DEHRADUN: The forest department has apprehended four accused in the Khatauni area of Terai west forest with carcasses of 30 migratory birds of Cormorant species.

Delay in identification and notification, encroachment are taking a toll on fragile wetlands.

As Greater Noida’s Dadri wetlands, home to nearly 200 species of rare and migratory birds continues to shrink, the National Green Tribunal has warned the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) of co

Two new important bird areas (IBAs) — Sirpur Lake in Indore and Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve — have been added to the existing list of IBAs in Madhya Pradesh.

Conservationists were alarmed this week to find one of NCR's once most-commonly sighted wetland bird, common pochard, to have been labelled `near-threatened' in the latest red list of birds release

Anthropogenic inputs influence the community structure and activities of microorganisms, which may impinge the functioning of estuarine and coastal ecosystem. The aim of the present study was to understand the influence of dissolved heavy metals (Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu and Zn) on community structure of cyanobacteria in a nutrient rich tropical estuary, Cochin Estuary (CE), across the southwest coast of India. Dissolved heavy metals were higher in CE during dry season, with Zn as major pollutant.

MUMBAI: The Curlew Sandpiper, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Bar-tailed Godwit, commonly seen on the Sewri mudflats, have been added to the list of endangered birds.

A total of 207 species of birds have made Indore and its surroundings their home, revealed a survey conducted by forest department.

Beijing and neighboring Hebei Province will combine land to develop a national park stretching dozens of miles in northern China, the local government said over the weekend.

The government has decided to back off from the proposed amendments to the Kerala Conservation of Paddy-land and Wetland Act, 2008, that would have given private entrepreneurs permission to fill up

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