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The devastating impacts of the famine on people in then Bellary district, Madras, illustrated for The Graphic (a British weekly newspaper) published on October 6, 1877. Illustration by Horace Harral courtesy of National Portrait Gallery via Public Domain.

Volcanoes, El Niño and colonial policies fuelled two deadly famines in India

Karthik Vinod 30 Jul 2026
A diggi in Jamal. Image by Partik Kumar.

Rethinking irrigation through farm ponds [Commentary]

Partik Kumar, Parul 27 Jul 2026
Dholes feed on a deer in Karnataka. Representative image by T.A. Joseph via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

New DNA analysis reveals what dholes eat

Rajeev Tyagi 24 Jul 2026

Dolphins tread the waters between tourist boats and fishing nets

Sneha Mahale 21 Jul 2026

Important shark, ray habitats in India are still unprotected

Rupsy Khurana 20 Jul 2026
Saplings being carried for plantation. Image by Pushpendra Rana.

A machine learning-powered chatbot to guide tree plantation in the Himalayas

Nikhil Sreekandan 16 Jul 2026
Many women from the Irular community depend on seasonal brackish pools around the Kovalam-Nemmeli backwaters for their livelihood. Imge by Smitha T.K.

Fishers, naturalists worry about the impacts of turning a coastal wetland into a reservoir

Smitha T.K. 13 Jul 2026
Image by Harlequeen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

The rusty-coated bamboo muncher

Team Mongabay-India 8 Jul 2026
A fisherman at work at the Loktak Lake. Image by R.K. Neetu Sana.

Warming lake threatens fish habitats and the wetland economy

Barasha Das 7 Jul 2026
Women from the Gadaba Indigenous community walk to collect vegetables and wood from the forest in Hatipakna village, Koraput district, Odisha. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Indigenous communities missing in India’s report on access and benefit sharing [Commentary]

Alphonsa Jojan, Shyama Kuriakose 6 Jul 2026
A tawny pipit, one of the grassland specialist bird species whose habitat is adversely impacted by afforestation in Maharashtra. Image by Siddhant Mhetre.

When trees replace grasslands, specialist birds lose their habitat

Simrin Sirur 2 Jul 2026
Flood affected people travel on a boat during the rescue operation of State Deserter Response Force (SDRF) after heavy rain and flooding in Guwahati in April, 2026. Representative image. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Floods and landslides batter northeast India

Arathi Menon 30 Jun 2026
A forest fire rages during the summer in Dharmshala, Himachal Pradesh in 2022. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, file)

Rising temperatures, not just human activity, drives Himalayan forest fires

Simrin Sirur 25 Jun 2026
A herd of Mishmi takin in Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh. Image by T.R. Shankar Raman via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

The goat-antelope of the high Himalayas

Team Mongabay-India 24 Jun 2026

Forest clearance for dam puts white-bellied herons at risk

Simrin Sirur 19 Jun 2026
A pair of chinkaras at the Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra. Image by Dr Caesar Photgraph via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

The chinkara’s future may be less secure than its conservation status suggests

Manjeera Gowravaram 18 Jun 2026
A construction labourer at work at the rehabilitation township. Image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

Landslide survivors wait for a place to call home

Simrin Sirur 17 Jun 2026

The world’s largest fish

Team Mongabay-India 17 Jun 2026
The 2023 Beas floods washed away a segment of the Manali-Leh Highway, with the snow-capped peaks near the Beas Kund glacier visible in the background in Manali. Image by Sumit Mahar/Himdhara Collective.

Climate resilience in Himachal begins with spatial planning [Commentary]

Prateek Draik 16 Jun 2026
A caracal in Ramgarh area of Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan. Image by Sumer Singh Bhati and Pankaj Bishnoi.

Crime against caracal sparks a census project for the cat

Madhav Sharma 10 Jun 2026
Researchers at Rulung Glacier in Ladakh. Image by Purushottam Kumar Garg.

Climate-driven glacier melt could reshape water quality downstream

Hirra Azmat 9 Jun 2026
A truck transporting goods in Uttar Pradesh. Representative image by Shantum Singh via Pexels.

New scheme incentivises trucks, buses for meeting emissions standards

Simrin Sirur 8 Jun 2026
Nomadic shepherds guide their flock across the rugged Himalayan terrain along the Mughal Road near Pir Panjal Pass. Image by Faisal Bashir.

Unseasonal snowfall blocks the path for migratory pastoralists

Farzana Nisar 4 Jun 2026

Why India’s tree-planting programmes are falling short

Aisiri Amin 3 Jun 2026
Tendu leaves being dried after harvest. Representative image by Subodhkiran via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India releases report on access-benefit sharing from biological resources

Simrin Sirur 29 May 2026
Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology at IMD, and farmers at work in the heat. Images by Kundan Pandey and Dibakar Roy via Pexels.

Both daytime and nighttime temperatures have risen: IMD chief [Interview]

Kundan Pandey 29 May 2026
Cows feed on biomedical waste dumped near Tirunelveli. Image by Thinakaran Rajamani.

Biomedical waste crosses borders, polluting farmlands

Prasanth Shanmugasundaram 28 May 2026
A great Indian bustard. Image by Saurabh Sawant via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

A low flyer of the grasslands

Team Mongabay-India 27 May 2026
Coral garden nursery tables at Mithapur, Gujarat, established using rescued coral boulders from the intertidal region and attaching them to metal tables. Image by B. M. Praveen Kumar/WTI.

How are degraded coral reefs restored in India? [Explainer]

Neha Jain 26 May 2026
A bay woodpecker. Image by Rejoice Gassah via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

A bird call that signals rains [Commentary]

Aditya Pradhan 25 May 2026
A chandrakaran mango tree filled with fruit from Niranam village, Pathanamthitta district. Image by Amritha Jaiprakash Kurup.

Vanishing mango landraces reflect the loss of shared landscapes [Commentary]

Femi E. Benny 20 May 2026

What a coastal zoning map leaves out, explained in visuals

Shreya Raman 19 May 2026

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