Eight of 12 villages reject mining in Niyamgiri hills

NEW DELHI: Vedanta may have look for an alternative mining site to feed its alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Odisha as its plan to mine Niyamgiri hills in the state may not get the Union environment ministry's nod amid strong protests from villagers.Government...

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WWF ties up with bookstore chain to save one-horn rhinos

KOLKATA: To save the endangered one-horned rhinoceros in Assam from extinction, WWF-India has tied up with a bookstore for raising funds and increasing public consciousness on the issue."The partnership will support our rhino conservation programme and...

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Gujarat readies to clone its lions

AHMEDABAD: Like humans, Asiatic lions now have a gene bank with a cloning facility. In collaboration with the Gujarat State Bio-Technology Mission (GSBTM), the forest department has already collected 80 strains of DNA of the Asiatic lion.The DNA banking...

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Nepal sees remarkable rise in tiger numbers

KATHMANDU: The tiger population has zoomed by more than 50 percent in Nepal but the big cat still faces plenty of dangers.The government Monday came out with its latest tiger census, putting their number across the country at 198. This is a rise of 63...

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Myzore zoo successfully pairs two wild tigers

MYSORE: This Global Tiger Day, there is something to rejoice. Captive breeding of tigers in India could now have a new genetic variant as the Mysore Zoo has been successful in breeding cubs by mating two wild tigers from different habitats.Experts said...

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All modern day birds evolve from feathered dinosaurs: Expert

INDORE: All the bird species one earth today are glorified dinosaurs and all of them have evolved from small feathered dinosaurs, said professor emeritus of Centre for Advanced Studies in Geology and international expert on dinosaur fossils, Dr Asho...

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Eco-tourism push for Chandaka sanctuary in Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: The state tourism department has set its eyes on developing Chandaka wildlife sanctuary into an eco-tourism spot. Given its flora and fauna, water bodies and the presence of wild animals, the scope for developing the sanctuary into an eco-tourism...

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617 Indian sanctuaries get just Rs 1 lakh each per month

NEW DELHI: How's this for skewered priorities: Over 617 national parks and wildlife sanctuaries that are home to several critically endangered species like the Great Indian Bustard and the Snow Leopard get a mere Rs 75 crore or Rs 1 lakh each per month,...

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Rising CO2 levels causing 'tooth decay' in sea organisms: Scientists

LONDON: Rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are having a catastrophic effect on microscopic marine life, according to scientists.Experiments by the University of St Andrews show microscopic organisms, called foraminifera ('forams'), suffer...

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Study finds rare turtles, gharials in parts of Yamuna

NEW DELHI: The filthy stretch of Yamuna in Delhi is often not acknowledged to be a river at all. But wildlife researchers studying the Yamuna say that the river has immense importance biodiversity wise. A recent study by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)...

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PETA to protest against caging of tigers

IANS Jul 25, 2013, 06.24PM IST NEW DELHI: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India will stage a protest "Save the Tiger - Say No to Zoos" outside the Delhi zoo Friday at noon. A statement Thursday said two PETA volunteers will...

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China plans to spend $275 billion to cut air pollution

BEIJING: China will spend $275 billion to tackle air pollution over the next five years, highlighting how the issue has become a priority for the leadership.The amount is more than the total economic output of Hong Kong last year and underlines how the...

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Plight of animals turn poacher into conservationist in Assam

GUWAHATI: Here is the story of a man who started as a poacher, but the risks involved in illegal hunting and the helplessness of innocent animals turned him into a conservationist.Maheswar Basumatary was forced into poaching animals in the 90s when as...

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PETA to protest against caging of tigers

NEW DELHI: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India will stage a protest "Save the Tiger - Say No to Zoos" outside the Delhi zoo Friday at noon.A statement Thursday said two PETA volunteers will put on tiger body suits as part of the...

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Shivraj may snatch Gujarat’s lions, steal Modi’s thunder

AHMEDABAD: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is engaged in an apparent game of one-upmanship with his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi, is likely to steal his thunder further if the neighbouring state gets final approval from...

