Herbs Under Pressure
Text by Satya S. Tripathi
The Vital use of herbs
Asian herbs have been a source of nutrition and vital medication for millennia. But the extinction...
Diversity within diversity
The geometric form of pollen – the male part of the higher plants – is as strikingly beautiful as the plants from which they come.
Asia’s Great Tuskers see their last days
Great Tuskers are the closest living cousins of the legendary Woolly mammoth. Their tusks grow up to a whopping 2 metres long! Magnificent though they may be, these appendages are the very reason the elephants are quickly going extinct.
Priest, Pachyderm and Pygmy
A theory gone unheeded for decades finally came to the attention of the scientific community and struck gold in 2003, when bones of a new, pygmy-sized hominin species were discovered on the island of Flores, Indonesia.
Sustainable Plastic Alternatives (Part 1)
Our excessive plastic consumption is hurting the environment. These alternatives might just be the solutions we need!For the rest of this article (Asian Geographic...
Will Paris Change the Climate?
On 12 December 2015, the much-anticipated United Nations’ Paris Agreement for Climate Change was signed. The big question; is it too little too late for a warming planet?
Are Caves Turning into Lethal Portals?
Text Khushi Makasare
An unwavering rise in temperatures has fuelled the evolution of microbial communities in cave environments, proving to pose an ominous threat to...
International Polar Bear Day: Meet the Snow Giants
Today, on International Polar Bear Day, we celebrate the majestic snow giant and its charming characteristics.