Wildlife:

 PUNE: Concerned by the decline in the vulture population in the country by more than 90 per cent in the last decade, the Pune forest department organised a workshop to sensitise forest officials about the critically endangered species, on the occasion of the International Vulture Awareness ...

The Center for Biological Diversity Tuesday asked federal regulators to withdraw their approval of the 677-mile “Ruby” natural gas pipeline, which would cut across some of the most pristine and remote lan...

Claiming defamation and trademark infringement, TATA Sons has filed a lawsuit against Greenpeace in the Delhi High Court, asking for Rs. 10 crore in damages. The case is listed for hearing on July 27. Greenpeace has been an outspoken critic of the Dhamra Port Project, being co-developed by TATA S...

 Recently, a group dedicated to preserving wild tiger populations met in Bali, Indonesia, to draft an action plan. Officials from 13 nations that have the world's last wild tigers, along with the World Bank's Global Tiger Initiative and partner organizations including the International Fund ...

 Pigs feel optimistic or pessimistic about life depending on how pleasant their environment is, researchers at Newcastle Un...

The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference has brought the topic under the media spotlight but has also brought with it the phenomenon of climate change sceptics.

Climate change deniers will use any shred of evidence to shed doubt to the fact that climate change is happening and is man...

Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh has announced that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch a dedicated forestry satellite in all likelihood in the year 2013.

Against the biennial exercise in vo...

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