The scaly-foot snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum), also known as the sea pangolin for its tough plates Read More …
Category: Environment
Scaly-Foot Snail becomes first deep sea species endangered by mining
Earth Overshoot day 2019
According to the Global Footprint Network, a sustainability organization which calculates the Earth Overshoot day, Read More …
Count of Tigers in India rises to 2967-Census 2018
On the occasion of International Tiger Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the results of Read More …
Twenty two species have gone extinct in India-BSI
According to the data tabled in the Lok Sabha on July 19, 2019 by the Read More …
Dragon tree species discovered in India first time
According to the Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, researchers from India has Read More …
IUCN adds almost 9,000 new species in red list
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on July 17, 2019 added almost 9,000 Read More …
India is home to 1,256 species of orchid
According to the the Botanical Survey of India’s newly published book ‘Orchids of India : Read More …
Ministry of Environment to launch ‘immunocontraceptive measures’ for four species of wild animals
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) has launched a project for Read More …
MOSAiC mission to explore Arctic
Under the MOSAiC mission, the German icebreaker RV Polarstern will set out for the Arctic Read More …
Microplastics- an invisible danger to human health
By Dr. Aditi Jain (Twitter handle: @AditiJain1987) New Delhi, July 4 (India Science Wire): Plastics Read More …
Here is how millets can make India’s food basket climate-resilient
By Dinesh C Sharma (Twitter handle: @dineshcsharma) New Delhi, July 1 (India Science Wire): Increasing Read More …
Manouria impressa Tortoise discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
A group of herpetologists from the Arunachal Forest Department and the Help Earth and Turtle Read More …
Engage local communities to protect marine life: study
By Sunderarajan Padmanabhan (Twitter handle: @ndpsr) New Delhi, June 25 (India Science Wire): A new Read More …
Scientists decoded the genetic make-up of Arogyapacha
Scientists from the State Inter University Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics at the Department of Read More …
India’s first specialised hydrotherapy treatment for elephants opened
India’s first specialised hydrotherapy treatment for elephants suffering from arthritis, joint pain and foot ailments Read More …
Photographic identities may help in elephant census: study
By Monika Kundu Srivastava (Twitter handle: @monikaksrivast1) New Delhi, June 19 (India Science Wire): Elephants Read More …
Javadekar launches project on forest landscape restoration and Bonn Challenge
On the occasion of World Day to combat desertification and drought (June 17), Union Environment Read More …
Botanists discovered 23 new balsams species in eastern Himalayas
According to the book published by the Botanical Survey of India, between 2010 and 2019, Read More …
This amino acid can help mung bean plants withstand heat stress
By P Surat (Twitter: @psurat22) Chennai, June 14 (India Science Wire): India is in the Read More …
Asiatic golden cat comes in six colours in Arunachal Pradesh
According to the study, published in the June edition of Ecology, the Ecological Society of Read More …
India’s 1st BS – VI Certificate in Two Wheeler Segment released
International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) on June 10, 2019 released India’s first Type Approval Read More …
Golden langur became first non-human beneficiaries of MGNREGA
The Bongaigaon district authorities (Assam) on June 5, 2019 launched a ₹27.24-lakh project under the Read More …
Greta Thunberg and Fridays for Future movement honoured with Amnesty award
Climate change activist Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future movement of school-children have been Read More …
596 new species of flora and fauna found in India in 2018
According to the new publications of Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and the Zoological Survey Read More …
Why dragonfishes have transparent teeth?
According to the scientific study published in journal Matter, researchers have solved the puzzle behind Read More …