Sahana

RSS
496 stories

When tigers, elephants, rhinos visit an expanding Indian town

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Nabarun Guha 26 Feb 2021

Beasts that once roamed the Indian subcontinent could hold clues to evolution and extinction

Sahana Ghosh 24 Feb 2021

Grassland burning, clearing imperils birds of Brahmaputra’s river islands

Chandrani Sinha 22 Feb 2021
Lashar in Lachen valley, Sikkim. Photo by Tenzing Ingty.

Livestock grazing in eastern Himalayan pastures enhances biodiversity and productivity: Study

Neha Jain 19 Feb 2021

Odisha forest officer gets UN Award for environment enforcement, gender leadership

Sahana Ghosh 18 Feb 2021

[Commentary] Conserving orchids through community participation in a Manipur village

Ng Ngashangva 18 Feb 2021
Melting glaciers of Nanda Devi mountains, Chamoli, India. Photo by Naresh Chandra/Wikimedia Commons.

Scientists analysing Uttarakhand floods highlight need to improve monitoring of glaciers

Sahana Ghosh 12 Feb 2021

Monitoring rainfall changes in world’s wettest place

Sahana Ghosh 11 Feb 2021
Camera trap image of snow leopard in HP upper reaches. Camera trap images from surveys by NCF and HP forest department.

Scientific survey maps 73 snow leopards in Himachal Pradesh

Vivek Gupta 10 Feb 2021

Perils of the Phayre’s leaf monkey

Shatabdi Chakrabarti 8 Feb 2021
IFS Vanjulavalli Sridhar has often ruffled feathers with authorities for her actions against violations of forests and wildlife laws. As a mother to two boys, she has learnt to identify and stand her ground against gender-based discrimination, especially towards working mothers. Photo from Vanjulavalli Sridhar.

[Interview] ‘There is so much you can do in the forest service’, says IFS Vanjulavalli Sridhar

Sahana Ghosh 3 Feb 2021
First time since it was built 20 years ago, work for de-silting was started in 2020 at the Pushkar Sarovar lake formed by the second of the first five barriers restricting the ecological flow of Narmada. The infant river is no more than a thin stream. The district administration carried out repair work for the barrage structure as a result of which the pond was empty for most of the time post monsoon and showcased silt deposits mixed with municipal solid waste. Photo by Nivedita Khandekar.

Ecological degradation at Narmada’s origin in Amarkantak spells more trouble

Nivedita Khandekar 3 Feb 2021
A blackbuck takes a jump on the open land of Bhetnoi in Ganjam. Photo by Rakesh Roul.

A cluster of villages conserve shy blackbucks in Odisha’s Ganjam

Manish Kumar 26 Jan 2021
Baya weaver with nest male and female birds. Photo by Fareedz/Wikimedia Commons.

Precarious lives of the wild inside home gardens in northeast India

Rini Barman, Sahana Ghosh 25 Jan 2021

Research and resources are two pillars of India’s draft Arctic policy

Sahana Ghosh, Mayank Aggarwal 22 Jan 2021
A Chironomid (Chironomus plumosus). Certain Chironomids are hideouts of outbreak causing strains of the cholera bacterium. Photo by Entomart/Wikimedia Commons.

Hardy hideouts: Aquatic insects can forewarn cholera outbreaks

Sahana Ghosh 21 Jan 2021
Large herds of nilgai can cause considerable damage to crops. Photo by Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi.

[Commentary] Antelopes in my backyard

Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi 19 Jan 2021
Aerial views of Brahmaputra river. Photo by Ashwin Kumar/Wikimedia commons.

Ancient tree rings shed light on Brahmaputra’s flood risk

Sahana Ghosh 14 Jan 2021

Ignored Barak Valley grappling with wildlife conservation issues

Nabarun Guha 7 Jan 2021

India’s SOP to deal with feral and stray dogs in tiger reserves lacks the bite

Sahana Ghosh, Mayank Aggarwal 7 Jan 2021

Will the latest sloth bear corridor in Mount Abu serve its purpose?

Rosamma Thomas 5 Jan 2021
Spot-billed pelican nesting sighted at the Pallikaranai marshland in this season. Photo by KVRK Thirunaranan.

Cyclones brought relief to migratory birds in parched Tamil Nadu but more action is needed

Nalini Ravichandran 4 Jan 2021
Angami Naga tribe innovated the Alder coppicing system by retaining and pollarding nitrogen fixing Alder trees that facilitates fallow regrowth in Khonoma village, Nagaland. Photo by Joli R. Borah.

Building up carbon sinks in northeast India’s shifting cultivation landscape

Sahana Ghosh 25 Dec 2020

Mapping snakes in Uttarakhand for safer coexistence with humans

Shivani Pathak 23 Dec 2020

Biodiversity threats from ghost fishing gear in the Ganga

Sahana Ghosh 18 Dec 2020
Sindhu Bhaskar builds an earth oven outside her family's natural 'earthbag' home in Thiruvannamalai. Photo by Sindhu Bhaskar.

Looking at the past, present and future of natural building in India

Nandita Jayaraj 16 Dec 2020

[Commentary] Conflicts – historical perspectives and present day dilemma

Mathen Rajeev Mathew 15 Dec 2020

Oh My Gaur! Living alongside the Indian bison that’s moving out of forests

Arathi Menon 11 Dec 2020
Brook's House Gecko (Hemidactylus brookii) at Amboli, district Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. Photo by Raju Kasambe/Wikimedia Commons.

Bringing biodiversity and conservation to the forefront in India

Sahana Ghosh 10 Dec 2020

Golden jackals make airports their homes

Gurvinder Singh 9 Dec 2020
Golden jackal in an agricultural landscape. Photo by Abi Vanak.

Small and lesser studied mammals of the Western Ghats need more attention

Rishika Pardikar 30 Nov 2020

Life and struggles of the sloth bear in human-dominated areas

Aathira Perinchery 27 Nov 2020

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

Videos
An Adivasi woman collects and ties kuda (Holarrhena pubescens) leaves from her friend's private forest in Jambhulwadi. Image by Nayantara Siruguri.
Articles
Podcasts