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Environmentalists warn against waiting too long to deal with climate change

Last Updated: Sunday, April 27, 2014, 16:20

Environmentalists have warned policy makers that if they do not act upon the impending dangers of human-made climate change now and continue to wait, then it might be too late.

Oceans Summit calls for action against overfishing, pollution

Last Updated: Saturday, April 26, 2014, 10:36

On the fourth and final day of the Global Oceans Action Summit here Friday, the delegates agreed that action on a global scale is needed to tackle overfishing, climate change and pollution of the oceans.

Worst can be avoided with action now: IPCC chief

Last Updated: Saturday, April 26, 2014, 10:24

he United Nation`s head of climate change issues stressed today that the earth`s warming trend, almost certainly caused by people, can still be eased.

Hamster-sized deer born in Spain

Last Updated: Saturday, April 26, 2014, 10:16

The latest specimen of the world`s tiniest deer, a rare species no bigger than a hamster, has been born in a nature park in southern Spain, conservationists said today.

Relax: El Niño is not always bad news!

Last Updated: Friday, April 25, 2014, 19:56

The antennas have gone up over reports of a less than satisfactory monsoon this year due to the widely anticipated El Niño effect. But the concern might just be wee bit exaggerated.

Snow leopard poaching main culprit for decline: WWF

Last Updated: Friday, April 25, 2014, 19:30

Urging the people to save the snow leopards from going extinct and with just 400-700 of them now remain in India, a leading conservation organisation says that this strikingly beautiful endangered species are in “real danger”.

Now, Parrikar backs mining in Western Ghats

Last Updated: Friday, April 25, 2014, 18:58

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar wants to "save" the Western Ghats, but not at the cost of mining.

Golden eagle not sensitive to ultraviolet light?

Last Updated: Friday, April 25, 2014, 18:43

In what could lead to more effective conservation strategies of the golden eagle, researcher have now discovered that the raptors may have a sharper sense of smell but not as sensitive to ultraviolet light as previously thought.

Ancestor of giant flying reptiles found in China

Last Updated: Friday, April 25, 2014, 18:39

Scientists have discovered fossil of the earliest and most primitive reptile, the largest known flying creature to have ever existed that lived some 163 million years ago.

Microscopic organism plays crucial role in ocean carbon cycling

Last Updated: Friday, April 25, 2014, 10:27

Researchers have said that microscopic organism play a very important role in ocean carbon cycling.