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

From rats, cats and mosquitoes to a rogue's gallery of plants, a major scientific assessment Monday catalogued more than 37,000 alien speci...

Invasive species that wreck crops, ravage forests, spread disease, and upend ecosystems are spreading ever faster across the globe, and hum...

India's tiger population has grown to over 3,167 in 53 reserves across 18 states after 50 years of conservation efforts. However, globally,...

Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history and its impact will see extinction of one million of the eight million...

The 2018 report highlights the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the development of the region

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

As the US president has decided not to have pets in the White House, introducing a few working cats could be considered, given precedents i...

Due to the degradation of the Yamuna river, Delhi has lost the nub-nosed or marsh crocodile (last seen in 1976) and the long-snouted crocod...

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

Postings of micro-blogger "cora liebo" narrating the list of animals "released" in the southwestern province of Yunnan have left jaws dropp...

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 forest department has intensified its efforts to eradicate invasive plant species that pose a threat to native varieties and the natura...

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.

In a first ever evaluation of how invertebrates, that is, spineless creatures, are surviving in the face of human intervention, a study has...

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

Nearly 200 governments will say next week they are unlikely to meet a target of slowing the rate of extinctions of living species by 2010, ...