Recently, South African scientists injected radioactive material into live rhinoceros horns to make them easier Read More …
Category: Environment
South Africa launches Rhisotope Project
Indian painted frog
In a rare sighting, an Indian painted frog was seen at Kawal Tiger Reserve in Read More …
Central Electronics Limited gets Mini RATNA status
The Union Ministry of Science and Technology has announced the grant of “Mini RATNA” status Read More …
IUCN upgrades Iberian lynx’s status to ‘vulnerable’ from ‘endangered’
The IUCN conservation status of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) has improved from Endangered to Read More …
Sympatric speciation
According to a recent paper, Asiatic lions (Panthera leo leo) and Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris Read More …
World’s First Asian King Vulture Conservation & Breeding Centre
Uttar Pradesh is set to establish the world’s first conservation and breeding centre for Asian Read More …
World’s oldest termite mounds found in South Africa
Scientists have found the world’s oldest inhabited termite mounds along the Buffels River in South Read More …
A water-repellent catalyst to cut biodiesel cost
A team of scientists from Assam, Odisha, China, and the United Kingdom have developed a Read More …
Indiconema: A new genus of diatoms discovered in Eastern Ghats
Researchers from the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI) in Pune have discovered a new genus of Read More …
IPBES wins the 2024 Blue Planet Prize
Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is one of the two recipients of Read More …
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
According to a new study, the insecticide Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) has declined in humans and the Read More …
World Crocodile Day 2024: Crocodile Conservation Project marks 50 years
The World Crocodile Day was celebrated on 17th June 2024. This year also marks the Read More …
UNCCD Land Heroes campaign
Siddhesh Sakore, a farmer and the founder of AGRO RANGERS, from Maharashtra, has been named Read More …
Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary will be the second home for cheetahs in India
The Madhya Pradesh government has announced that the Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary will be the Read More …
Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary
Four Uttarakhand forest department staffers died and four others were injured when the team was Read More …
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
A new study released in the journal Nature Climate Change reported the first significant decrease Read More …
India is world’s second largest emitter of nitrous oxide-Global Carbon Project
According to the global assessment of N2O emissions study by the Global Carbon Project, emissions Read More …
Bihar’s Nagi & Nakti sanctuaries added to Ramsar list
Nagi and Nakti Bird Sanctuaries from Bihar have been recognised as the wetlands of international Read More …
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2024
The 2024 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) tracks progress towards the SDGs, the goals of the Read More …
Some of Alaska’s rivers are turning orange
Some of Alaska’s icy blue rivers and streams have turned orange. Those orange streams can Read More …
Oedocladium sahyadricum: A new species of algal
A group of researchers has discovered a new algal species named Oedocladium sahyadricum in the Read More …
UNGA proclaimed 24 May as the International Day of the Markhor
The UN General Assembly proclaimed 24 May the International Day of the Markhor. About Markhor
Red List of Mangrove Ecosystems
According to a recent global assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Read More …
Mrugavani National Park
According to a recent report, the extent of Mrugavani National Park at Chilkur in Telangana Read More …
Himalayan ibex
Wildlife authorities in Himachal Pradesh’s high altitude, cold desert district of Lahaul & Spiti have Read More …