Five elephants crushed under speeding train in Odisha

BERHAMPUR/BHUBANESWAR: A herd of five elephants and a foetus were mowed down after being hit by a speeding train near Subalaya in Ganjam district, about 50 km from Berhampur, on Saturday night. A 40-year-old man, engaged by a private contractor as a...

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More birds sighted this year at Odisha park

BHUBANESWAR: As many as 81,000 migratory and resident birds were sighted in Odisha's Bhitarkanika National Park this season, an official said Monday.This was up against last year's 52,242 birds.At least 111 bird species were seen in the park, divisional...

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Leopard found dead in Songadh

SURAT: A female leopard was found dead in forest area near Rampur Kothar village of Sadadvela range in Tapi district on Friday. Its eyes and limbs were missing. It is believed that the leopard may have been killed by poachers for body parts. However,...

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Biodiversity panel to balance conservation with development

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The challenge before the proposed National Innovation Council (NIC) on biodiversity is to ensure a balance between conservation and economic development, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) chairman Balakrishna Pisupati said here...

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Need corridor so that tigers don't fight to death

JAIPUR: Even as the Wildlife Conservation Society recently reported a 50 percent increase in the population of tigers in the wild in India with their population now estimated at 3,200 after years of dangerously dwindling numbers, there is fresh cause...

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Wildlife management hits a low in Assam in 2012

GUWAHATI: Assam, famed for its national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, faced one of its worst years in wildlife management as it lost an estimated 800 animals, including one-horned rhinos, during 2012.Among the positives in the wildlife sector was a...

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Hawaii mountains may flatten some day

IANS Dec 27, 2012, 04.27PM IST LONDON: The mountain's on Hawaii's largest island are dissolving from the inside and will one day be reduced to nothing, a study claims. Oahu's Koolau and Waianae mountains will one day be reduced to nothing by...

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Poachers make 2012 a deadly year for Africa's rhinos, elephants

JOHANNESBURG: Africa's biggest animals were poached in near record numbers in 2012, with surging demand for horn and ivory from Asia driving the slaughter of rhinos and elephants.By mid-December, poachers had killed 633 rhinos in South Africa, according...

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Agartala to be a green city soon

IANS Dec 26, 2012, 07.09PM IST (Agartala, a city of about…) AGARTALA: Plans are afoot to turn Tripura's capital into a green city by fitting, within two years, thousands of vehicles running on petrol or diesel with CNG kits and providing...

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Hawaii mountains may flatten some day

LONDON: The mountain's on Hawaii's largest island are dissolving from the inside and will one day be reduced to nothing, a study claims.Oahu's Koolau and Waianae mountains will one day be reduced to nothing by groundwater drawing minerals away from within,...

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Social network seeks to reduce pollution in Beijing

BEIJING: Three young Americans have launched in China's capital a "green" initiative to combat pollution and excessive traffic with an online and iPhone service whereby people can share their vehicles at no cost with others, a daily reported.The service,...

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Agartala to be a green city soon

AGARTALA: Plans are afoot to turn Tripura's capital into a green city by fitting, within two years, thousands of vehicles running on petrol or diesel with CNG kits and providing city households with piped natural gas connections, a senior official said...

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Millions in Colorado basin to face water shortage: Study

IANS Dec 24, 2012, 05.56PM IST WASHINGTON: Warmer weather and a growing population may in a few decades cause a water shortage for 40 million people who depend on the Colorado river in the US, researchers say. Climate modellers at the Columbia...

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Loss of microbes in deforestation harming Amazon

WASHINGTON: Researchers have sounded alarm bells over the loss of microbes helping preserve the Amazon ecosystem following its systematic deforestation."We found that after rainforest conversion to agricultural pastures, bacterial communities were significantly...

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Antarctic ice sheet warming faster than thought: Study

WASHINGTON: The West Antarctic Ice Sheet, whose melt currently contributes substantially to sea level rise each year, is warming twice as quickly as previously thought, a new study has found.The temperature record from Byrd Station, a scientific outpost...

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Millions in Colorado basin to face water shortage: Study

WASHINGTON: Warmer weather and a growing population may in a few decades cause a water shortage for 40 million people who depend on the Colorado river in the US, researchers say.Climate modellers at the Columbia university's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory...

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Save Ganga activist arrested while on a fast

PTI Dec 22, 2012, 07.14PM IST (Swami Poornanand Saraswati…) DEHRADUN: 'Save Ganga' activist Swami Poornanand Saraswati, on a fast in Haridwar for the last 12 days, was on Saturday arrested after district authorities could not persuade...

