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					<title>Red-naped ibises carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study finds</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/09/red-naped-ibises-carry-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-study-finds/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 Sep 2026 15:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Sneha Mahale]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[birding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban birds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[waterbirds]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Almost Famous Species]]>
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							<![CDATA[Rajasthan]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Birds, Cities and Towns, Conservation, Ecology, Environment, Marshlands, Research, Waste management, Water Pollution, Wetlands, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Antibiotic resistance is not confined to people alone. Wildlife can also encounter and carry resistant bacteria, with birds picking them up from contaminated water, food, waste and other human-associated environments. As they move between habitats, they may spread these bacteria through their faeces, making them useful candidates in tracking the movement of antibiotic resistance in [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Antibiotic resistance is not confined to people alone. Wildlife can also encounter and carry resistant bacteria, with birds picking them up from contaminated water, food, waste and other human-associated environments. As they move between habitats, they may spread these bacteria through their faeces, making them useful candidates in tracking the movement of antibiotic resistance in the environment. A new study of red-naped ibises in Udaipur, Rajasthan, has now found diverse bacteria in their faeces, including multidrug-resistant strains. The red-naped ibis is a common, resident, non-migratory wading bird that occurs across a range of habitats in and around Udaipur. It is also an opportunistic omnivore, consuming insects, amphibians, reptiles, small fish, livestock carcasses and occasionally plant material. The ibises have also been observed foraging at garbage disposal sites and on carrion. “It was not simply a matter of choosing a common and easily observable bird,” elaborates Vijay Kumar Koli, an assistant professor and in-charge head of the Wildlife Research Laboratory at Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, and a co-author of the study. “Its year-round presence, broad habitat use, feeding behaviour and frequent contact with human-influenced environments make it a useful species for investigating how environmental bacteria and antibiotic resistance may circulate at the wildlife-human-environment interface.” Nesting trees of the red-naped ibis in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The bird is a common non-migratory wader that is found across the city. Image by Kanishka Mehta. Sampling the ibises The researchers collected 45 faecal samples between July 2022 and June 2023, with 15 samples collected during each&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/09/red-naped-ibises-carry-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-study-finds/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Little is known about this flycatcher that migrates across the country every year</title>
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					<pubDate>07 Sep 2026 11:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Hirra Azmat]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endemic species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[migration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[migratory birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[India and Jammu and Kashmir]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Birds, Conservation, Ecosystem services, Migration, and Research]]>
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							<![CDATA[Every spring, as new leaves emerge on Parrotia, walnut and other trees across the temperate forests of Kashmir, a small traveller returns from thousands of kilometres away. Barely larger than a sparrow, the Kashmir flycatcher (Ficedula subrubra) undertakes a long journey from the hills of southern India and Sri Lanka to breed in the mountains [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Every spring, as new leaves emerge on Parrotia, walnut and other trees across the temperate forests of Kashmir, a small traveller returns from thousands of kilometres away. Barely larger than a sparrow, the Kashmir flycatcher (Ficedula subrubra) undertakes a long journey from the hills of southern India and Sri Lanka to breed in the mountains of the western Himalaya. But its migration route, stopover locations and winter ecology are still a mystery to scientists. The males of the species are easily recognised by their rich orange throat and breast that contrast with a dark head and upperparts, while females are more subdued in colour. The migratory songbird typically arrives in Kashmir during late April and early May, when the forests become rich in insect prey. “They are closely associated with mature, temperate broad-leaved forests of the western Himalaya,” shares Khursheed Ahmad, a professor and senior scientist at the Division of Wildlife Sciences, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir. Ahmad is supervising an ongoing research project on the Kashmir flycatcher in North-Western Himalayas. During the breeding season, the flycatcher prefers relatively undisturbed forests dominated by horse chestnut, black locust, Parrotia (Parrotiopsis jacquemontiana), walnut, elm and other broadleaf species, often with a well-developed understorey and dense canopy. The flycatcher is also found on forest edges and in clearings and streamside woodlands where insect abundance is high. Endemic to the Indian subcontinent, its restricted breeding range, small population and ongoing habitat loss make the species vulnerable according to the IUCN Red List,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/09/little-is-known-about-this-flycatcher-that-migrates-across-the-country-every-year/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Genetic blueprint of four Asian hornbills offers new tool for hornbill research</title>
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					<pubDate>31 Aug 2026 11:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Nikhil Sreekandan]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
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							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genome]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Almost Famous Species]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Evolution, Technology, Technology and Conservation, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Scientists have generated a reference genome, a genetic structure model, for four threatened Asian hornbill species. The high-quality genome assemblies were generated for the great hornbill, rufous-necked hornbill, Malabar-pied hornbill and wreathed hornbill by researchers from the Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore and CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad. “My research interest is [in] [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Scientists have generated a reference genome, a genetic structure model, for four threatened Asian hornbill species. The high-quality genome assemblies were generated for the great hornbill, rufous-necked hornbill, Malabar-pied hornbill and wreathed hornbill by researchers from the Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore and CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad. “My research interest is [in] understanding how wildlife responds to their changing environment,” says corresponding author of the research paper Pooja Pawar, who has studied great hornbills (Buceros bicornis) in both protected areas and in coffee plantations. For her master’s dissertation, Pawar compared the behaviour and breeding biology of these large, majestic birds in protected areas in the Anamalai Hills and the human-modified landscape of Valparai, Tamil Nadu. Then, for her Ph.D. at the Nature Conservation Foundation and Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Pawar expanded the scope of her research to investigate how climatic, geographic, and anthropogenic factors have influenced hornbill populations across regions and geological epochs. To help answer these questions, the behavioural biologist turned to genomics, the study of an organism’s complete genetic structure. “Genomics allowed me to ask these questions at much larger temporal and geographic scales,” Pawar says. “I could go back in time, to when the species originated or diverged from its sister species, and not restrict [my research] to the Western Ghats or northeast India.” But before she could do that, Pawar first had to create baseline genomic data for Asian hornbill species, which was largely missing despite their flagship conservation status. Whole-genome information&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/genetic-blueprint-of-four-asian-hornbills-offer-new-tool-for-hornbill-research/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Increasing numbers of the Indian peafowl worry farmers [Commentary]</title>
