Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has been killing bees and puzzling scientists for long, new research suggests that the probable cause of dying bee colonies points towards a virus. This poses a dangerous situation for commercial beekeepers world wide if...

Surprising though it might seem, a global warming side effect seems to have made it very much possible to grow sunflowers in the arctic cold! Elisabeth Iversen’s garden on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen is a defiant reminder of a warmer...

Ethiopian authorities have come up with cruel plans to kill thousands of stray dogs ahead of the Coptic millennium celebrations next week. They are to be fed meat laced with strychnine, a cheap and powerful poison often used to kill rats that causes a...

In the midst of a growing concern about pollution ahead of the 2008 Olympics, China is coming down heavily on the drug industry after focusing on polluted rivers in July. China’s environmental watchdog has closed down or suspended 649 firms and...

Are you planning to go for a walk with your dog? Thing twice if the trail leads into a conserved area. Dogs are the closest companions to humans amongst all animals, yet these loyal friends have emerged from wolves, one of the most competent predators...

We choose Oil palm plantations instead of orangutans, quick bucks over later losses. Even as their limited habitats are destroyed, they cling precariously to life. From a once-mighty orange army of 300,000 their numbers have dwindled to 25,000...

Don’t be too sure that the atlas you are referring to gives you the right map of a particular area! Even the newest redrawn maps are finding it hard to cope up with developmental, infrastructural and environmental changes taking place around the...

Drought-resistant ankole cattle are being displaced from African farms by the northern hemisphere’s holstein-friesian dairy cows, which produce much more milk. We are close to witnessing another major drawback of introducing invasive species....

Indonesia is home to 60 percent of the world’s threatened peatlands, but its marshes are being destroyed at an unprecedented pace because of massive conversion into pulp wood and palm oil plantations to feed global demand for biofuel. Now it...

Nature can be bountiful, if you take only as much as you need! However, modern commercial fishing techniques result in extensive wastefulness. A study in British waters indicates that almost two thirds of the fish caught are thrown back over the side...