Environment

Flowering plants may have originated between 149 and 256 million years ago, according to a study published on 5 Feb. Researchers found that flowering

The European Union's top environment official has warned several member countries that they face legal action if they continue to flout the bloc&#

Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur - a school bus-sized, long-necked plant-eater with bony plates embedded in its skin - in the Saha

The study found that microwaves emit 7.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year in the European Union (EU). Microwave ovens across Euro

It carried approximately 4,100 pounds of NASA cargo, science and technology demonstration samples from the ISS. The spacecraft departed from the ISS a

UN Environment and the World Health Organization have agreed a new, wide-ranging collaboration to accelerate action to curb environmental health risks

Three female rhino calves that were rescued from Kaziranga National Park area during the devastating monsoon floods in 2016 will find their new homes

Different labs of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) - India's key scientific research body - have joined hands for develo

China, the world's biggest polluter, unveiled plans 19 Dec for a national carbon market likely to become the world's largest exchange for emis

A Vietnamese 'crocodile lizard' and a Thai turtle found on sale in a local market are among more than 100 new species discovered in the ecolog

For the past two years, Manoj Kumar Munjial hasn't set fire to a single straw of paddy residue in his fields sprawled over 45 acres at Taraori in

MIT scientists have found a way to induce plants to give off dim light by embedding specialised nanoparticles into their leaves, a major step towards

Federal wildlife officials say they are reviewing the status of a sea turtle that lives in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean to see if it should be list

Cheetahs, one of the planet's most iconic big cats, should be listed as "endangered", according to scientists who have found evidence of

The ocean is full of eddies, swirling motions some tens to hundreds of kilometres across, which mix the water and carry it across the average currents

The crystal clear waters of the Siang river, considered the lifeline of northern Arunachal Pradesh for centuries, has suddenly turned dark black trigg

Analysing rainfall and temperature data of 50 years, researchers from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have found that the frequency of heatwaves ac