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The European blackcap has dramatically changed its migration pattern, flying to a new site, more than 1,000 km north of the region where it traditionally spent the winter.

Colombo is at pains to clear itself of the UNEP charge that it is one of the world's five major dolphin catchers.

India doubts the ability of the British to understand the complexity of Indian ecosystems and suggest measures for their conservation.

More and more libraries are incorporating computer networks in their effort to reach the entire world.

Indian crews successfully contained a huge oil spill near the Great Nicobar island. Now, the ministry of environment and forests must assess the damage to the island chain's ecology.

The entry of large business houses into the Sundarbans is not only jeopardising the interests of local fisherfolk, but also causing major ecological damage.

What is your assessment of CG's handling of the spill? I visited the area a few days after the spill along with the environment secretary, the assistant inspector general of wildlife and the NIO

The earnings generated between prawn farming and prawn export show an 80 fold jump.

Chemical dispersants should be used cautiously as they can harm marine life.

Attacks on prawn collectors by kamot, a small species of shark, are normally fatal.