Look back at the decade: Extinction
Future loss of species to reduce plant production
Unique birds are at a higher risk of going extinct, finds study
Threat of extinction can have severe consequences on ecosystem functioning
Saving Buddha's tree
Located on the banks of river Niranjana in Bodhgaya, south Bihar, the holy mahabodhi tree under which Buddha sat and meditated is infested with …
Invasive plant species threaten 66% of India’s natural systems
Western Ghats, South Eastern Ghats & Central Indian Highlands among widely and densely invaded regions
Many protected migratory species declining: Report
73 per cent of Appendix I and 48 per cent of Appendix II species of the Convention on Migratory Species are diminishing, it says, with …
Controvesy over South China tiger's photograph
CMS COP14: Why are migratory species at risk of disappearing?
The decline in migratory species is driven by human activity — excessive hunting, habitat destruction, climate change and the …
Climate mapping can point to danger spots where new pest threatens Africa’s cycads
Cycads, the world’s oldest seed-producing plants, are facing extinction. Africa is home to a variety of cycad species
New research reveals these 20 Australian reptiles are set to disappear by 2040
Australia is home to about 10 per cent of all known reptile species — the largest number of any country in the world
‘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
How to curb illicit trade in endangered plants? DNA barcoding could help
DNA barcodes can identify species even from a minute amount of tissue, which can help in tackling illegal trade
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
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Disappearing life
794 animal species face extinction in 595 sites over the globe
Painting vanished species
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
UK faunascape changes with climate change
Scientists identifed 55 species of invertebrates, mammals and birds that moved out of their natural range or arrived in the UK between …
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 …
Walking tall
Forests are breaking up in tropics but coming together elsewhere — here’s what it means for wildlife & climate
Forest fragmentation is bad news for many unique animal and plant species
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 …
Sixth Extinction? Over 150,000 species vanished in last 500 years
Nearly half of 177 mammal species surveyed lost more than 80% of their distribution between 1900 and 2015
'River regulation responsible for decline in water bird population in Australia'
Kate Brandis, joint research fellow at the Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW and Australian Nuclear Science Technology Organisation
World lost 68% vertebrates in 1970-2016: WWF
Freshwater wildlife down 84%; Latin America, the Caribbean particularly hit