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Vegetable vendors use Parthenium leaves to line vegetable baskets. Image by Barasha Das.

The itchy spread of Parthenium

Barasha Das 15 Sep 2026

A snow leopard in the Himalayas. Image by Prasenjeet Yadav.

Snow leopards and their survival in changing times [Book Review]

Usha Rai 8 Sep 2026

Amphinomidae sp. bristle worms. Image by Moumita Bhowmik.

A world of bristles beneath the waves

Nikhil Sreekandan 1 Sep 2026

Kuntal Saha, lead author of the study spots Cynodon nlemfuensis on a field trip in the Kashmir Himalaya, near Gulmarg. Image courtesy of Kuntal Saha.

A study on African Bermuda-grass highlights gaps in bioinvasion policy

Lekha Bandopadhyay 24 Aug 2026

Kesang Bhutia, the study’s lead author, conducts field work in nurseries. Image courtesy of Kesang Bhutia.

Online ornamental plant trade may be an overlooked pathway for invasive species

Ananya Singh 17 Aug 2026

Conocarpus erectus saplings. Representative image by TreeWorld Wholesale via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Why is Conocarpus being banned across states? [Explainer]

Nikhil Sreekandan 20 Jul 2026

A hill myna. Image by Bernard Dupont via Flickr (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why looking at trees is a type of rebellion [Book Review]

Aarushi Agrawal 13 Jul 2026

Aquatic plants dominate the water surface of Dal Lake. Image by Akhil Paul.

Scientists test turning aquatic weeds into liquid fertilisers

Hirra Azmat 7 Jul 2026

One-horned rhinoceros graze at the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

The importance and exploitation of Indian forests down the ages [Book Review]

Usha Rai 27 May 2026

Olive ridley hatchlings at Rushikulya. They are especially vulnerable due to their size and limited strength, and face a myriad of threats on their seaward journey. Image by Aliva Sahoo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Plastic litter and ghost nets threaten olive ridley hatchlings

Phalguni Ranjan 27 Apr 2026

Plugging data gaps in global plant diversity using citizen science

Anusha Krishnan 22 Apr 2026

A pair of grey hornbills rest on a flowering tree. Image by Neha Sinha.

The wilderness story of a bustling, expanding capital [Book Review]

Usha Rai 20 Apr 2026

A green moray eel. Image by P. Lindgren via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

From diversity to monotony, ecological communities are homogenising

Trisha Putturaya, Guha Dharmarajan 9 Apr 2026

Trilokinath glacier valley in Lahaul. Image courtesy of Pushpendra Pandey.

The driest spring in four centuries in the Western Himalayas

Vandana K. 16 Mar 2026

The study found desert foxes strongly preferring open native vegetation and avoided mesquite woodland and farmland. Image by Chetan Misher.

Invasive trees, roaming dogs, and the fragile balance of Thar’s desert predators

Sneha Mahale 9 Mar 2026

A dung beetle in the Thar desert. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

What wild poop can teach children about ecology [Book review]

Kasturi Das 25 Feb 2026

A paper wasp. Nomadic tribes once used its toxins for poisoning arrows to hunt animals. Image by Satish Nikam via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

The insect muses that have shaped our world [Book Review]

Usha Rai 12 Feb 2026

A grassland in Dhule district, Maharashtra. Image by Yuvraj Shingate via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What traditional Marathi literature reveals about savannahs

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 4 Feb 2026

New study highlights emerging disease risk from mosquitoes

Bharti Dharapuram 2 Dec 2025

The plot twists about a river’s politics [Book Review]

Arti Das 13 Nov 2025

Achyut Kumar Banerjee on curating a database of invasive plants in India [Interview]

Nikhil Sreekandan 6 Nov 2025

A dugong swims towards the surface of the waters around Neil island, Andaman and Nicobar. Image by Vardhan Patankar.

Heavy metal bioaccumulation weighs down dugongs

Phalguni Ranjan 14 Oct 2025

An aerial view of the Sundarbans, showing the species-wise zonation. Image by Touhid Biplob via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What is ecological succession? [Explainer]

Phalguni Ranjan 1 Sep 2025

Women of the Bishnoi community have been associated with environment protection since as far back as 1604, when two women gave their lives to protect trees. Image by Harsh Vardhan.

How the Bishnoi made environmental protection central to their identity [Book Review]

Vandana K. 6 Aug 2025

Growing pains accompanied by a growing love of the wild [Book Review]

Nandhini Somasundaram 22 Jul 2025

The Tungabhadra river in Hampi, Karnataka. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

A fascinating book on India’s rivers and their travails [Book Review]

Usha Rai 18 Jun 2025

Wildflowers by the wayside – are they weeds? [Commentary]

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 11 Jun 2025

Thanks to captive breeding programme and penalties for killings, the Mrs Humes pheasant can now be easily spotted at night at Jessami and Razai Khullen on the Naga Hills. Image by Dhritiman Mukherjee.

The highs and lows of looking for India’s rare birds [Book Review]

Usha Rai 9 Jun 2025

[Book Review] Getting to know India’s birds through the eyes of Asad Rahmani

Usha Rai 10 Dec 2024

[Commentary] Rooted in art and science, “natural history” carries a legacy of evolution

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 9 Dec 2024

Image shows a watercolour of a tree

[Book review] Ancient giants make for great stories

Usha Rai 14 Nov 2024

Human equations with their local invasives could be the key to better management

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 23 Oct 2024

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Declared a national project in 2014, the Polavaram project is funded by the union government, with Andhra Pradesh carrying out the construction. Image courtesy of Polavaram Project Authority.