Biodiversity

New research has brought to light a worrying trend, climate change is subtly eroding the ocean’s ability to support plankton, leading to a swift decrease in fish populations.

The canine population in Europe has seen a nearly 200% increase, tripling in just eight years, as per the data from the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI) and the European Commission.

Scientists are studying why anchovies in the Bay of Biscay are becoming smaller yearly. The AZTI technology center, which focuses on sea and food research, has shown how much the size of these anchovies has decreased from 1990 to 2021.

A recent study in the New Phytologist journal shows how certain plant species in Europe have changed over the past 40 years. Some species have decreased significantly, while others have grown a lot.

Honey production from beehives in the U.S. has dropped a lot since the 1990s. This could mean there are fewer flowers for bees to get pollen and nectar from, which would affect all pollinating insects

Despite the protests, the Chhattisgarh forestry department on Tuesday began cutting down trees for an upcoming coal mining project in the biodiversity-rich Hasdeo Arand region

Since 2015, every October 23 International Snow Leopard Day is celebrated to promote its conservation since, in the last 20 years, its population has decreased by 30%.

A recent study published by the Wildlife Institute of India highlights the growing negative encounters between humans and animals

A study in Global Ecology and Conservation used data from bird netting and ringing to see how the bird community in the Eastern Himalayan mid-elevation forests changed in both undisturbed and logged forests.

A new study titled “Regional hotspots and drivers of shark meat consumption in India” reveals that over a third of shark and ray species are at risk of global extinction, largely due to overfishing driven by human consumption.