Arathi Menon

Arathi Menon

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Arathi Menon is a senior staff writer. She is based in Mysore, Karnataka.

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Elephants and people constantly overlap , leading to human-elephant conflict in the districts of Hassan, Kodagu, and Chikkamagaluru. Traditional mitigation methods like direct translocation or permanent captivity often fail, leading to the innovation of the soft release centre. Image by Vinod Krishnan.

Experts conflicted over the hard decision to soft release problem jumbos

Arathi Menon 13 May 2025
Study authors conducting field work at the Makum coalfield in Assam. Image courtesy of Harshita Bhatia.

Fossil study takes a leaf out of climate history to predict ecological changes

Arathi Menon 5 May 2025
Tea gardens in Ooty, The Nilgiris, below which land is being prepared for growing vegetables. Silver oak trees provide the filtered shade that is perfect for tea. UPASI is currently exploring the possibility of growing fruit trees that can provide similar shade. Representative image by Timothy A. Gonsalves via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Intercropping as an ecological solution to tea demand drop

Arathi Menon 22 Apr 2025
In what was arguably the biggest citizen-led environmental protest Telangana has witnessed in the recent past, university students, faculty, and environmentalists protested and stopped bulldozers from razing down Kancha Gachibowli. Image by xx.

Forest row spotlights diminishing value of urban green patches

Arathi Menon 9 Apr 2025
A river heliodor damselfly. Image by Ameya Deshpande.

Damselflies in climate distress

Arathi Menon 4 Apr 2025
Various specimens of insects on display at the Insect Biosystematics and Conservation Lab. Image by Abhishek N. Chinnappa.

A study centre for little things that run the world

Arathi Menon 18 Mar 2025
bare-bellied hedgehog

Bare-bellied and barely seen, Madras hedgehog needs a headcount

Arathi Menon 19 Feb 2025

Drones take wildlife conservation to new heights

Arathi Menon 3 Feb 2025
women in buxa tiger reserve coexist with wildlife

Social sciences shape effective conservation strategies

Arathi Menon 9 Jan 2025

Science welcomed multiple new species in 2024

Arathi Menon 30 Dec 2024

Farms, fields threaten frogs in lateritic plateaus

Arathi Menon 19 Dec 2024

Studies gain pace while the identity of Kashmir’s langurs remains gray

Arathi Menon 13 Dec 2024

Lion-tailed macaques navigate twin hurdles

Arathi Menon 11 Dec 2024

Researchers propose algae-based solution for wastewater treatment

Arathi Menon 3 Dec 2024

No-fuss approach to food helps golden jackals thrive

Arathi Menon 29 Nov 2024

Living in fear as tigers leave the woods for the hood

Arathi Menon 27 Nov 2024

New king cobra study makes hisss…tory

Arathi Menon 20 Nov 2024

Adaptation is key as India stares at GDP loss due to climate change

Arathi Menon 18 Nov 2024

Genomes map elephant populations, history

Arathi Menon 1 Nov 2024

Cat calls and pugmarks: Two researchers navigate the quiet world of small wild felids 

Arathi Menon 22 Oct 2024

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