Book: Wild By Design: The Rise Of Ecological Restoration Author: Laura J. Martin Publisher: Harvard Price: $39.95 Although the United States of America is ranked a lowly 20th among the 22 cou...

The global food system allows us to buy almost any product we want, whenever we want — often at the cost of the environment. But are we even capable of changing our eating habits? Asparagus in ...

Wild World: Nature Through an Autistic Eye by Alfie Bowen (2021) Saving the best for the last, Alfie Bowen’s book is a testament to the art of perseverance which he attributes to his autism. Th...

In the Spirit of the Hills, Hira Singh is a guard in the Nadia Wildlife Sanctuary where he encounters a female leopard. Climate change and crisis remains at the forefront of this novella as the leopar...

Several complaints regarding waterbody fill-up and administrative inaction have prompted the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to create a mechanism to ensure that each such complaint is looked into...

Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is mulling over handing water bodies in the city at minimal cost to non-profit firms, clubs and other organisations against obligatory pisciculture. “Legal o...

Ecological concerns are getting overridden by political-economic gains. The Supreme Court judgment on the Char Dham highway development project is being criticized for this very reason. The Rs 12,000 ...

A heap of garbage containing mostly dry leaves was found burning on the Rabindra Sarobar premises on Thursday morning, raising suspicion among regular visitors that it was intentionally set on fire by...

Sir — Sankarshan Thakur must be lauded for speaking the hard truth in his article, “Compliant and complicit” (Sep 2). Indeed the series of brutal and heartless incidents taking place...

The South Eastern Railway has started preparing an action plan to make the A-category Ranchi railway station eco-smart.Sources said besides Ranchi, Digha — an A-category station that falls under Kha...