Nikhil Sreekandan

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Nikhil Sreekandan is an independent journalist based in Bengaluru, and has previously worked as the Associate Editor at Nature inFocus. He holds a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University and writes about the environment, wildlife and other social issues.

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Achyut Kumar Banerjee on curating a database of invasive plants in India [Interview]

Nikhil Sreekandan 6 Nov 2025

The Chenani-Nashri tunnel road. Representative image by Sidheeq via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The environmental cost of a tunnel road

Nikhil Sreekandan 30 Oct 2025

Looking at human-wildlife conflict through a data-first lens

Nikhil Sreekandan 7 Oct 2025

The East Asian free-tailed bat (Tadarida insignia) was recently recorded for the first time in India. Image by Rohit Chakravarty.

New bat species and first records uncovered in the Western Himalayas

Nikhil Sreekandan 22 Aug 2025

Urban green spaces can save more lives if placed right

Nikhil Sreekandan 25 Jun 2025

Glyptothorax himalaicus, one of the two newly described catfish species from the Ganges river basin. Image by Balaji Vijayakrishnan.

Newly described catfish species spotlight Himalayan river biodiversity

Nikhil Sreekandan 27 May 2025

A herd of musk deer, which are endangered, cross a road near Gangotri National Park in Uttarakhand. The state reported 93% of all restoration interventions in the Western Himalayan region. Image by Surajit Das via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Unpacking three decades of restoration in the Western Himalayas

Nikhil Sreekandan 16 May 2025

Slopes in Vishalgad in the northern Western Ghats. Image by Ankur P via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Tree cover may depend on which way the slope faces

Nikhil Sreekandan 8 Apr 2025

Trishant Simlai on challenging the exploitative nature of conservation surveillance [Interview]

Nikhil Sreekandan 4 Mar 2025

Indigenous turtle-safe fishing devices help India tackle U.S. shrimp ban

Nikhil Sreekandan 17 Jan 2025

taxonomist jini jacob documents meiofauna nematodes

Indian taxonomist forays into the uncharted waters of meiofauna

Nikhil Sreekandan 16 Jan 2025

Relocating villages in core tiger areas based on science

Nikhil Sreekandan 7 Jan 2025

Tandup Cherring scouting for snow leopards on the Langza Plateau, Spiti. Image courtesy of Munib Khanyari

Solar power looms large over the snow leopards of Spiti

Nikhil Sreekandan 9 Dec 2024

With local support, a tributary comes to life

Nikhil Sreekandan 13 Nov 2024

A new remote sensing study spotlights Indian savannas

Nikhil Sreekandan 12 Sep 2024

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