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[Book review] Bringing alive the magnificent mountain mammals of the world

Usha Rai 16 Oct 2024

[Commentary] Can “life” be defined, one species at a time?

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 9 Oct 2024

[Book Review] A compelling memoir of a mountaineer-geologist

Vandana K. 2 Oct 2024

[Book review] Unravelling India’s seismic mysteries and our preparedness for the future

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 2 Sep 2024

[Book review] A know-it-all book on the cat with black ears

Shailesh Shrivastava 26 Aug 2024

[Book review] Chronicle of an ‘ecocide’ foretold

T. R. Shankar Raman 19 Aug 2024

The feral elephants of the Andaman Islands

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 10 Jul 2024

[Book Review] Who are the true stewards of the forests? Decoding forest laws and community rights

Vandana K. 3 Jul 2024

Storing carbon in the form of gas hydrates deep under water

T. V. Padma 19 Jun 2024
Researchers measuring a tree in Panjim, Goa. Photo by Nandini Velho.

As cities become megacities, their lanes are losing green cover

Divya Kilikar 9 May 2024

Pricey guests: Urban invasive species cost the world billions every year

T. V. Padma 8 Apr 2024

Study finds potential to restore native shola trees under the shade of the exotic Acacia

Ashvita Anand 29 Feb 2024
Image shows two sloth bears with a tree branch in the foreground

An invasive plant is threatening sloth bear habitats and could increase conflict

Sneha Mahale 26 Feb 2024

Silence of the wolves: How human landscapes alter howling behaviour

Sneha Mahale 15 Feb 2024

[Book review] A frank and fearless autobiography of India’s snakeman

Meena Menon 13 Feb 2024

[Commentary] India needs to step up its fight against invasive fishes

Gopi Krishnan, Somdatta Karak 5 Feb 2024

Himalayan treelines might be climbing higher in response to climate change

Hirra Azmat 30 Jan 2024

Gujarat bans exotic Conocarpus tree amid health and environment hazard

Ronak Gajjar 16 Jan 2024
While Lantana camara, considered one of the world’s most troublesome weeds, is widespread in India, other invasives like Senna spectabilis and Crofton weed have received little attention despite reports of being invasive. Photo by Bhawna Negi.

Lurking behind Lantana, a ‘devil’ is spreading in the mountains

Hirra Azmat 11 Jan 2024

[Book review] Environment and economics: linkages that could make or break our post-pandemic world

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 2 Jan 2024

Interlinking of rivers could flood India’s freshwater with invasive fish

Max Martin 27 Dec 2023

[Book Review] From footnotes to the forefront: a note of gratitude to invaluable field assistants

RSC Jayaraj, Shagufta Ahmed 14 Dec 2023

[Book review] Women biologists take centre stage saving forests and wildlife

Usha Rai 20 Nov 2023

[Interview] In ‘Shades of Blue’, ecologists explore the murky future of India’s urban waters

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 7 Nov 2023

[Book Review] Pioneer ecologist Madhav Gadgil on his life spent in, and for, India’s biodiversity

Usha Rai 30 Oct 2023

[Book Review] A walk down the Nilgiri hills

Arathi Menon 6 Oct 2023

Megaherbivores could be a potential solution to manage invasive plants, finds study

Simrin Sirur 25 Sep 2023

Bioinvasions are a global threat to ecosystems, says IPBES report

Arathi Menon 21 Sep 2023
Image shows people surrounding a water well in India

[Book Review] A deep dive into the imbalances of climate justice in India

Usha Rai 24 May 2023
A Landsat 7 image of the Sundarbans. Photo by NASA Observatory/ Wikimedia Commons.

[Book review] Lawscape behind landmarks: India’s history of environmental laws and policies

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 16 Mar 2023

[Book review] Birds of the mountains feature in a new book on birds on postage stamps

S. Theodore Baskaran 14 Feb 2023
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[Explainer] Mass flowering and why some plants bloom and die together

Priya Ranganathan 29 Dec 2022

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