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Our oldest inheritances are living ecosystems that hold together ecology and economy. As World Heritage Day passes, nature’s warning lingers—if forests lose their breath, so will we

A 40-year study in the Western Ghats has warned that lion-tailed macaques living in private forest fragments face rising extinction risks despite increasing numbers. Researchers say infrastructure growth, habitat fragmentation and human disturbance threaten the long-term survival of the species.

The Centre has deferred forest clearance for Karnataka’s 2,000-MW Sharavathy Pumped Storage Project, citing potential “enormous damage” to biodiversity in the Western Ghats, including threats to Lion-Tailed Macaques and endemic flora in the Sharavathy Valley Sanctuary

Hyderabad scientists are helping save Bhupathy’s Purple Frog, a rare species from the time of dinosaurs. It lives underground and comes out only during monsoon rains. Using sound technology, the team tracks and protects these frogs in the Western Ghats

From snow leopards in Ladakh to mangrove in Sundarbans, India’s wildlife photographers are frontline storytellers of conservation

Previously, this species has been recorded in parts of the Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats, Odisha, and northeastern India, with only recent records emerging from Pench and Kanha Tiger Reserves in Central India.

The historic visit marks a major milestone for the temple, one of the most prominent pilgrimage sites in the country.

While India’s forest and tree cover accounts for 25 per cent of the total geographical area, more than 6.3 per cent of the country’s dense forests have been destroyed in the last two decades

Says the natural disaster was just another instance of nature reacting to human "apathy and greed"

Kerala needs to show political will to strictly implement Coastal Regulation Zone laws

Mark your calendars for December 2 and 3, and prepare to embark on an electrifying journey at the 6th edition of Echoes Of Earth!

The study, which was led by senior CCMB scientist Dr Jahnavi Joshi and her group, has sought to shed light on evolution of plants in the Western Ghats region of India and was recently published in the prestigious Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Hyderabad: This is a slice of the Western Ghats in Telangana. Given the dense plantation and healthy growth of some endangered species, which are endemic to Kerala and Karnataka, this is where one can experience the adventure of trekking in the thick and condensed forests of the Western Ghats, but right here in Telangana. Far […]

Extreme weather events have become the norm in Kerala which has been bearing the brunt of heavy rains and floods with unfailing regularity. After suffering massive losses in 2018, which saw the worst flooding in a century, and again in 2019 and 2020, the State is now in the grip of Nature’s fury again resulting […]

Siddartha Reddy trekked his way to the peaks of Kumara Parvatha at 5,617 feet in Mangaluru district and Tadiandamol at 5,735 feet in Coorg district recently