Aditi Tandon

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Aditi Tandon is the Senior Production Editor at Mongabay India.

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A light aircraft such as a Cessna, fitted with flare racks that can burn substances at appropriate altitudes, is used to release aerosol particles into clouds for cloud seeding. Representative image by Christian Jansky via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5).

Cloud seeding’s potential to ease drought is uncertain

Nikhil Sreekandan 23 Oct 2026
A captive orangutan infant. Indonesian authorities call for processes to be set in place to combat international illegal wildlife trade. Representative image by Tambako the Jaguar via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).

One orangutan goes home. Will the five babies follow?

Arathi Menon 19 Oct 2026
A spintail devil ray. Representative image by Julien Renoult via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Small-scale fisheries a big threat to rays

Rupsy Khurana 19 Oct 2026
People cover their ears during a loudspeaker competition at a fair in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh in 2011. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Noise pollution is a public health risk that’s hard to measure and monitor

Disha Shetty 15 Oct 2026

India’s deep-sea fishing dreams are struggling to stay afloat

Supriya Vohra 8 Oct 2026

The giants with one horn

Team Mongabay-India 7 Oct 2026

Humid heat challenges India’s conventional heatwave thresholds

Barasha Das 7 Oct 2026
A farmer grazer her cattle. Image by Mahesh Maske.

Maharashtra formally recognises women farmers regardless of land ownership [Commentary]

Soumya Swaminathan 1 Oct 2026
A pet African grey parrot in Yercaud, Tamil Nadu. More than 40,000 people in India have declared their exotic pets. By law, pet owners must register possession, transfer, birth and death of species listed in the Wild Life (Protection) Act. Representative image by Yercaud-elango via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Legal system fails to keep pace with India’s growing exotic pet industry

Arathi Menon 1 Oct 2026
Duttaphyrnus phawngpui sp. nov. Image courtesy of Dawngliana et al.

New toad species described in northeast mountain tops

Divya Kilikar 30 Sep 2026
Banner Image: The Maharashtra government has declared drought in 265 of the state's 358 talukas. Image by Mahendraparikh23 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Maharashtra declares drought as El Niño deepens

Kundan Pandey 28 Sep 2026
A rescued baby Siamang gibbon at YOSL-OIC. Image by Peter Ong.

Abandoning exotic pets raises ecological concerns

Arathi Menon 25 Sep 2026
A male tiger in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve. Image by Koshy Koshy via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

India postpones Cambodia tiger reintroduction

Arathi Menon 24 Sep 2026
Concretising tree bases weakens them makes trees more vulnerable to falling during extreme weather events. A single week in July saw 902 trees being uprooted as rains fell. Image courtesy of Mumbai Citizen for Trees.

As city trees fall, experts point to poor planning and civic apathy

Esha Lohia 23 Sep 2026
Rains in central India. Representative image by Ms Sarah Welch via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

El Niño brings drought and extreme rain together

Kundan Pandey 22 Sep 2026
Pollution chokes the perennial Rispana river which flows through Dehradun. Image by Kenyum Bagra.

Monsoon amplifies antibiotic resistance gene levels in river water used by residents

Lekha Bandopadhyay 21 Sep 2026
An orangutan seized by YOSL-OIC in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Image by Panut Hadisiswoyo.

As exotic primates reach India, welfare concerns grow

Arathi Menon 18 Sep 2026
A view of the Himalayas and Indus river in Pakistan, April 1968. The Indus Water Treaty was signed in 1960. (AP Photo/JMG)

Indus Waters Treaty needs modernisation, experts say amid deadlock

Simrin Sirur 17 Sep 2026
A Himalayan snowcock. Image courtesy of Himachal Pradesh Forest Department and Nature Conservation Foundation.

High-altitude bird hotspots remain outside protected areas

Kasturi Das 17 Sep 2026

The crane that loves a duet

Team Mongabay-India 16 Sep 2026
Labourers carry firewood, as smoke rises from a bricks factory on the outskirts of Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

BRICS declaration calls for climate action while recognising fossil fuel role

Kundan Pandey 15 Sep 2026
Houses damaged by recent flash floods stand amid thick layers of sludge, mud and debris in Nepal's Nuwakot district, September 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Nepal’s flood claim tests whether a nascent climate fund can deliver

Kundan Pandey 14 Sep 2026
A customer buys caged birds at a pet market in Kolkata, West Bengal. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Your exotic pet could be putting your health at risk

Arathi Menon 10 Sep 2026
A tiger in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, from where tigers disperse to Kawal Tiger Reserve. Image by A.J.T Johnsingh, WWF-India & NCF via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The tiger reserve with abundant prey but no resident tigers

Nivedhika Krishnan 8 Sep 2026
Women walk after collecting firewood for their homes from a forest area in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Study links female legislators to faster forest-cover growth

Arathi Menon 4 Sep 2026
The gap in sowing has narrowed, but persistent regional deficits remain relevant for crop prospects and rural incomes, according to the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA)’s latest review. Image by Kundan Pandey/Mongabay.

Kharif sowing deficit narrows, but El Niño remains a risk

Kundan Pandey 2 Sep 2026
A flock of great hornbills in Valparai, Tamil Nadu. Image by Rohit Jahnavi via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Genetic blueprint of four Asian hornbills offers new tool for hornbill research

Nikhil Sreekandan 31 Aug 2026

Western Ghats frogs sort by size to coexist, study finds

Arathi Menon 28 Aug 2026
A man wades through floodwaters after days of torrential rains in Kampur, Assam in June 2025. (AP Photo)

Going beyond the annual flood response with district level plans [Commentary]

Promit Mookherjee 27 Aug 2026
The Indian Ocean along the Sri Lankan coastline. Image by Sarmat Batagov via Pexels.

Why do changes in the Indian Ocean matter? [Explainer]

Bharti Dharapuram 20 Aug 2026

India’s only singing, swinging ape

Team Mongabay-India 19 Aug 2026
Farmers release crabs into a paddy field in Borborua block, Dibrugarh district. Image by Anirban Roy.

Harvesting rice and crabs on one field offers farmers a climate-resilient alternative

Azera Parveen Rahman 18 Aug 2026

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