For nearly four decades, residents in southern India's Chennai have patrolled moonlit beaches at night trying to protect sea ...

A forest fire in Jawadhu Hills in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai district destroyed rare medicinal herbs and trees spread over 2 ...

The Tiruchendur Forest Department in the Thoothukudi district has successfully recovered around 2,000 turtle eggs from the beach, marking a positive step in the conservation of sea turtles in the ...

A landmark study led by the University of Oxford has created the world’s first global map of tropical forests based on canopy traits, shedding light on the complex functional diversity of tree ...

The Centre has asked state governments to map potential forest areas and create an atlas to help speed up the processing of pending claims under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) and find gaps in ...

Problems include outbreaks of waterborne diseases. Plus: what are the benefits of integrated farming in Tamil Nadu, and a clinic for injured wildlife in Spain.

Tropical forests are supposed to be safe havens for wildlife, but new research shows they're not as protected as we'd hope — including in areas we designate for conservation. A recent study published ...

Near the local storefronts lies the site of an excavation that unearthed stone tools from 150,000 years ago -- the earliest sign ever of humans inhabiting a tropical forest. Archaeologists ...

New right-to-information documents show the state government has identified five parcels of native forest, totalling nearly ... have been redacted, but a map shows they're all in the state's ...