Global Eco Watch: Bumblebees bite leaves to make plants flower early

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The lotus effect

Water doesn't stick to lotus leaves. Nature has given the plant a self-cleaning mechanism. Crack the science of it, and you have the formula for …

Global Eco Watch: Leopard killed, eaten in Idukki as revenge for sheep-killing

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Mini Nilgiri reserve

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Climate notes

Impacts of climate change in the Himalayas

Goodbye maples, pines

Climate change may cause some tree species to disappear

Alien invasion

Simulation helps enhance photosynthesis

Brickbats for farmlands

Kilns reduce soil nutrition, stunt vegetation

COVID-19: Shut pet markets, animal protection organisation urges PM

The animal rights organisation said that both SARS and COVID-19 were caused by viruses linked to wildlife markets in China  

Climate change spurs rapid growth of trees in Tibet

Warmer weather is melting the permafrost of the plateau, moistening the ground and making nutrients available to plants

Common science

A website helps people observe and understand nature while gathering scientific data

Biodiversity Asia

Forest row

Role of politicians, top officials suspected in Kerala's encroachment tangle

Satellite mapping of flora hotspots

First Indian study on species discovery pattern

Female bias?

250 yrs of biological research on the web now

Betaine aldehyde oxidase

Green campus done right: This Assam university sets an example

How Assam Don Bosco University weaves climate action, preservation of flora and fauna, management of water resources in its green initiatives …

Beyond conservation, why our natural ecosystems need restoration

Significant strides have been made in both the science and practice of restoration over the last three decades, with specialisation across …

Bitten by the betel

Paan is the delicacy among all communities in India. Its cultivation and propagation will serve to strengthen not just the various rituals …

Floral trouble

In sharp contrast to earlier estimates, a new study claims that nearly half the world's flora species face extinction

Global Eco Watch: Drifting iceberg threatens seals, penguins on British Antarctic island

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