The peepal, or ficus religiosa, tree planted by the US president, seen as holy by many in Asia, just looks dead US President Barack Obama waves as he participates in a tree planting ceremony at the ...

One of the most heartwarming sights in early summer is the grand sprouting of the Pipal trees (Ficus religiosa). In a matter of a week, these statuesque trees shed their winter foliage and put out ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal have carried out whole genome sequencing of banyan (Ficus benghalensis) and peepal (Ficus religiosa) from leaf ...

Archaeologists may find history on the ocean floor, inside caves and buried underground. But it is also interesting to see how a living tree has shaped human history. In the subcontinent, particularly ...

Ficus religiosa is an easily visible dry-season deciduous tree seen across South Asia in parks, by the road, along highways, in village plazas, farmlands, private gardens, and outside religious places ...

INDIA:CONCERN OVER the health of the giant Bodhi tree, under which Buddha attained enlightenment in eastern India more than 2,500 years ago, has spawned a secret plan to preserve it for posterity ...

The state government is to acquire three acres of land surrounding the ancient Koteshwarnath temple and the nearby peepal (Ficus religiosa) tree whose branches are moving towards the temple, at Main ...

The Karnataka Biodiversity Board at its meeting held in Bangalore on Monday adopted a resolution to declare certain exceptional trees as heritage trees under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.

South Central Railway (SCR) has relocated a 60-year-old peepal tree (Ficus Religiosa) of around 40 feet height and 3.5-metre circumference from within the premises of Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad. It ...