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The scientists, who published their findings in peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Marine Science, said areas with more floating rubbish generally had more microplastic fragments on the sea floor. (Representational Image: AFP)

World-'s sea floor littered with 4 million tonnes of microplastics:...

The quantity of the tiny pollutants was 25 times greater than previous localised studies had shown

7 Oct 2020 11:38 AM IST

Anyone exhibiting fever or symptoms of cold, will not be allowed into the zoo (DC file photo)

Nehru Zoological Park Hyderabad to open for visitors

Closed exhibits such as Nocturnal Animal House, Aquarium, Fossil Museum, and the Natural History Museum, will remain...

4 Oct 2020 8:57 AM IST

Uncontrolled forest fires across one of the planets coldest regions has sent a quarter of a billion tonnes of CO2 spiralling into the atmosphere since January this year. (AFP)

Still ablaze, this year-'s Arctic wildfires set new CO2 emission...

Siberia and the Arctic Circle are prone to large year-on-year temperature fluctuations, but persistence of this year-'s...

3 Sept 2020 2:29 PM IST

People from flood-hit Muttur village in Jamkhandi taluk being shifted to safer place in the boat. DC photo

Flood situation in North Karnataka remains grim

Thousands of villages were submerged and several people had died in similar flood last year

17 Aug 2020 1:43 PM IST

Representational Image. (AP)

Myanmar farms tigers, pangolins to cater to China-'s wild meat demand

Myanmar is already a hub for the illegal trafficking of wildlife, a trade driven by demand from neighbouring China

11 July 2020 12:34 PM IST

When the wild world beckons

When the wild world beckons

Shaaz Jung, wildlife photographer and owner of resorts in Kabini and South Africa, shares a few of his favourite images...

9 July 2020 9:44 PM IST

$Latika Nath, the \Tiger Princess\ in a male-dominated world of wildlife conservation$ Lifestyle

Latika Nath, the -'Tiger Princess-' in a male-dominated world of...

Indiaâ€™s first woman wildlife biologist to hold a doctorate on tigers talks about making it in male-dominated field of...

6 July 2020 5:30 PM IST

Renuka Jaypal, founder of Tail Alert

Pets abandoned by heartless parents

The pandemic has brought out the worst in few people. Some, psyched by the fear that the coronavirus is transmitted by...

2 July 2020 8:39 PM IST

A medic carries waste materials that were used during the treatment of COVID-19 patients to throw in a dustbin. (PTI)

Mumbai HC seeks government-'s clarification on disposal of COVID-19...

A PIL was filed claiming untreated biomedical waste generated by hospitals, pathology labs was being dumped at...

2 July 2020 11:06 AM IST

Anushka Sharma setting up a home garden

Go green to battle the blues

To start, one needs to do a sunlight analysis for growing plants in the balcony

25 Jun 2020 7:36 PM IST

Representational image (PTI)

Big drop in sea turtles visiting Rameswaram shores for nesting this...

Forest department staff keep a watch over these nesting spots

12 May 2020 7:26 PM IST

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Vets get pets online

With emerging cases of Covid-19 affecting pets, veterinarians have started incorporating telemedicine into their...

5 May 2020 6:02 PM IST