Bodhi tree sapling sent to PM for Thailand tour

Last Updated: Saturday, May 25, 2013, 22:49

A sapling of the historic Bodhi tree under which Lord Buddha had attained enlightenment has been sent to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who will take it as a "gift" to Thailand next week.

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2013: This tamarind tree brings luck for candidates

Last Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 12:25

Candidates in Shirahatti and Ron constituencies in North Karnataka are seen making a beeline for a tamarind tree.

New `tree of life` created to study fish evolution

Last Updated: Saturday, April 20, 2013, 12:47

Fishes account for over half of vertebrate species but knowledge about relationships among its various types is still unknown.

Instead of playing computer games, students can plant trees: HC to PMC

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 18:17

Bombay High Court suggested Pune Municipal Corporation to take help of school and college students for replanting trees which shall be cut for road widening project on Mumbai Bangalore highway.

JK govt suspends three forest guards for illegal tree felling

Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 17:01

Jammu and Kashmir government has suspended three forest guards for their alleged failure to check smuggling of forest timber and chopping of trees in Bhaderwah belt of Doda district.

Tree rings help forecast extreme climate

Last Updated: Sunday, February 17, 2013, 10:56

An analysis of tree-rings can enable scientists to get an insight into the past and forecast extreme weather events.

Christmas trees absorb super greenhouse gas methane

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 25, 2012, 16:07

Christmas trees are absorbing methane, a super greenhouse gas that they were previously suspected of emitting, scientists claim.

Scientists to clone the perfect Christmas tree

Last Updated: Sunday, December 23, 2012, 20:30

German scientists are searching a way to clone the perfect Christmas tree.

Biblical gopher tree stands tall in Kerala forest

Last Updated: Sunday, December 23, 2012, 14:16

Found only in some parts of the world is gopher tree, which Biblical patriarch Noah used to make the famous ark on God`s command to survive the great deluge.

Woman atop coconut tree rescued by fire brigade

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 13:45

Stuck up in a 36-feet tall coconut tree while spraying insecticide, a housewife had to make a call to the fire brigade from her mobile phone to rescue her.

Christmas tree`s genome hasn`t changed since dinosaur era

Last Updated: Friday, December 14, 2012, 16:47

The genome of conifers such as spruce, pine, and fir - widely used as Christmas trees - has remained very much the same for over 100 million years when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.