Biodiversity

Greenwashing refers to the practice of making false or exaggerated claims about a product's environmental benefits or sustainability to attract consumers.

The recent news of elephants from Arunachal Pradesh being sent to the Radhe Krishna Temple Elephant Trust in Gujarat has sparked concern and controversy.

A recent study conducted using a unique dataset modelling land use changes over 13 centuries has revealed that the Asian elephant's historic habitat range has decreased by more than 3 million square kilometres in the past three centuries.

The state government of West Bengal has recently added four new biodiversity heritage sites (BHS) to the existing four. Hence, taking the total tally to eight.

Despite the many new animal species discovered by scientists in the 21st century, many others have sadly become extinct. The actions of humans have been a major contributing factor to this loss

The Shima enaga, also known as the long-tailed chickadee, is a subspecies of the long-tailed chickadee (Aegithalos caudatus). Shima enaga subspecies, however, are only found on Hokkaido, Japan's second-largest island.

To investigate why lesser false vampire bats (LFVBs) are more attracted to female katydids, researchers from the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) conducted a two-year study on the prey patterns of these bats.

A study published in the journal Conservation Science and Practice shows that conserving the largest trees is a benefit in the face of climate change and, therefore, the environmental emergencies facing the world.

Scientists around the world have been eager to understand why and how a deadly transmissible cancer known as DFT1 has decimated populations of the Tasmanian devil, an endangered species of marsupial, in recent decades.

A cheetah named Uday brought to India from South Africa, has died in Kuno National Park. This is the second case in a span of one month when a cheetah has died.