The hidden danger inside Spain's eucalyptus forests that worries scientistsSpain's eucalyptus plantations appear green but support fewer native birds and insects. These monocultures lack the diverse vegetation and ...
05 Aug, 2026, 08.55 PM IST
What was so special about Wrangel and St. Paul islands, where Woolly Mammoths survived until their extinction? Scientists revealed the answer two decades agoFor years, scientists believed the last woolly mammoths disappeared because inbreeding and genetic decline made survival impossible. A land...
04 Aug, 2026, 07.36 PM IST
Nature's first cat! Every time your cat purrs, it echoes 30-million-year-old legacy that began with predator scientists call the world's first true catFirst Cat Proailurus: Long before modern cats evolved, an ancient feline called Proailurus roamed the forests of Europe and Asia around 30 ...
27 Jul, 2026, 06.00 PM IST
They say cockroaches survived the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Can the small insect survive a nuclear blast? The truth behind one of science's biggest mythsCockroaches are not indestructible and cannot survive nuclear explosions. Their cells divide less frequently, making them more radiation re...
26 Jul, 2026, 11.40 AM IST
New Zealand in the 1850s planted millions of pines for timber, but today scientists are spending millions trying to stop them from overrunning native mountainsNew Zealand's high country is battling an invasion of non-native pine trees, introduced generations ago for forestry. These 'wilding conife...
04 Jul, 2026, 03.42 PM IST
Israel, in the mid-1900s, planted millions of pine trees, and ecologists later found that the Mediterranean shrubs that grew back underneath decided which birds would move inPine forests teeming with birdlife have a secret: it's not the trees, but the undergrowth. A study reveals that dense shrub layers dramatic...
02 Jul, 2026, 06.53 PM IST
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...
19 Jun, 2026, 06.20 PM IST
A fifth of world's reptile species deemed threatened with extinctionMany reptiles are being pushed to the brink, the researchers said, by factors similarly imperiling the world's other land vertebrates - amp...
27 Apr, 2022, 08.53 PM IST
Bats, coronaviruses evolving together for millions of years: StudyThe study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, noted that while bats do a lot of good for the world such as pollinating plants, ea...
23 Apr, 2020, 05.24 PM IST
Most deforested island in Philippines has most unique mammals in world15 Jul, 2016, 01.14 PM IST
Democratic conservation of biodiversity is mustIndia ranks among the top ten species rich nations in the world and is known for its rich biological diversity and high endemism.
17 Aug, 2015, 05.52 PM IST
Jurassic period saw fastest mammal evolutionMammals were evolving up to ten times faster in the middle of the Jurassic than they were at the end of the period, coinciding with an expl...
20 Jul, 2015, 05.45 PM IST
- Science group reaches out to citizens for saving bat colonies across nation
Many bat species found in India are classified in "threatened" categories by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), but,...
27 Jun, 2015, 03.58 AM IST
- Green cover loss spells doom for animals
Kolkata is home to three highly endangered and an endangered species of animals. But the rate at which the city is losing its green cover a...
04 Nov, 2012, 04.55 AM IST
Protected areas established to conserve Western Ghats: GovtGovernment has taken several steps, including establishment of protected areas, to conserve the rich bio-diversity of Western Ghats, enviro...
16 Aug, 2012, 10.27 PM IST
- 21 new species discovered in Bhutan
In a boost to Bhutan's rich biodiversity, 21 new species of amphibians, insects, flowering and non-flowering plants have been discovered in...
11 Aug, 2009, 08.59 PM IST
- Govt plans legal steps to protect biodiversity
The government will soon have a legal framework to regulate or monitor the commercial use of India's biodiversity by both local and foreign...
03 Dec, 2002, 12.46 AM IST