Environment Stories

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) declares the Hindu Kush Himalaya region a biosphere on the brink of collapse and calls for action to prevent nature loss.

Largest living organisms; Talking about the largest organism is a complex task. There are animals longer than the blue whale,

In northern India, including Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, December and January usually saw very little rainfall. But things changed unexpectedly when winter snowfall started.

While caring for your tulsi and lavender plants in your garden, you felt a strange sensation of being watched. Naturally, you became alert - a common reaction after watching too many crime thrillers.

Nature's latest report states that climate change has killed 4 million people since the year 2000. Rising temperatures might kill 14.5 million more people by 2050.

For decades, the fabled Bermuda Triangle of the Atlantic Ocean has captured the human imagination with unexplained disappearances

Where in the world the new coronavirus can be born, scientists have found out. Large-scale land-use changes are occurring around the world, including changes in forests, agricultural expansion, and cattle production.

Re-organisation of J&K: proposal is being worked out to distribute afforestation funds between Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territories

Yousuf’s list of endangered fish species includes the rama gurun (botia birdi), once abundant and even caught in commercial quantities, which has now almost disappeared. Another is the algaad (Schzothorax niger), found only in Kashmir, whose number has alarmingly lowered.

In a recent study, researchers investigated the nocturnal behavior of Alpine ibex in response to changing environmental conditions, shedding light on how these mountain-dwelling creatures adapt to global warming.