Environment

Raorchestes jadoh, the new direct-developing frogs recorded from Meghalaya. Photo: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Jadoh, a popular rice-and-meat dish of the matrilineal Khasi community, has lent its name to a new species of …

Two features mark the geography of Bundelkhand, the region in Central India spread over 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh: the steep hills of the Vindhyas and progressively …

Corals off Visakhapatnam coast.  | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT In a first, the Andhra Pradesh coastline has been formally recognised for its coral presence in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, marking …

Stretching across much of peninsular India, the Deccan Plateau hides a silent, subterranean struggle. Beneath its sunbaked soil lie ancient, fractured layers of basalt and granite — hard rock aquifers …

Daily Quiz | On Van Mahotsav 1 / 6 | What does the name “Van Mahotsav” ? Answer : “Van” means forest and “Mahotsav” means great festival DID YOU KNOW …

India is the world’s largest groundwater guzzler. It extracted around 245 billion cubic metres (BCM) for irrigating cropland alone in 2011 – about 25% of the world’s groundwater consumption. More …

A red-necked wallaby joey peeking out of the pouch of its mother in its enclosure in Indira Gandhi Zoological Park. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT There’s new life hopping and …

Valmik Thapar, one of India’s most eminent wildlife conservationists and authors, died at his residence in New Delhi on Saturday (May 31, 2025) morning. He was 73. Born in New …

A dugong sand sculpture at Danushkodi beach to mark World Environment Day in June 2022. Waving meadows of emerald grasses part as a portly shape drifts through the shallow waters. …

File image of an Asiatic Lioness with her two Seven-month-old cubs at Sakkarbaugh Safari breeding centre in Junagadh | Photo Credit: The Hindu The story so far: The Gujarat Forest …