Shenade Annie Kerketta, Amity University Kolkata Biodiversity is known as the collection of life on Earth at all levels. It covers everything, from genes to ecosystems. In short, biodiversity not only covers rare species but all life forms. Biodiversity is important to restore the balance on Earth. Biodiversity is also important as it provides us […]
Sumedha B S, Bangalore University Introduction: Mangroves trees typically grow along tropical coastlines. They are rooted in salty sediments. The upper branches and leaves grow above the waterline, while the lower trunk and a large system of aboveground roots (prop roots) are often inside the seawater. Mangrove forests are vanishing at an alarming rate worldwide. […]
Monika R, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore Australia has the highest recorded rate of species extinction in the world. During the European colonization in 1788, 34 terrestrial species were declared to be extinct. (i.e.) Since European colonization, native rodents have been the most severely tormented by these recent extinctions, contributing around 41% of Australian mammal […]
Samreek Bhatta, Delhi Public School Megacity, Kolkata What is Biological Diversity? Biological diversity (commonly called biodiversity) is often understood to be a wide array of flora, fauna, and microorganisms, but it also includes genetic differences within species — for instance, variations among varieties of crops, different breeds of livestock, the variety of ecosystems, etc. It […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta Reintroduction or ‘rewilding’, an approach to restoring the biodiversity of an area, is gaining increasing popularity worldwide. The aim of any rewilding event is to promote self-sustenance of an ecosystem, such that it has conditions that require minimal external maintenance. This approach is especially essential right now due to the […]
Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University, Kolkata Zoonotic illnesses are those contaminations that can pass between species from animals to mankind, just as from mankind to animals. Most (60.3 percent) arising infections influencing people had an animal source and most of these (71.8 percent) came from natural life, as per a recent report. While COVID-19’s unique leap […]
-Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata The one thing that should be wished for, when stuck in tropical or subtropical regions, is protection against powerful trap-jaw ant’s strike. Trap-jaw ants (belongs to Strumigenys genus) are omnivores that hold the speed record for second fastest accelerating predator appendages (recorded using high-speed video techniques) after the Dracula […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata Dutch photographer Frans Lanting famously said, “biodiversity starts in the distant past and it points towards the future”. So the biodiversity of a region is very important since it marks the productivity of that particular region. Environmental biologists have been working since long back to identify and mark the biodiversity […]