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Hawaii mountains withering away

WASHINGTON: In the future, Oahu's Koolau and Waianae mountains in the volcanic island chain of Hawaii may be reduced to a flat, low-lying land. The rocks that comprise these mountains are dissolving from within, say scientists."We tried to figure out...

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Thirty-three new spider species discovered

WASHINGTON: Scientists have discovered 33 new trapdoor spider species in Southwest America belonging to the genus that includes a notable species named after US President Barack Obama.These newly described species belong to the genus Aptostichus that...

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Save Ganga activist arrested while on a fast

DEHRADUN: 'Save Ganga' activist Swami Poornanand Saraswati, on a fast in Haridwar for the last 12 days, was on Saturday arrested after district authorities could not persuade him to end his stir to protest quarrying and stone crushing in the ecologically...

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Forest panel to hold meeting flouting CIC orders

NEW DELHI: The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC), under the ministry of forests and environment, has scheduled yet another meeting on Friday for clearing projects in violation of the Central Information Commission (CIC) orders. Earlier, the commission...

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Planet's biodiversity map updated after 136 years

LONDON: A biodiversity map drawn up by British naturalist Russel Wallace in 1876 depicting how life evolved on our continents has been updated after 136 years.Technological advances and data on more than 20,000 species have allowed a team of 15 international...

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Female elephant deployed to tame violent wild tusker in Nepal

PTI Dec 19, 2012, 06.56PM IST (After failing in their efforts…) KATHMANDU: After failing in their efforts to tame a violent wild tusker which has so far killed six persons, Nepalese forest authorities hope a female elephant would do the...

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Apex wildlife panel to have say only over parks, tiger reserves

NEW DELHI: Wildlife experts on board the apex National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) will clear development projects only over those forestlands which explicitly enjoy a higher level of protection under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 or are mandated...

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Pollution control body for ban on diesel vehicles in Delhi

PTI Dec 18, 2012, 05.55PM IST (As per the studies, the ambient…) NEW DELHI: Government today informed the Lok Sabha that Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) has recommended that there is need to ban diesel...

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Female elephant deployed to tame violent wild tusker in Nepal

KATHMANDU: After failing in their efforts to tame a violent wild tusker which has so far killed six persons, Nepalese forest authorities hope a female elephant would do the job for them.The Chitwan National Park authorities said they have released a...

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Bhedaghat may make it to UNESCO list soon

JABALPUR: Bhedaghat, the majestic waterfall among marble rocks here, could soon find itself in the coveted list of UNESCO's world heritage sites (WHS). Superlatives used to describe it's grandeur in the organization's "revised tentative list of WHS in...

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Pollution control body for ban on diesel vehicles in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Government today informed the Lok Sabha that Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) has recommended that there is need to ban diesel vehicles in Delhi to prevent emission of high smoke particles."The EPCA in a report...

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Rhino killed in Kaziranga, horn removed

PTI Dec 16, 2012, 07.14PM IST JORHAT (ASSAM): A rhino was killed today and its horn removed by suspected poachers in Kaziranga National Park, forest officials said. The full-grown female rhino was found dead at Borbhog camp in Burapahar range...

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65 % of the air pollution deaths occur in Asia and close to quarter of this in India

INDORE: According to Global Burden of Disease (GBD) count, a global initiative involving the World Health Organisation, in South Asia, air pollution is ranked as the sixth most dangerous killer. Around 65 per cent of the air pollution deaths occur in...

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Railway police rescue around 115 turtles stuffed in jute bag from Doon Express

ANI Dec 15, 2012, 05.25PM IST (Turtles are put under the…) HOOGLY: The railway police in West Bengal has rescued nearly 115 turtles stuffed in five bags that were being allegedly smuggled on Friday at Hoogly station. The turtles were...

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Rhino killed in Kaziranga, horn removed

JORHAT (ASSAM): A rhino was killed today and its horn removed by suspected poachers in Kaziranga National Park, forest officials said.The full-grown female rhino was found dead at Borbhog camp in Burapahar range this afternoon with its horn removed,...

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70 Beagles will be freed soon: Centre informs PETA

CHENNAI: An animal rights advocacy group today said it has been informed by the Centre that 70 Beagles imported from China as pets but lodged in an animal quarantine centre here "will be freed soon."PETA India said it has received notice from Committee...

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Railway police rescue around 115 turtles stuffed in jute bag from Doon Express

HOOGLY: The railway police in West Bengal has rescued nearly 115 turtles stuffed in five bags that were being allegedly smuggled on Friday at Hoogly station.The turtles were being smuggled from Varanasi to Kolkata on Doon Express.Officer in charge in...

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Despite poaching cases, Madhya Pradesh hopes to become 'tiger state' again

BHOPAL: Notwithstanding the recent death of four tigers in Madhya Pradesh due to electrocution and poaching, the state government is hopeful of winning back the 'tiger state' status from Karnataka after the next census of the big cats.Four tigers died...

