Battle zone: Humans vs elephants
Afterwards, an eerie silence envelops the field. There is only the crop
Afterwards, an eerie silence envelops the field. There is only the crop
A survey currently underway in states to calculate the number of below poverty line households is being opposed tooth and nail by civil society groups under the 'right to food' campaign. They are objecting to the exercise on two counts: firstly, the crite
RAMESH YADAV, migrant auto driver, converses with NITIN SETHI on drought, media, politics and migration
Weeds become stronger after accidentally acquiring genes from genetically engineered crops
KALAHANDI . Directed by Goutam Ghosh . Produced by Soudamini Mishra . 45 minutes Pangs of persisting poverty and hunger. Agony of drought-stricken people. Silent
Humans worldwide began wearing jewellery at the same time as groups started meeting up, say researchers from the University of Arizona in Tucson, usa . The finding counters the idea that
Human activities are degrading mountain ranges worldwide
Migratory birds stage a comeback after a long hiatus as Kashmir wetlands get a fresh lease of life
Europeans descended from just 50 African migrants
A quarter of a century ago, a jeep driver decided it was time to make a change. Ralegan Siddhi, made into a model village by Anna Hazare, faces challenges of a different kind today
<font class="UCASE">the </font> floods have once again ravaged Bihar. Claims made by the government that all precautionary measures were taken, embankment and anti-erosion work completed in time and that the floods would not be allowed to occur
The human cost of the cyclone in Orissa is very high. So is the cost of the damage to the environment. The failure of the state machinery in handling this crisis is only going to make matters worse. At present, chaos reigns supreme in the affected areas
Siltation, deforestation and now the cyclone. It s bad times for Chilika, Asia s largest brackish water lake
MIHIR R BHATT, honorary director of the Disaster Mitigation Institute, Ahmedabad, spoke to <font class='UCASE'>Down To Earth </font> about the lessons unlearnt from several natural disasters that have taken place in India. The problem lies within our sys
New eco friendly market towns can stop downhill migration
The story of bioinvasion for beginners
FOR thousands of years, Spanish storks have been migrating to African countries like Senegal and Ethiopia from Europe. Now, a third of Spain's 22,000 white storks prefer to stay back during the
ECOLOGICAL and environmental changes are a common cause of migration. These changes can be sudden and unpredictable like earthquakes, or gradual like desertification or land degradation. Environment
Hundreds, perhaps, even thousands of migratory birds are dying in the eastern US and Canada due to salmonella bacteria, the US National Wildlife Health Center (nwhc) announced recently. The
Ultralight aircraft are being used to lead endangered cranes to their winter home