Worshipping big cats: In Maharashtra, faith meets conservation as humans and leopards share space

Scientists conducted a preliminary exploratory study to understand the relationship between the Warli community and Waghoba.

Aathira Perinchery

· Oct 05, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Rooftop solar is a better bet for India than large-scale renewable energy projects

India has a target of achieving 40 GW of green energy from the rooftop solar sector by 2022 but it has not been able to achieve even 20% from it so far.

Aathira Perinchery

· Sep 05, 2021 · 07:30 pm

With forests being at the centre of climate change discourse, are we ignoring role of grasslands?

Such ecosystems play a major role in carbon sequestration, but are often overlooked.

Aathira Perinchery

· Jul 01, 2021 · 09:30 pm

In the Gulf of Mannar, abandoned fishing nets are posing a threat to corals and the marine ecosystem

Though marine debris spans an area of only 1,150 square metres, researchers are worried about its impact on one of India’s only four major coral reefs.

Aathira Perinchery

· Jan 19, 2021 · 09:30 pm

How locals respond to predators in the Himalayas, where human-wildlife conflict is commonplace

People’s perception of the risk posed by wolves and snow leopards played a role in their attitudes toward the carnivores.

Aathira Perinchery

· Dec 22, 2020 · 07:30 pm

In Kerala, a hydropower project has got both environmentalists and Adivasi communities worried

More than 1,800 rainforest trees will be axed in Thrissur district for the project near Athirapilly dam.

Aathira Perinchery

· Nov 15, 2020 · 09:30 pm

A frog species discovered in the Eastern Ghats has now been seen 1,000 km away in the Western Ghats

The discovery proves that the Kalinga cricket frog may be distributed across a larger area than earlier, possibly incomplete, surveys showed.

Aathira Perinchery

· Oct 31, 2020 · 07:30 pm

The newly-discovered Gollum snakehead fish from Kerala may have lived alongside dinosaurs

Scientists have found that the species, which possibly evolved at least 109 million years ago, is genetically distinct from other snakehead fish worldwide.

Aathira Perinchery

· Oct 11, 2020 · 09:30 pm

India’s leopard population declined by 90% over two centuries, suggests study

Experts have called for further investigation, given limitations of genetic data.

Aathira Perinchery

· Aug 07, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Indian scientists are using strands of tiger hair to map the wild cat’s population

The hair, usually shed at scratch posts, can provide whole-genome sequences.

Aathira Perinchery

· May 28, 2020 · 01:30 pm

A chance spotting in the Western Ghats led to the discovery of a new wood snake species

The Palghat Gap may be causing diversification of species in the region.

Aathira Perinchery

· Apr 23, 2020 · 08:30 pm

India is home to over 8,000 species of medicinal plants – and they’re increasingly under threat

For many indigenous communities, they are an integral part of primary healthcare.

Aathira Perinchery

· Feb 25, 2020 · 01:30 pm