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425-million-year old tiny shrimp-like creature discovered

WASHINGTON: Well preserved remains of a tiny animal trapped for 425 million years in rocks in the UK have been discovered, with limbs, eyes, gills and gut intact.The creature - related to crabs, lobsters and shrimp - is an ostracod, or a type of crustacean...

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Scientist suggests refreezing the Arctic to stop global warming

PTI Dec 12, 2012, 07.10PM IST LONDON: A US scientist has offered a radical solution to global warming by suggesting that we could refreeze the Arctic using a few modified jets. David Keith, professor of applied physics at Harvard University,...

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Coast Guard to conduct major pollution response exercise in Kochi

KOCHI: The Coast Guard will conduct a major national level pollution response exercise here tomorrow to test the preparation and coordination between various agencies in response to a marine oil spill.Coast Guard Pollution Control Vessel- Indian Coast...

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Coast Guard to intercept illegal trawlers to save Olive Ridley sea turtles

KENDRAPARA: The coast guard has launched " Operation Oliver" to intercept illegal trawlers as part of its annual mission to ensure safe mid-sea sojourn of breeding Olive Ridley sea turtles on Odisha coast near Kendrapara district.The state government...

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Scientist suggests refreezing the Arctic to stop global warming

LONDON: A US scientist has offered a radical solution to global warming by suggesting that we could refreeze the Arctic using a few modified jets.David Keith, professor of applied physics at Harvard University, used climate models to suggest that injecting...

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Winged guests start arriving at Hirakud reservoir

SAMBALPUR (ODISHA): With the winter setting in, migratory birds from far-flung areas have started arriving at the Hirakud Dam Reservoir in Odisha's Sambalpur district."The migratory birds have just started arriving. The number will increase in eight...

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J&K's Nowshera belt to get environment park soon: Minister

JAMMU: An environment park will be set up soon in Nowshera belt of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, minister Mian Altaf said here today."An environment park will be developed in Nowshera belt. This will serve as a potential tourist attraction and...

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Polar bears could be extinct in 25 years: Experts

NEW DELHI: For a millennium, the majestic, lily-white polar bear has lorded over the frozen wastes of the Arctic. But if two Russian experts are to be believed, the enigmatic "monarch of the ice" could be extinct in 25 years due to global warming and...

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Poachers shoot elephant in Assam, hack it to pieces

JORHAT: An adult male elephant was shot dead and its flesh cut away in Dulung reserve forest in Assam's Lakhimpur district after it was shot dead by poachers late on Thursday. Poachers also beheaded the elephant and took away its trunk, tusks, and limbs...

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He compensates farmers to save the tiger

HASSANUR (SATHYAMANGALAM): B Govindan, a small scale farmer from Itarai has lost 22 cows in the last three years to tigers straying out of Sathyamangalam forest in search of prey. Despite a loss of Rs 15,000 for each cow killed, Govindan never thought...

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Doha talks on climate change to overshoot Friday deadline

DOHA: The ongoing UN negotiations on climate change are all set to stretch beyond the scheduled deadline of Friday, thanks to the developed world, which has refused to deliver on finance, equity, adaptation and even extending the Kyoto Protocol's shelf...

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Troubled UN climate talks enter final day

DOHA: UN talks seeking to halt the march of global warming entered their final day in Doha on Friday with key points outstanding: extending the greenhouse gas-curbing Kyoto Protocol and funding for poor countries.Delegates are preparing for a long day...

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South Africa enlists surveillance aircraft to combat poaching

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK (SOUTH AFRICA): Faced with a dizzying spike in the rate of rhino killings, South Africa announced on Tuesday it was deploying a reconnaissance aircraft to combat poaching.The military aircraft to be initially deployed to the internationally-famed...

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Principle of equity threatened at Doha climate talks

DOHA: The endgame of climate negotiations here began on Wednesday with India and China yet again getting sucked into the vortex of the fight. The small island nations and least developed countries (LDCs) began to target equity as the obstacle to a better...

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Doha climate talks: India not to enhance its pledge of reducing emissions

Nitin Sethi, TNN Dec 4, 2012, 05.01PM IST (The government has ordered…) DOHA: The Union environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan may not come to the climate talks but the Indian delegation here led by special secretary M Mehrishi...

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Forest staff, villagers will be immunized against monkey fever

Mysore/ Chamarajanagar: Bandipur Tiger Reserve (BTR) director Kumar Pushakar, who has confirmed monkey fever at Maddur forest range of BRT, said there is no need to panic."No fresh deaths of primates have been reported after the back-to-back death of...

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