Scientists have provided new evidence for a better understanding of environmental challenges. The reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Plat...

More than 250 Indian flapshell turtles protected under the Wildlife Protection Act were found dead in the Balageria–Hatiari canal near Alua village of East Midnapore on June&...

The idea of the lake was conceived 100 years ago. In 1920, Kolkata Improvement Trust took up the initiative of beautifying the southern fringes of the city and making it suitable for habitation. The a...

Kolkata is the first metro city in the country to prepare a detailed register of biodiversity, mayor Firhad Hakim said. Kolkata Municipal Corporation released the People’s Biodiversity Register...

Neem trees across Kolkata are being affected by an unknown disease, the state’s biodiversity board has said. The trees may start dying soon, repeating what had happened with sirish trees a few ...

The State of the World’s Birds, an annual review of environmental resources, has revealed that 48% of the extant bird species are undergoing population decline. As in most instances of ecol...

The conference was organised to spread awareness and implement systemic solutions to increase biodiversity ...

The task of restoring the graves and tombstones is going on. Till now, 200 graves have been restored. “The overriding objective is to restore the cemetery as a managed open space,” said N...

Rangan Datta is a mathematics and management teacher by profession and a travel writer and photographer by passion. He has been addicted to discovering off-beat places since his undergraduate day...

False hope Sir — Anthropogenic activities and climate change have led to an acceleration of species extinction. Environmentalists have urged governments to prioritize the preservation of biodiv...