As the world searches for solutions to global climate change, tree planting has become increasingly popular, with ambitious reforestation campaigns aiming to plant billions or trillions of trees. These projects often have other environmental goals, too, like regulating water cycles, halting soil erosion and restoring wildlife habitat. They also often have socioeconomic goals, like alleviating […]

Mangrove forests are a group of woody halophytic floral communities (Hussain & Badola 2003) having the ability to adapt to the extreme transitional zone. They embody divergent habitats between marine and terrestrial environments. Mangroves form one of the most productive ecosystems in the world and are major carbon sinks. (Ribeiro et al. 2019) These ecosystems

In recent decades, human activities have caused severe ecological impacts, such as habitat degradation, soil erosion and loss of biodiversity. While the biodiversity crisis can solely be attributed to anthropogenic causes, human activity also significantly impacts the evolution of non-human animals (Carroll et al., 2007). In fact, anthropogenic activities are the underlying cause of most

Eversince the reintroduction of wolves revived the Yellowstone National Park towards the end of the 21st Century, the reintroduction of predators have become common. However, one such reintroduction project has proven controversial and that is in the introduction of Eurasian Lnyx in the Scottish Highlands. Despite resistance from local ranchers, scientists are keen on reintroducing

In Coimbatore District of Tamil Nadue lies Valparai Shola National Park. Its undulating terrain, filled with the shola grasslands and temperate forests trees, forms the ideal habitat for several animals endemic species. One of them is the Nilgiri marten (Martes gwatkinsii), a member of the taxa which includes badgers and weasels. The Biology of Nilgiri

A balanced environment is the only key for a healthy ecosystem and wildlife plays a major role in maintaining and adoring our ecosystem. Wild life existence stablizes different natural processes. Wildlife refers to unomesticated fauna and flora species.. It can be observed in all ecosystems. Deserts, forests, rainforests, plains, grasslands, and even urban areas have

Human Elephant Conflict Galore The flight of Sauraguri’s Farmers Six years ago, on a November morning, Sambhar Hazarika witnessed a sight that left him crestfallen. His farmland, located a few kilometres from his home, was plundered – the cowshed he had built was smashed to the ground and his crops devoured by a herd of

Hi, I am Anish Banerjee, a member of the Lancashire Wildlife Trust Youth Council. I have just completed the second year of my BSc (Hons) Zoology degree at the University of Manchester. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, I have been doing my course remotely back home in Bengaluru, India! For this reason, I thought it would be

Circadian Rhythms are amongst the most critical of physiological processes to occur in mammals. This process refers to endogenous phenomena that modulates the sleep–wake cycle. Circadian Rhythms generally have periods of approximately 24 hours. The circadian cycle is effectuated by a molecular circadian clock, which synchronizes the internal biological time relative to the extrinsic environment.