TopicBiodiversity

Topic: Biodiversity

A rope bridge is helping conserve China’s rarest primate species

Victoria Masterson - 7 December, 2020

A critically-endangered gibbon species in China has been thrown a lifeline – literally.

Scientists have taken the world’s biggest photo ever, and it’s of a cauliflower

Mohana Basu - 13 September, 2020

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.

Five hidden benefits of forests everyone should know

Douglas Broom - 30 August, 2020

Only half of the world’s forests are still intact, a third being primary forests – natural woodlands composed of native species, not disturbed by human activity.

Project to conserve Gangetic river dolphins to launch in 15 days, says Prakash Javadekar

PTI - 17 August, 2020

PM Modi had announced about 'Project Dolphin' on Independence Day. As per official figures, there are about 3,700 Gangetic river dolphins in the India river systems.

After Project Tiger and Project Elephant, India to have Project Dolphin, says PM Modi

Mohana Basu - 15 August, 2020

Project Dolphin will involve conservation of dolphins & aquatic habitat through use of modern technology. It will not just protect dolphins, but will also promote a healthy river ecosystem.

Interspecies social distancing — we need to give nature some space to save biodiversity

Guy Broucke - 22 May, 2020

On International Day of Biodiversity 2020, we must recognize that biodiversity is the ‘toolbox’ that can provide us cures & solutions to crises like Covid-19.

International Day for Biological Diversity — we need to recognise our solutions are in nature

Ayush Patnaik - 22 May, 2020

This year's celebration is all the more timely given the Covid-19 pandemic and the major environmental changes needed to heal.

Bird species today are dying out a hundred times faster than we thought

Arne Mooers - 26 January, 2020

Based on Red List numbers, the expected lifespan of a species living today is only about 5,000 years — this is six times worse than the historical rate.

Extinction is normal but plants going extinct 350 times faster should alarm us

Jaco Le Roux - 26 August, 2019

Earth is seeing an unprecedented loss of species, which some ecologists are calling a sixth mass extinction. More recently, 571 plant species were declared extinct.