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A Kali night frog. Image by Aravind C.K.

New night frog comes to light in the Western Ghats

Arathi Menon 15 May 2026
A herd of wild asses photographed against the setting sun in Little Rann of Kutch. Image by Shaunak Chitgopkar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

A salt marsh through time [Commentary]

C.P. Rajendran 14 May 2026

Scientists report plastic-rock formation from India’s western coast

Ananya Singh 13 May 2026

Pollution and poor infrastructure remain barriers to cyclists in India

Aisiri Amin 8 May 2026

A pollinator vital to food and farming

Team Mongabay-India 6 May 2026
A camera trap catches an image of a fishing cat with its kitten in Kaziranga. Image courtesy of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.

Kaziranga hosts a healthy population of fishing cats, finds survey

Nabarun Guha 5 May 2026
Saara hardwickii or the spiny-tailed lizard is endemic to the Thar and Kutch desert regions. Image by Mihir Joshi.

Spiny-tailed lizards add insects to the menu

Shweta Yogi 4 May 2026

Dung beetles find an unlikely refuge on an urbanising barrier island system

Sneha Mahale 1 May 2026
Rhinos bathe in a river at Chitwan National Park in Nepal. Image by Jitendra Raj Bajracharya/ICIMOD.

Rising illegal wildlife trade across Himalayan countries threatens the mountain ecosystem

Vandana K. 29 Apr 2026
A relative of a missing person looks at the remains of Tapovan Hydro-Electric Power Dam that was swept away following an avalanche and landslide in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, in February 2021. (AP Photo/Rishabh R. Jain)

Better preparedness and warning systems needed to deal with ice-rock avalanches

Manish Chandra Mishra 28 Apr 2026
Günther's Indian gecko. Image by Vengolis via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Small creatures, big adaptations

Team Mongabay-India 22 Apr 2026
A finely embroidered pashmina shawl displayed at a craft store in Kashmir. Image by Hirra Azmat.

Experiments with natural dyes and coloured cocoons for Pashmina and silk

Hirra Azmat 21 Apr 2026
A greater yellow house bat in Dehradun. Image by Rohit Chakravarty.

Wind power’s ecological costs on bats

Aisiri Amin 20 Apr 2026
Myiophanes kempi (family: Reduviidae and sub-family: Emesinae) is a rare predatory bug with long and slender thread-like legs. Inhabiting remote subterranean environments, it remains poorly studied. Image by Hemant V. Ghate.

Rare assassin bug rediscovered after a century

Shweta Yogi 17 Apr 2026

Study finds microplastics in small cats’ scat

Phalguni Ranjan 14 Apr 2026
A view of the Indian Ocean from the Sri Lankan coast. Rising temperatures in the Arabian Sea intensify extreme weather events, with profound consequences for coastal populations from South Asia to East Africa, Australia, and island nations such as Sri Lanka. Image by Praveenshashika via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Global sea surface temperatures are reaching record highs [Commentary]

C.P. Rajendran 7 Apr 2026

The long-snouted river specialist

Team Mongabay-India 1 Apr 2026
Solar panels installed on the roof of a healthcare facility in Meghalaya. Image by Pratik Chakraborty.

Solar energy supports healthcare in outage-prone hilly districts

Jyoti Thakur, Pratik Chakarborty 31 Mar 2026
A house burnt during ethnic clashes and rioting in Sugnu, Manipur in June 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

The unaccounted ecological costs of a conflict [Commentary]

Gojesh Konsam 30 Mar 2026
A sloth bear mother and cub. Caves on rocky hillocks provide hidden shelters that offer shade, safety and a place for mothers to raise cubs. Image by L. Shyamal via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Sloth bears den between a rock and a safe place

Sneha Mahale 25 Mar 2026
A goonch catfish. Image by Zeb Hogan.

New global report flags risks to migratory freshwater fish in India’s rivers

Manish Chandra Mishra 24 Mar 2026
The house of a Sahariya Adivasi from Nainagarh village. Image by Stuti Singh.

Sahariya Adivasis face the risk of double displacement [Commentary]

Stuti Singh and Shaurabh Anand 23 Mar 2026
A student identifies her neighbourhood in Jakkur at the public consultations for the Ward-level Climate Action Plan in Bengaluru. Image by Mahima Jain.

Ward-level plans bring climate action closer to communities

Mahima Jain 18 Mar 2026
A municipal worker fumigates a densely populated area in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Chronic exposure to air pollution can influence dengue severity, study finds

Lekha Bandopadhyay 18 Mar 2026

A predator in the grasslands

Team Mongabay-India 11 Mar 2026
Researcher Vedant Patil documents informal milk traders in western Uttar Pradesh, showing how heat stress has reduced milk yields and affected their livelihoods. Image courtesy of Sustaina India.

Artists trace the journey of food, environment and livelihoods

Shilpa Raina 10 Mar 2026
Coenobita brevimanus or Indo hermit crab, residing in a shell of the Giant African snail at a waterfall on Little Andaman. Representative image by Vandana K.

Marine litter traps thousands of hermit crabs

Vandana K. 10 Mar 2026
A road in Leh. Empty hotels and closed businesses are proof that Ladakh’s tourism boom is dwindling. Terrorist attacks in 2025, record rainfall and local violence severely impacted tourism in the region, leading to a sharp decline in revenue for hotel and taxi businesses. Image by Shailesh Srivastava/Mongabay.

A series of disruptions hit tourism in this high altitude desert

Shailesh Shrivastava 6 Mar 2026
Tung seeds collected from growers being segregated at the Saitual District Tung Growers Association. Image by Robert Lalnuntluanga.

Farmers revive tung plantations amid market hopes and ecological concerns

Barasha Das 5 Mar 2026
Labourers arrange steel buckets at a manufacturing factory. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

New report flags sulphur dioxide emissions from Bokaro Steel Plant

Simrin Sirur 4 Mar 2026
An aerial view of Rajamandal, against the backdrop of neighbouring Indore city. Image by Ritesh Khabia.

Data-driven visitor management is vital for protected areas [Commentary]

Pradeep Mishra 2 Mar 2026
Researchers from CUSAT and the Science Centre Thuruthikkara conduct testing for microplastic elements in the well water at Vidhya Manjush's residence. Image by Suresh Thuruthikkara.

Community-led water conservation revives groundwater

Anjana V. 27 Feb 2026

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