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Leopards vanishing faster than tigers in Madhya Pradesh

BHOPAL: While the leopard is one of the most widely recognized cats after tigers, its days may be numbered in Madhya Pradesh. Thanks to poaching, retaliatory killing, conflicts with farmers followed by weak investigations, the spotted feline may soon...

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Dolphins call each other by name like humans: Study

LONDON: Dolphins have names for each other and call for each other just like humans, a new study has revealed. Research conducted by the University of St Andrews in Scotland has found that the marine mammals use a unique whistle to identify each other,...

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Ford joins greenhouse gas reporting programme

CHENNAI: Detroit biggie Ford on Tuesday became the first automaker to join a voluntary greenhouse gas reporting programme recently established in India. Participation in the India program builds on Ford's leadership in greenhouse gas reporting. The company...

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Global warming 5 million years ago raised sea levels by 20 metres

LONDON: Global warming five million years ago may have caused parts of Antarctica's large ice sheets to melt and sea levels to rise by approximately 20 metres, a new study has claimed.The researchers, from Imperial College London, and their academic...

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Global warming 5 million years ago raised sea levels by 20 metres

LONDON: Global warming five million years ago may have caused parts of Antarctica's large ice sheets to melt and sea levels to rise by approximately 20 metres, a new study has claimed.The researchers, from Imperial College London, and their academic...

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Death of animals in Thiruvananthapuram zoo causing concern

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The zoological park here, one of the oldest in South India, has turned into a virtual graveyard of animals with at least ten inmates dying due to various diseases in the last fortnight.The casualty included two leopard cubs, four...

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Goa's greenery a problem, says Parrikar

PANAJI: Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday said that while the state was blessed with "unique beauty", its bountiful environment was turning out to be a problem."Goa has unique beauty, but sometimes its beauty is a problem," Parrikar said....

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Three dragonfly species discovered in China

BEIJING: Scientists have discovered three dragonfly species, indigenous to China, inhabiting the Shennongjia nature reserve, a researcher said on Friday."The three new Cephalaeschna species are found nowhere else in the world but central China," Zhang...

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New Great Indian Bustard habitat found in Jaisalmer

JAISALMER: The state bird and critically endangered Great Indian Bustard has found a new habitat.A flock of 24 GIBs was recently spotted in the grasslands of Salkha area, 45 km from Jaisalmer district. Of them, 21 were males and three females.The area...

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Environmental depredation alleged in Greater Noida West

GREATER NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh government has cleared housing projects and townships in Greater Noida West, formerly named Noida Extension, without considering key environmental parameters and the rich wildlife of the area, which has now all but vanished,...

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Three dragonfly species discovered in China

BEIJING: Scientists have discovered three dragonfly species, indigenous to China, inhabiting the Shennongjia nature reserve, a researcher said on Friday."The three new Cephalaeschna species are found nowhere else in the world but central China," Zhang...

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Parts of Himalayan region vulnerable to major quakes

HYDERABAD: Parts of the Indian Himalayan region are facing the risk of major earthquakes in the future, according to a study conducted by city-based National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI)."The conclusion was reached following seismic imaging...

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Now adopt a zoo animal in Haryana

CHANDIGARH: With a view to conserve environment and wildlife, Haryana government has come out with a new policy under which the people can adopt animals from zoos in the state at reasonable rates and the employees of the zoo would take care of these...

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Odisha village turns into safe habitat for endangered bats

KENDRAPARA (ODISHA) Thanks to locals' animal-friendly endeavour, a sleepy river side village under Garadapur block in Kendrapara district of Odisha has turned into a safe habitat for endangered bats.Local residents have come forward to ensure the safety...

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New dinosaur species discovered in US

NEW YORK: US palaeontologists have discovered the fossil of a previously unknown dinosaur - a strange horned beast that roamed an island continent 76 million years ago.Researchers said the new species has been dubbed Nasutoceratops, which translates...

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Australian PM changes carbon tax ahead of election

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Tuesday he will transform a deeply unpopular carbon tax a year ahead of schedule, in a bid to cut costs to households as a national election looms.The fixed-price carbon tax on Australia's worst industrial...

