum screening: Mammootty's folk-horror makes history in Los AngelesBramayugam academy museum screening marks a global victory for director Rahul Sadasivan as the film joins the "Where the Forest Meets the S...
- Forest Protection Forces should work against those who cause damage to resouces: Assam CMAssam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the Forest Protection Forces should work as a deterrent against the inimical forces that...
- Kanchan Devi becomes first woman officer to be appointed as DG of ICFREThe new DG Kanchan has more than 30 years of experience in different areas of forestry, including forest management, forest administration,...
- Wild boars are giving a big headache to Air Force in HyderabadThe Air Force Academy in Telangana is facing a safety risk due to the increasing presence of wild boars on its runways. To address this iss...
- Eleven IFS officers at IGNFA test positive for COVID-19The group, which returned to Dehradun via Delhi, had a smooth passage to Uttarakhand as Covid SOP has been relaxed in the state with people...
- President Pranab Mukherjee pays obeisance at BadrinathThe president had begun his two-day visit to Uttarakhand yesterday from Dehradun where he addressed the convocation of the Indira Gandhi Na...
- Environment conservation, development must go together: Prakash JavadekarJavadekar underlined the need to strike a balance between environment conservation and development, saying both are equally important for t...
- Centre will soften, redefine environmental norms: Prakash JavadekarRawat said that environment and progress can supplement each other and they are not contrary to each other as is the general perception.
- Rampaging elephant herd pushed towards Tamil NaduThe elephants are expected to hit Hosur road late in the night. Police may close the national highway for all traffic in the night to ensur...
- Award credits for planting trees, says WelspunIndia's biggest developer of solar projects, has proposed that private firms planting trees should be awarded credits similar to tradable c...
- Sniffer dog squads to track poachersTaking a cue from police, the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has decided to raise sniffer dog squads to track down poachers.
- Parliamentary panel to review working of UPSCA Parliamentary committee has decided to review the working of the Union Public Service Commission, a constitutional body which recruits ci...
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