The state will soon have mist forests in lower districts that will be helpful in increasing rainfall in the region.

In a first, environmental experts, state government and NGOs will unite for a common cause to protecting wildlife and its habitat in the state.

West Bengal, in its bid to prioritise sustainable development and eco-friendly practices, has got the ball rolling to promote eco-tourism on a large scale in the state.

All vehicles moving towards Rohtang will now have to undergo emission test at the pollution checking centre that has been built near Vashisht on the Manali-Rohtang highway.

Karnataka Tourism Minister R V Deshpande today said the state government has accepted the concept of establishing a museum in Mysuru to document the existing flora and fauna in the Cauvery river be

NOIDA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday ordered the formation of a high-level government panel to probe how the width of the Dadri wetland shrank from its original size and come up with

The Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge (ACNWR), located along the central east coast of Florida (USA) in the western North Atlantic, hosts one of the largest loggerhead (Caretta caretta) nesting assemblages in the western Hemisphere. Sea turtle nesting activity has been continuously monitored on this beach for > 31 yrs, representing one of the longest sea turtle reproductive data sets in the world.

PATIALA: As de-silting of historical Rajindera Lake in Patiala city has thrown up several surprises, including a rare species of soft shell turtle, ecology lovers and green activists have demanded

Environmentalists attending the 36th Indian National Geography Congress in Jaipur have sought the intervention of the Union government to build pressure on Pakistan for putting a ban on the hunting

Species ranges have been shifting since the Pleistocene, whereby fragmentation, isolation, and the subsequent reduction in gene flow have resulted in local adaptation of novel genotypes and the repeated evolution of endemic species. While there is a wide body of literature focused on understanding endemic species, very few studies empirically test whether or not the evolution of endemics results in unique function or ecological differences relative to their widespread congeners; in particular while controlling for environmental variation.

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