Marine spectacle at Monterey Bay: Over 2,000 dolphins form rare superpod — Here’s why it happenedOff the coast of Monterey Bay, California, an extraordinary marine spectacle unfolded as more than 2,000 dolphins gathered in an exceptiona...
26 Feb, 2025, 10.36 PM IST
USS Stewart: Legendary 'Ghost Ship of the Pacific' rediscovered after 80 yearsThe USS Stewart, a Navy destroyer lost for nearly 80 years, was discovered off California's coast at a depth of 3,500 feet. The ship, invol...
04 Oct, 2024, 11.01 AM IST
Centre proposes ESZ for villages on fringes of Bhitarkanika National ParkBhitarkanika is known as the second largest mangrove forest in India after Sundarbans and Gahirmatha is known as the world's largest rooker...
17 Jun, 2024, 04.08 PM IST
Endangered whale spotted off Carolina coast, confirms NOAA. Everything you may like to knowIn an extraordinary incident, one of the world's rarest whales was spotted on the Marin County coast on Friday, much to the elation of rese...
28 May, 2024, 09.17 PM IST
Deep-sea footage reveals WWII aircraft carriers lost at Midway BattleRemote submersibles have discovered and documented the wreckage of three World War II aircraft carriers that were involved in the Battle of...
01 Oct, 2023, 12.16 AM IST
5 lesser-known wildlife sanctuaries you can explore at a reasonable priceMost popular wildlife parks often have long queues and are expensive. ET Wealth lists five lesser-known sanctuaries that you can explore at...
14 Mar, 2023, 11.33 AM IST
Forest clearance to BSF for infrastructure across Sir Creek estuaryThe Narayan Sarovar Sanctuary is one of its kind wetland which hosts over 15 threatened species and rare flowering plants. It is also consi...
17 Nov, 2022, 10.36 PM IST
Scuba divers go 25-feet-deep into Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary to carve pumpkins underwater in Halloween competitionOn the occasion of Halloween, scuba divers went 25-feet-deep into the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary during the competition of carv...
31 Oct, 2022, 11.07 PM IST
On an Alaskan island, a US mayor Patrick Pletnikoff fights for fur seals - and a new future12 Jul, 2021, 04.03 PM IST
NAREDCO seeks relief from Maharashtra govt for projects around Flamingo SanctuaryThe state government is yet to share the proposal with the central government for the final notification, for Thane creek flamingo sanctuar...
29 Jun, 2020, 05.16 PM IST
Gujarat govt to cut buffer around 19 sanctuariesFormer director of Bombay Natural History Society Asad Rahmani said, “The ESZ should be decided on the ecology of the area and not on polit...
22 Dec, 2016, 12.02 PM IST
Yet again, Barack Obama has a fish named after himLast week, Obama established the largest protected marine sanctuary in the world.
03 Sep, 2016, 11.05 AM IST
- Gujarat wants Khijadia as a Ramsar site
After Nalsarovar, the state forest department wants Khijadia bird sanctuary in Jamnagar district as a Ramsar site.
03 Feb, 2015, 04.52 PM IST
- First images of historic San Francisco shipwreck released
The immigrant steamship had capsized over 100 years ago in San Francisco, killing 128 people, mostly immigrants from China and Japan.
14 Dec, 2014, 04.10 PM IST
RIL's Sikka Port expansion hits hurdle; to submit material to ascertain project’s impact on environmentVeerappa Moily may have to deal with a Reliance problem again, this time in the environment ministry.
02 Jan, 2014, 06.32 AM IST
- Fishing ban from Nov 1 at Gahirmatha marine sanctuary
The annual fishing ban comes into effect at Gahirmatha marine sanctuary and Rushikulya beach from Friday.
30 Oct, 2013, 03.26 AM IST
- Andamans, Lakshadweep ‘spots of hope’ in bid to save oceans: IUCN
Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshwadeep Islands have been named as the new “hope spots” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (...
28 Oct, 2013, 02.26 AM IST