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The first confirmed photographic evidence of the Eurasian lynx in Sikkim. Image courtesy of Forest & Environment Department, Sikkim, and WWF-India.

Rare lynx photo puts spotlight on high-altitude rangelands

Manish Chandra Mishra 4 Aug 2026

A sugarcane field in Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay.

India’s ethanol push moves from the pump to the field, raising water and food questions

Manish Chandra Mishra 28 Jul 2026

Cracks appear in Basant Dangi's field in Pathalgada village, where he normally grows a paddy nursery. Image by Vishal Kumar Jain.

Low rainfall delays paddy farming signalling El Niño-induced drought

Vishal Kumar Jain 27 Jul 2026

A fuel station in Belém, Brazil, where consumers can choose between ethanol-blended gasoline and hydrous ethanol. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay.

What India’s ethanol push can learn from Brazil’s long ethanol journey

Manish Chandra Mishra 16 Jul 2026

A caracal caught on camera trap. Image courtesy of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve.

Scrublands and ravines offer key habitat for the elusive caracal

Sneha Mahale 9 Jul 2026

A herd of elephants captured by camera traps at an altitude of over 3,200 metres, the highest known record of elephant presence. Image courtesy of WWF-India/Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department.

As elephants venture to higher altitudes researchers track possibilities of conflict

Manish Chandra Mishra 3 Jul 2026

A caracal photographed by a camera trap at night in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh. Image courtesy of Kuno National Park.

New camera-trap record confirms caracal presence in Kuno

Manish Chandra Mishra 1 Jul 2026

Hopes for inland waterways transport fall short as operational challenges rise

Rahul Singh 13 Apr 2026

Forest officials in Assam patrol forests on the outskirts of Guwahati in 2017. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

No poll duty for forest staff, orders green tribunal

Nabarun Guha 6 Apr 2026

The main building of the Varanasi MMT. Image by Rahul Singh.

Traditional boatmen washed out by waterways infrastructure and tourism

Rahul Singh 17 Mar 2026

Khejri trees are declining in the Thar desert. Image by Nirmal Verma/Mongabay.

A beloved ‘tree of life’ is vanishing from an already scarce desert

Vishal Kumar Jain 11 Sep 2025

Students during an e-class at Lakhipur MV School. Image courtesy of Jaher Ali.

Renewable energy efforts boost learning in remote island schools

Shailesh Shrivastava 10 Sep 2025

A hardy desert fruit faces threats, putting women’s incomes at risk

Vishal Kumar Jain 10 Sep 2025

Children face a disproportionate burden of environmental risks

Shweta Thakur Nanda 21 Aug 2025

A caracal was captured on a trap camera in July at Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh. Image courtesy: MP Forest Department.

Caracal sighting offers a clue, not a sign of recovery, say conservation biologists

Manish Chandra Mishra 4 Aug 2025

The rusty-spotted cat known as the hummingbird of cats falls in the ‘Near Threatened’ category in the IUCN Red List . Photo by Radheshyam Bishnoi

Jungle cat most widespread, rusty-spotted cat declining, finds national survey

Manish Chandra Mishra 29 Jul 2025

The recent deaths of a female tiger and her four cubs in the Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary comes as a blow to tiger conservation. It reveals lapses in forest protection, unchecked livestock grazing, and brewing human-animal conflict in the landscape. Representative image of tiger cubs by Gurdeep Singh via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Tiger deaths reveal conservation challenges

Bharti Dharapuram 15 Jul 2025

The aim of BHGY is to increase the income of marginal farmers. The scheme is linked to carbon finance so that farmers can take proper care of their orchards. Image by TRIF.

Carbon markets fund plantations and livelihoods

Vishal Kumar Jain 8 Jul 2025

About 50 villages and hamlets along the Jodhpur-Barmer highway have been suffering from the side effects of the pollutants of the Jojari river since 2007. Image by Nirmal Verma/Mongabay.

Toxic water flows, forcing out people and biodiversity

Vishal Kumar Jain 26 Jun 2025

Traffic congestion on the Airport Road, in Bengaluru. Inadequate investment in public transport options has led to a dramatic increase in private cars and two-wheelers in the city. Image by Rasheed Kappan.

Bengaluru trapped in ‘tunnel vision’

Rasheed Kappan 19 Mar 2025

Climate change-induced pest outbreak in sugarcane fields impact quality of jaggery

Vishal Kumar Jain 28 Jan 2025

New study proposes roadmap to conserve the clouded leopard

Sneha Mahale 13 Jan 2025

P. Gowri Shankar with a king cobra in Agumbe

Behind the discovery of four kings

Shailesh Shrivastava 7 Jan 2025

Madhya Pradesh, known as the Tiger State, has the highest number of tigers among all states in the country. Image by Vikas Sulya.

Teething troubles or conservation challenges at India’s latest tiger reserve?

Deshdeep Saxena 2 Jan 2025

A herd of wild elephants roaming and grazing in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. Image by P. K. Verma

Fungus, not kodo millet, responsible for Bandhavgarh elephant deaths

Manish Chandra Mishra 27 Nov 2024

The missing tigers of Ranthambore

Deshdeep Saxena 25 Nov 2024

Flooded school campus. Image by Ananya Chetia.

When books sink underwater in Assam

Ananya Chetia 4 Oct 2024

The Hummingbird School campus of Assam during the 2017 floods. Image by special arrangement.

Schools feel the heat as closures increase with extreme weather events

Shailesh Shrivastava 27 Sep 2024

Spineless fodder cactus growing in the IGFRI campus in Jhansi. Image- Shuchita Jha

Experimenting with biogas from cactus

Shuchita Jha 14 Aug 2024

Increasing summer temperatures impacting birds in Indian cities

Shanmukha Srija J 1 Aug 2024

Insect fumigation. Image courtesy of Nathania Ria Prince.

What’s killing the buzz? A look into urban fumigation

Nathania Ria Prince 25 Jul 2024

Spineless cactus farm at the IGFRI campus in Jhansi. Image by Shuchita Jha/Mongabay

Uttar Pradesh to fast-track biofuel production with the right blend of ethanol and biogas

Shuchita Jha 24 Jul 2024

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