Sharavati river, a source of electricity in Karnataka, faces environmental opposition for a proposed pumped storage project.

By Mongabay.com Residents of two villages in the Indian state of Goa have petitioned the environment ministry for their ...

The Western Ghats, recognized as a biodiversity hotspot, harbor numerous endemic species found nowhere else on Earth. While parts of it are protected, the ecosystem faces threats from ...

A UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the eight hottest bio-diversity hotspots in the world, the Western Ghats are a mountain range, spread over 1600 km in western India. Stretching north to ...

Stretching across Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, the Western Ghats is one of the world’s most biodiverse regions and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This ancient mountain ...

The Western Ghats is a global biodiversity hotspot and key to India’s ecological health and climate stability. The union and state governments must show determination to scientifically mitigate ...

However, 27 species not recorded in earlier data have been documented, attributed to citizen science initiatives and improved ...

The study by researchers at Pune's MIT World Peace University specifies shifts in dragonfly populations caused by changing ...

The Western Ghats are a mountain range about 1,000 miles ... this strange-looking species is considered a global biodiversity hotspot and an evolutionary transition zone by UNESCO.

Residents of Canacona have strongly opposed the proposed widening of NH-66 (formerly NH-17) along the existing alignment at ...

The Western Ghats mountain range running down the south-west side of India is a treasure trove of wildlife. Though it covers less than 6% of the land area of India, the Western Ghats contain more than ...