The past and present of rivers

Author(s): Karuna Futane We are a generation that has turned flowing fresh water rivers to rivers of sewage and garbage. We have lost rivers. …

The hunt for benefits

India is hailed as a pioneer in implementing the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity—fair and equitable sharing of …

Invasive plant species threaten 66% of India’s natural systems 

Western Ghats, South Eastern Ghats & Central Indian Highlands among widely and densely invaded regions

Invasive alien species lead to extinctions of plants & animals across Earth, IPBES report points out

Though it is possible to eradicate and control these species, it might not happen by 2030  

Feral animals are running amok on Australia’s islands – here’s how to stop them

Eradicating feral animals from islands can be expensive, but new research shows where to get the biggest bang for our buck

Environmental DNA-based assay to detect invasive catfish in waterbodies

North African Sharptooth catfish is one such species that was illegally introduced in India for aquaculture purposes

‘Gray blanket’ over Australia: Genetics may have aided European rabbit invasion of continent in 1859, says study

Researchers managed to trace the ancestry of Australia’s invasive rabbit population right back to the southwest of England

Removing alien plants can save water: We measured how much

Positive effect of clearing alien trees higher in dry years compared to wet years, study predicts

Pentagon UFO videos steal limelight from COVID-19

Older, leaked clips of unidentified flying objects now confirmed by US defence department

A weed and a tale

In the forests of Kanyakumari, an invasive species has been proliferating since the 1960s. It is time to remove it altogether

'There are more than 60,000 tree species in the world & my book had room for only 80!'

Jonathan Drori, author of Around the World in 80 Trees tells S S Jeevan about the phylogeny, ecological services, and the sociological …

Invasive alien species are a serious threat to the planet: 4 key messages for Africa

Constrained financial resources and the lack of legal frameworks are largely to blame for the lack of progress in the management of invasive species

Accidental discovery of life deep beneath Antarctica’s ice shelves baffles scientists

As many as 16 sponges and 22 unidentified species attached to a rock were discoverd away from the sunlight under harsh conditions  

Have Alligator Gar in India started to reproduce? Not for the moment

A photograph showing a kingfisher holding what appears to be a juvenile Alligator Gar created a minor scare among fish experts

Poaching taking a toll on gorilla, zebra population: IUCN

The Eastern Gorilla has moved from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Critically Endangered’ category with its total population now …

Native species over invasive: This Tamil Nadu village is a pioneer in climate action

Vast patches of wastelands in the region were invaded by the alien, invasive Karuvelam tree or prosopis juliflora

The macaque monkeys of Mauritius: an invasive alien species, and a major export for research

Feral macaques in Mauritius are a formidably harmful invasive alien species, destructive to many animal and plant species which are heading …

Aliens in Toda paradise

The pastoral Toda community in the upper Nilgiris is losing its Shola grasslands to invasive species

The ethical and cultural case for culling Australia's mountain horses

Horses need to be removed from Australia's mountains.The debate now is around ethics and their role in Australia

The next invasion of insect pests will be discovered via social media

The proliferation of smart phones means many people have an encyclopedia of knowledge, a high-resolution digital camera and GPS in their pockets

‘Alligator Gar discovery a signal to revise list of fish introduced to India’

After the discovery of an Alligator Gar in Pune’s Pawna Dam, experts say the time has come to revise the list of fish being imported in the …

Alien weed rings alarm bells in the Northeast

Natural vegetation in Assam threatened by Ludwigia Peruviana, an invasive species from Latin America

Fall Armyworms affect 750,000 acres of maize in Africa, put food security at threat

It may take more than two years before hybrids resistant to the FAW are bred and commercialised in Africa

Cop’s weapon to track rogue plants

Geographical profiling used to hunt down criminals can help predict spread of invasive species

Look beyond invasive species

Competition, not predation, is the most influential process that shapes food web