Neha Jain

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Neha is a freelance science writer based in Hong Kong who has a passion for sharing science and sustainability stories with everyone. She writes about biology, conservation, and the environment. Before turning to writing, she worked in a cancer research lab and facilitated science learning among elementary school children through fun, hands-on experiments. Her science blog Life Science Exploration covers intriguing posts on unusual creatures and our shared habitat.

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Small-scale gillnet fishers in Goa. Image by Trisha Gupta.

Understanding India’s shark supply chains to make them sustainable

Neha Jain 3 Mar 2025

Meet DiCaprio’s Himalayan serpent

Neha Jain 3 Jan 2025

Genetic insights of the Kempholey night frog offer better conservation strategies

Neha Jain 30 Nov 2023

Scavenging hyenas save carcass disposal costs

Neha Jain 4 Oct 2023

India’s tiger reserves have helped fight climate change

Neha Jain 20 Jul 2023
Image shows a gecko on a log

New species of parachute gecko recorded in Mizoram

Neha Jain 10 Jul 2023
Horaglanis populi resides in the lateritic aquifer systems of Kerala. It is tiny and lack eyes and pigments. Photo by Arjun C.P.

Citizen scientists help discover a blind catfish species hidden inside Kerala’s aquifers

Neha Jain 2 May 2023
Shorea leprosula, a common dipterocarp that can be found throughout Southeast Asia. Photo by Jun Ying Lim.

Tracing an ancient voyage of tropical African trees that travelled to Southeast Asia via India

Neha Jain 19 May 2022

India needs more conservation-relevant research on sharks and rays

Neha Jain 22 Mar 2022
Image shows aggregation of Cyanobacteria

New tool enables early detection of cyanobacterial blooms in India’s waterbodies

Neha Jain 25 Feb 2022
Mangrove re-establishment in the previous terrestrial zones like human habitation, coconut groves, and the terrestrial forest is commonly seen across the Nicobar Islands. The above image from the Trinket islands shows mangrove colonization at the previous coconut grove. Photo by Nehru Prabakaran.

Remnant mangrove tree sites show faster recovery post 2004 tsunami in the Nicobar Islands

Neha Jain 26 Jan 2022

High-flying dragons: how the globe skimmer migrates across the Indian Ocean

Neha Jain 10 Nov 2021

Tracking Russell’s vipers in rural Karnataka unravels their behaviour

Neha Jain 30 Aug 2021

Millions of seahorses caught as bycatch in Indian shores

Neha Jain 26 Jul 2021

Longest dispersal of a female tiger recorded in Central India

Neha Jain 12 Jul 2021
Pineapple agroforestry system in southern Assam. Photo by Animekh Hazarika.

Harnessing the unrealised potential of agroforestry in curbing climate change in India

Neha Jain 6 Jul 2021

How a livestock grazing ban in Sikkim has transformed pastoral communities

Neha Jain 15 Jun 2021

Southern India’s 2016-2018 drought was the worst in 150 years

Neha Jain 20 May 2021
A male gharial basks at a nesting site cleared of vegetation. Photo by Gaurav Vashistha

Gharial nesting threatened by woody vegetation on riverbanks

Neha Jain 3 May 2021
Indian grey mongoose was one of the animals captured by the camera traps in the cashew nut plantations. Photo by Anushka Rege.

Mammals use cashew plantations in the northern Western Ghats

Neha Jain 22 Apr 2021

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The eucalyptus weevil Gonipterus platensis, photographed in the Nilgiris, is thought to be native to Tasmania. However, it has been found as an invasive in other countries, particularly where Eucalyptus trees are grown. Image by Sankararaman via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).
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