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A view of paddy fields during harvest in Srinagar. Image by Bilal Bahadur.

Erratic weather, overgrazing and land use change deepen fodder shortage

Hirra Azmat 18 Aug 2025
A Hanuman langur leaps over tree tops in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, Karnataka. Image by Nikhil More via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Mewa Singh on chasing monkeys for over half a century [Interview]

Arathi Menon 18 Aug 2025
A pair of lion-tailed macaques engage in allogrooming. Image by UdayKiran28 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India’s ethology has grown, but not to its full potential [Commentary]

Raghavendra Gadagkar 11 Aug 2025

Satellite data and AI identify deforestation drivers

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 7 Aug 2025
Mawmluh cave. Image by Wann Majaw via Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0).

A village turns its geological history into a tourism opportunity [Commentary]

Geetha Iyer 4 Aug 2025

Soot from the plains results in drastic glacier loss in the Himalayas

Soumya Sarkar 4 Aug 2025
An aerial view of Tabo village in Spiti, with the monastery visible on the right. Image by Manish Pathak via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Safeguarding vulnerable heritage sites from extreme and erratic weather

Manu Moudgil 31 Jul 2025
Children in Laitmawsiang, Meghalaya. Representative image by Rajesh Dutta via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Mainstreaming climate education for children

Shilpa Raina 29 Jul 2025
A data server room in Switzerland. Representative image by Florian Hirzinger via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data centres face physical climate risks, report warns

Priyanka Shankar 28 Jul 2025

Indian species, Gondwanan roots [Commentary]

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 21 Jul 2025
Fishing in the Teesta river in Bangladesh. Image by Ahamed Rafid via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Assessment of Sikkim flood impact shows damage to fish habitats

Simrin Sirur 17 Jul 2025
Montagu’s harriers alternate between flapping and soaring flight, and rarely fly above 4,000 m. Image by Thalavaipandi.

The long way might just be the right way for Montagu’s harriers

Sneha Mahale 16 Jul 2025
Brown Dipper, a specialist Himalayan riverine bird. Dippers are the most studied riverine birds around the world. They are excellent indicators of water quality and riparian conditions. Image by Nilanjan Chatterjee.

A decline in riverine birds signals deeper problems in the Himalayan rivers [Commentary]

Ankita Sinha 14 Jul 2025
A cargo ship at the International Container Transshipment Terminal in Kochi. Representative image by ArulkumarRajamani via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Court orders arrest of sister ship from company responsible for cargo spill

Simrin Sirur 11 Jul 2025
A gharial and its offspring. At temperatures of around 32°C, a majority of hatchlings may develop into males, while temperatures below 31.5°C and above 33.5°C will see female production dominate. Image by Surya P Sharma.

Rising temperatures could change the future for India’s gharials

Sneha Mahale 11 Jul 2025
My Otter Diary shows the daily life of Maya and her family, who survive on the declining fish in the river. Image by Sugandhi Gadadhar and Raghunath Belur.

Filming the elusive and vulnerable smooth-coated otters

Aisiri Amin 8 Jul 2025

India’s forest communities hold the climate solutions we overlook [Commentary]

Saurabh Purohit, Y.D. Imran Khan 7 Jul 2025
A camera trap image of a snow leopard marking a rock with its scent. Image by Pankaj Raina et al.

Snow leopard survey finds the elusive cat thriving

Sneha Mahale 3 Jul 2025
A welder at work in a steel manufacturing unit. Representative image by Jay Hariani via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Nine projects in India produced ‘problematic’ carbon credits in 2024, says report

Simrin Sirur 2 Jul 2025

Unreliable snow threatens winter tourism

Hirra Azmat 30 Jun 2025
Ram Nivas, Rekha and another farmer sort green beans in Samaspur village. Image by Rishabh Ojha.

Weather forecasting improves but access remains uneven for farmers

Rituparna Palit 27 Jun 2025

Tracking critically endangered turtles in the Ganges

Manish Chandra Mishra 24 Jun 2025
A man cleans up floral waste. Image by Nico Crisafulli via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Giving floral waste a second life

Shilpa Raina 18 Jun 2025
Nandita da Cunha reading The Miracle on Sunderbaag Syreet at a school in Mumbai. Image courtesy of Nandita da Cunha.

Children’s literature joins the climate conversation

Sohel Sarkar 16 Jun 2025

Churpi from mithun milk could boost farmer incomes

Kasturi Das 13 Jun 2025
Female tigers avoid the risks of long-distance dispersal, and benefit from knowing the location of water, prey, and shelter. Image by Supratim Dutta.

How tiger relationships evolve in a reintroduced population

Sneha Mahale 9 Jun 2025
A biodiversity awareness session with devotees at Mahakumbh Mela, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Image © Anshul Bhawsar.

Education is a powerful tool for biodiversity conservation [Commentary]

Nidhi Singh, Sangeeta Angom 9 Jun 2025
Coffee and tea agroforests in the Anamalai Hills, with the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in the background. Image by Pooja Choksi.

How trees outside forests impact human well-being

Aisiri Amin 5 Jun 2025

Sexing by sound: How deconstructed sarus crane duets could help scientists

Kartik Chandramouli 4 Jun 2025
Vultures feed on a carcass in northern India. Image by Ron Knight via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Vulture conservation needs more than drug bans

Gowthami Subramaniam 3 Jun 2025

India releases genome-edited rice, draws both applause and alarm

Arathi Menon 2 Jun 2025
The author visits the tribal community in Bommiyampadi after an initial interaction 40 years earlier, for a restoration project that sought to revive groundwater and soil health. Image courtesy of Jacob Punnathara.

When elephants signalled eco-restoration in a tribal village [Commentary]

C. J. Punnathara 2 Jun 2025

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