A report on the the Himalayas' rich repository of native plants and high value nontimber forest products (NTFPs). It is a WWF Nepal's initiative to conserve these high value NTFPs of mountains by ...

Nepal’s Himalayan forests, rich in biodiversity and home to numerous keystone species, are under threat. Overharvesting of wild plants and fungi, climate change, illegal trade, and inequitable supply ...

Homeowners are being warned about 27 invasive plant species that could wreck havoc if left to spread in the garden ...

The cultivation of alpine plants has a long tradition in Innsbruck. Anton Kerner von Marilaun was Professor of Natural History at the University of Innsbruck from 1860-1878. In 1875, he established ...

Over 350 new species including a miniature deer, a “flying frog” and a 100 million-year old gecko have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas, a biological treasure trove now threatened by climate ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Ecology of the High Himalayas ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 205 No. 4 (October 1961), p. 68 doi:10.1038 ...

One of these monster plants is Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera). Often, invasive alien plants grow faster and bigger because they don't have to compete with their natural enemies from ...

An appeal has been made for volunteers to help clear Himalayan Balsam from a site owned by the Woodland Trust. The plant is considered an invasive species in the UK and has taken hold across the ...

See All Key Ideas The Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco ... these top predators can have cascading effects on plant and animal species at different trophic levels. Their predation activities ...