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Climate change threatens global plant species as habitats shrinkMany familiar plants may disappear by 2100. Climate change is shrinking their habitats, putting species at high risk of extinction. Researc...- New tree genus discovered in South America turns out to be a distant relative of tomatoes and potatoesAfter over two decades of study, scientists have officially named Daturodendron absconditum, a new genus of tree discovered in the Colombia...
- IFS officer shares stunning bloom that’s also Odisha’s state flower. Can you guess it?An Indian Forest Service officer shared a striking image of the Ashoka tree in bloom. This tree, also known as Sita Ashok, is Odisha's stat...
- NHAI to develop ‘Arogya Van’ on vacant land along NHsThe National Highways Authority of India will plant medicinal trees on vacant land along national highways. This initiative aims to boost b...
- IFS officer spots African tree in India, its unusual name sparks memories of Delhi’s Sunder Nursery. The trees seeds are loved by rhinos and hipposAn unusual African tree, known locally as Jhad Fanoos or Balam Kheera, has captured attention in Delhi with its striking maroon blossoms. I...
- World Environment Day: Delhi Airport to distribute 6,000 seed balls to passengers todayDelhi Airport will give away 6,000 seed balls at Terminal 1. This event marks World Environment Day. Delhi International Airport Limited ai...
- How Gorillas could help humans fight superbugs, develop groundbreaking medicines for infectionsResearchers in Gabon have discovered that gorillas consume plants with medicinal properties, which are also used by local traditional heale...
- What is biodiversity and why does it matter?
- Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve faces new threat from invasive plant speciesThese invasive plant species that have been found in different ranges of the national park are posing a grave threat to the habitats, inclu...
- Country's highest herbal park inaugurated near Indo-China border in UttarakhandThe research wing of Uttarakhand's forest department has developed the park over three acres of land given by Mana Van panchayat, under the...
- Extinction Watch: A living relic, sacred to a Chilean tribeIt’s possible the tree gained the name of monkey puzzle because of its spiny, scale-like leaves which would leave a monkey puzzled. The tre...
- Plantation drive across 5 states to revive GangaExperts believe that plantation of trees, like walnut and oak, having high water retention capacity will increase the river's water level i...
- Plantation drive across 5 states to revive GangaThe identified patches in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal had seen large scale deforestation in the past, lead...
- Demand raised to roll back government notification on tree-cutting in Madhya PradeshThe Madhya Pradesh Van Adhikari/ Karmachari Sanyukta Morcha demanded roll back of the Forest department's decision to free 53 species of tr...
- 'Tree Fern' faces extinction threat due to mining in C'garh'Tree Fern', a rare plant species found in Bailadila hills of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, is facing the threat of extinction owing t...
- Changing Deccan Plateau landscape discussed at workshopA workshop to discuss the changing Deccan Plateau landscape was organised by BNHS at Solapur on the occasion of World Wildlife Day.
- GPS-based census of trees begins in Raj BhavanOn the occasion, the Governor said that Raj Bhavan is one of the few hot-spots of bio-diversity in Mumbai housing some of the rare trees.
- Hornbills feeding chapatis, biscuits to chicksClose circuit cameras (CCTVs) observed 24X7 movements of a pair of birds and their nests for nearly 60 days during the breeding and nurturi...
- 3 years of hard work has made Sanjay Van lovely, dark & deepA red board strapped to a trunk warns: vilaiti keekar. The next tree bears “dhak—flame of the forest” painted on a bright green board. The ...
- Some rare plants facing extinction, some already vanishedEven as Patna is fast turning into a jungle of concrete with the mushrooming multi-storied apartments and shopping malls, no serious attent...
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