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Global warming may raise sea levels by more than 2 metres: Study

Berlin: Each degree celsius rise in global temperatures is likely to raise world's sea levels by more than 2 metres within the next 2,000 years, a new study has warned.While thermal expansion of the ocean and melting mountain glaciers are the most important...

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Countries mull Antarctic marine sanctuary plans

BERLIN: Countries that regulate fishing in the Antarctic are meeting in an effort to break an impasse over proposals to create marine sanctuaries off the continent's coast.The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, which...

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Karnataka plans Rs 109 crore project to tackle man-elephant conflict

BANGALORE: Karnataka government has prepared a Rs 109 crore comprehensive project to contain man-animal conflict in the backdrop of the increasing menace of wild elephants. Forest minister B Ramanatha Rai told the legislative assembly during question...

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Ivory Coast turns to brute force to save forests

SASSANDRA (Ivory Coast): It was a brutal end to a long-term problem. Faced with the dilemma of trying to save a protected forest, which had become home to thousands of people, the Ivory Coast government turned to force.Soldiers, some armed with rocket...

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Air pollution kills over two million people each year

WASHINGTON: Human-caused outdoor air pollution may be responsible for over two million deaths worldwide - a large number of them in South Asia and East Asia - each year, US researchers have said.A study, published in the journal Environmental Research...

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Solar tsunami helps measure Sun's magnetic field accurately

WASHINGTON: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Japanese Hinode spacecraft have observed a solar tsunami to provide the first accurate estimates of the Sun's magnetic field.Solar tsunamis are produced by enormous explosions in the Sun's atmosphere...

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Insect discovery sheds light on climate change

TORONTO: Biologists have discovered a new, extinct family of insects that will help scientists better understand how some animals responded to global climate change and the evolution of communities. The researchers have named the new family the Eorpidae,...

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Evil eye falls on slender loris

BANGALORE: They are round-eyed, timid, nocturnal primates. And their chances of survival seem to be getting slender owing to the gruesome way in which they are maimed and killed in the state. The slender loris, activists say, are being increasingly hunted...

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Sheila Dikshit asks CPWD to promote green buildings

NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday urged the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to promote green buildings, saying such structures were the answer to the rising power consumption."Green buildings alone will be an answer to the...

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Forest fires could melt glaciers faster: Report

KOLKATA: Black carbon generated from forest fires could be leading to faster melting of Himalayan glaciers and affect flow of snow-fed rivers, warns a new study. "The mass balance of numerous glaciers located in the lower ranges of the Himalayas, such...

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Unused oil rig turns into underwater Garden of Eden

WASHINGTON: A rig, which is thirty-eight miles off the Louisiana coast, and stopped producing oil more than a decade ago, has become an object of attraction for thousands of sea creatures. One hundred feet below the water surface, its coral-covered...

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Coal pollution cuts lifespans in north China by 5.5 years: Study

OSLO: Air pollution is shortening the lives of people in northern China by about 5.5 years compared to the south, a disastrous legacy of a policy that provided free coal for heating in the north, an international study shows.Environmental problems are...

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Endangered animals give birth in Sipahijala Zoo

AGARTALA: The Sipahijala Wildlife Sanctuary in Tripura is now a proud host to new-borns of three endangered animals - clouded leopard, pig-tailed macaque and spectacle monkey.The Sipahijala Wildlife Sanctuary, one of 42 national breeding centres in the...

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Whale calf gets trapped in fishing net, dies

NAGAPATTINAM (TN): A whale calf which got trapped in a fishing net off nearby Vedaranyam coast died as efforts by fishermen to save it failed, officials said on Monday.The 12-foot-long whale calf, weighing about a ton, got entangled accidentally in the...

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Fishery college starts Magur seed production

NAGPUR: Magur fish is considered as a great delicacy by fish eaters. But this fresh water fish is fast dwindling in Maharashtra. With an aim to conserve this fish and promote Magur farming by farmers in the state and region, the College of Fishery Sciences...

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