Conservationists attribute the primary cause of the mass olive ridley turtle deaths on Chennai's shores to drowning due to entanglement in fishing nets, despite trawlers being prohibited from ...

A third of the world’s sharks, rays and chimaeras are threatened with extinction and their numbers have dwindled since 1970, finds a new IUCN report and a study. The report finds Indonesia, Spain and ...

A study investigated the spatial distribution of seagrass in Palk Bay, a dugong habitat, in Tamil Nadu. Research identified areas of healthy seagrass beds, which are critical marine habitats, and ...

Water flooded a rat-hole mine in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, earlier this month, trapping several miners inside. The abandoned coal mine was illegally operated without safety protocols. Attempts ...

West Bengal’s traditional practice of fishing at a khoti is being challenged with dwindling fish stock, mechanised fishing and financial instability. The 2017 National Marine Policy envisions ...

Carbon farmers reported receiving almost no monetary benefits from carbon projects in Haryana and Madhya Pradesh, according to a new study. Marginalised farmers from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled ...

When 41-year-old Rinchin Jomba’s recipe for momo, a type of steamed dumpling, won the Millet Recipe Contest organised by the agriculture centre Krishi Vigyan Kendra in 2023, her joy transcended the ...

Researchers of a recent global study evaluated 23,496 species of freshwater fish, dragonfly, damselfly, crab, crayfish and shrimp, and found that 24%, are threatened with extinction. The loss of ...

What’s for lunch? Elephants are picky eaters finds study in northern West Bengal ...

2024 was the hottest year on record, producing intense, long-lasting heat waves. Climate-intensified extreme events in 2024 included heat domes that formed over Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Out of the 78 world leaders who participated in COP29, only eight were women, which is half as many as last year. “In these forums, 50% of the ...

A Turtle Excluder Device, made in India, receives approval from the U.S. raising hopes that the five-year ban on wild-caught shrimp be lifted soon. Designed to suit Indian conditions and in line with ...