Industrialist Anand Mahindra marvels at the Sikkim Sundari, a rare Himalayan flower, highlighting its decades-long wait before a single, sp...

Five-year-old girl from the Kolar district in Karnataka has tested positive for the ZIKA virus. WHO has declared Zika-related microcephaly ...

During the operation, "three live human botflies almost 2 cm in size" were removed from the 32-year-old woman, they said. Myiasis is the in...

The dragon blood tree is a succulent, very hardy and drought tolerant. It enjoys warm temperatures and sub-tropical conditions. The tree ha...

This is a solitary species that is most often seen alone or in pairs, and rarely in parties of 4-5, which perhaps are family groups. It fee...

The new plant species named Sciaphila yakushimensis was found on the subtropical Japanese island of Yakushima, located off the coast of Kyu...

Some corners of the Earth still remain uncharted and inhabited by very few people. Here are some of the unexplored places around the globe.

The finding by a team of scientists led by B H Channakeshava Murthy of the Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI),...

Here’s a life-altering opportunity to gain a new perspective in life. Make your way to New Zealand and push your limits. Ready?

Rahman named after the place he took shelter in is the lord of all he surveys in the reserve, lording over an astounding 60sq km area.

Lower Subansiri hydro- electric project at Gerukamukh on the Assam-Arunachal border is incurring a daily loss of Rs 10 crore.

The seventh of the 20 gibbon 'families' in Dello village in Arunachal Pradesh have been captured and translocated safely to nearby Mehao Wi...

The department of environmental sciences estimates that over 80,000 acres of forest land has been permanently destroyed in the last 32 year...

The stray tiger which was rescued from Rahmankhera and then released in Dudhwa national park remains on move even inside the forest area.

Mauritius is too magnetic to resist! No wonder millions come to admire its mountains forged from volcanic eruptions, subtropical forests, r...

India has its share of such wonders, from Chhattisgarh to Tamil Nadu, but few can compare with the spectacle of the Iguazu Falls.

Land ecosystems will have to move hundreds of metres each year in order to cope with global warming, according to a letter published in the...