One million species face extinction: Why biodiversity report matters
1 million different species, out of a total of an estimated 8 million plant and animal species, are facing the threat of extinction, more than at any previous time, because of changes brought about in natural environments by human activities.
Purple frog, believed to have co-existed with dinosaurs, set to be crowned Kerala’s state amphibian
Herpetologists believe that the species should be rightly called a ‘living fossil’ as its evolutionary roots suggest it could have shared space with dinosaurs going back almost 70 million years ago.
Nests of grizzled giant squirrel spotted in Tamil Nadu
For the first time, researchers have sighted nests of the grizzled giant squirrel at Pakkamalai Reserve Forests near Gingee in the Eastern Ghats.
1 million species at risk of extinction: UN
In the report on the damage done by modern civilization to the natural world scientists said that, relentless pursuit of economic growth, twinned with the impact of climate change, has put an unprecedented one million species at risk of extinction.
World’s largest ice shelf melting rapidly due to solar heating of ocean surface
Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf, the world’s largest ice shelf roughly the size of France, is melting rapidly.
How Cyclone Fani got its name?
With the extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani expected to cross Odisha coast.
Heritage sites at risk from global warming: study
According to research published in the journal Earth’s Future. glaciers are set to vanish from almost half of U.N.-designated World Heritage sites in less than a century if greenhouse gas emissions are not cut.
Denisovans lived in Tibetan Plateau, fossil evidence shows
Analysis of a fossil jawbone containing molars recovered from Baishiya Karst cave in Xiahe, Gansu, China shows Denisovans lived in the Tibetan Plateau some 1,60,000 years ago.
Kashmir: Why the Hangul’s future still hangs in the balance?
A massive decline in the population of Kashmir’s iconic wildlife species, the Hangul (Cervus hanglu hanglu), also known as the Kashmir stag, continues to be a big concern.
Fani is India’s strongest April cyclone in 43 years, say meteorologists
Cyclonic storm Fani, which is lying about 600 km east of Vishakapatnam is the first severe, cyclonic storm to have formed in April in India’s oceanic neighbourhood.