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99% gene transmission possible, China’s CRISPR tool boosts food security

The innovation, known as CRISPR-Assisted Inheritance (CAIN), can increase gene transmission rates up to 99% in just two generations! Chinese…

21 hours ago

Improving the language of biodiversity conservation

Engaging with vernacular diversity is a practical way to convey biodiversity concerns and values. It also helps to understand the plural ways…

3 weeks ago

International Day for Biological Diversity: Be part of the Plan

Planet Earth – our shared home – is teetering on the brink of a sixth wave of extinction. As our world…

1 month ago

Conservation slowing biodiversity loss, scientists say

  Conservation actions are effective at reducing global biodiversity loss, according to a major study. International researchers spent 10 years…

2 months ago

Conservation Strategies And Methods To Protect Biodiversity

For biodiversity to thrive, it needs healthy and safe habitats. However, urbanization and agricultural expansion have tremendously impacted biological communities.…

3 months ago

Nilgiris: Water Shortage and Climate Change Pose Threats to Biodiversity and Livelihoods

Coonoor (Nilgiris): Vasanthan Panchavarnam came to Coonoor 30 years back on a transfer from Chennai as a physician. The hilly…

4 months ago

Towards sustainability: a look ahead to environmental moments in 2024

The year 2024 will be marked by a number of events and observances with important implications for the environment, biodiversity,…

5 months ago

Humans have wiped out 1,400 bird species with ‘cascading harmful effects’ on biodiversity

Deforestation, invasive species and climate change have contributed to the disappearance of over 1,400 bird species. Humans have wiped out…

6 months ago

New Bird Species Found At This National Park In Mumbai

Mumbai's Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), recently recorded the presence of the Grey Francolin, a ground-dwelling bird celebrated for its…

6 months ago

To slow climate change, some want to ‘engineer the ocean’

Oceans are often fertilized by dust storms like this one in 2003, which covered a swath of the Atlantic from…

6 months ago

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