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					<pubDate>17 Aug 2026 13:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Aditya Pradhan]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[Himalayas and West Bengal]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Agriculture, Biodiversity, and Birds]]>
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							<![CDATA[Once hailed as a symbol of Indian pride and grace, the Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is now stirring heated debates in the quiet Himalayan foothills. Revered as the national bird of India and a prominent figure in Hindu mythology, this vibrant bird has long enjoyed admiration and legal protection. But in recent years, its soaring [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Once hailed as a symbol of Indian pride and grace, the Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) is now stirring heated debates in the quiet Himalayan foothills. Revered as the national bird of India and a prominent figure in Hindu mythology, this vibrant bird has long enjoyed admiration and legal protection. But in recent years, its soaring numbers and expanding range have turned it from a cultural icon into a controversial presence — especially in fragile ecosystems like the Eastern Himalaya. “Indian peafowl has become a nuisance in recent years,” said a local youth from Ambiok Busty, a village in the Himalayan foothills of Kalimpong district, West Bengal, during a bird guide training session. His frustration echoed a growing sentiment among many in the region. Legally, the Indian peafowl sits at the top tier of wildlife protection in India, listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. This designation — on par with tigers and elephants — makes it almost untouchable. Any attempt to manage its population, be it through relocation, sterilisation, or even research monitoring, involves layers of bureaucratic checks. But the peafowl’s population isn’t on the decline. In fact, it is thriving. A glaring policy gap In many Indian states, peacock conservation is still being celebrated — with “Peacock Parks&#8221; being funded and promoted as ecotourism attractions. These efforts, while well-meaning, rarely consider the actual ground reality in regions like the eastern Himalaya, where peafowls are increasingly seen as pests rather than assets. A peacock rests on the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/increasing-numbers-of-the-indian-peafowl-worry-farmers-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Disappearing grasslands impact bird populations, study finds</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/disappearing-grasslands-impact-bird-populations-study-finds/</link>
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					<pubDate>14 Aug 2026 16:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Simrin Sirur]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grassland ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nilgiri pipit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nilgiris]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Tamil Nadu]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Biosphere reserves, Birds, Conservation, Ecology, Encroachment, Endangered species, Endemic species, Forests, Grasslands, Habitat Loss, Shola-grasslands, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Up in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, the gradual disappearance of the region’s shola grasslands has changed how birds navigate the landscape, highlighting the importance of habitat connectivity in preserving endemic biodiversity. The shola sky islands are unique montane forests separated by rolling grasslands. They’re biologically significant because they host a large number species whose global [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Up in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, the gradual disappearance of the region’s shola grasslands has changed how birds navigate the landscape, highlighting the importance of habitat connectivity in preserving endemic biodiversity. The shola sky islands are unique montane forests separated by rolling grasslands. They’re biologically significant because they host a large number species whose global distributions are concentrated here. But changes in land use dynamics have caused a steady decline in the populations of certain birds in the region. Colonial-era plantations of exotic tree species like Acacia, Eucalyptus and Pinus, which are not native to this region, have invaded several parts of the sky islands. Between 1973 and 2017, the islands lost 516 sq km of grasslands and 63 sq km of forests. These diminished habitats have also exposed the limits of adaptability for birds. “Highlighting how land-use change shapes species’ connectivity provides a window into how species specialised to high-elevation grassland habitat types respond to habitat alterations,” said Chiti Arvind, Postdoctoral Fellow, IISER Tirupati and a co-author of a research paper studying the impacts of land use change in the shola sky islands on bird movements. Shola forests and grasslands in the Nilgiris. Image by Davidvraju via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Gains and losses The study covered approximately 2,900 sq km across the two largest sky islands — in the Nilgiris and Palani-Anamalais — at elevations higher than 1400 metres above sea level. The objective was to observe how habitat fragmentation impacted the movements of the seven most&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/disappearing-grasslands-impact-bird-populations-study-finds/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Nine anchor species could meet India’s biodiversity and climate targets</title>
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					<pubDate>13 Aug 2026 16:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Shradha Triveni]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Arathimenon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dhole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gaur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[king cobra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leopard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pangolin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sloth bear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wild dog]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Animals, Big Cats, Biodiversity, Biosphere reserves, Birds, Carbon emissions, Cats, Climate Change, Climate Change Mitigation, Conservation, Ecology, Environment, Forests, Tigers, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[India’s conservation priorities often revolve around charismatic species such as the tiger. But what if the same conservation model is expanded to other species? That’s what researchers explored through a new research published in Conservation Letters. The paper suggests nine “anchor species” whose habitat conservation could simultaneously benefit biodiversity and climate mitigation. Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor), [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[India’s conservation priorities often revolve around charismatic species such as the tiger. But what if the same conservation model is expanded to other species? That’s what researchers explored through a new research published in Conservation Letters. The paper suggests nine “anchor species” whose habitat conservation could simultaneously benefit biodiversity and climate mitigation. Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor), dhole (Cuon alpinus), king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), gaur (Bos gaurus), sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata), great hornbill (Buceros bicornis), tiger (Pathera tigris) and the leopard (Panthera pardus) make up the anchor species. Habitat protection of at least any one of these nine key species could help conserve more than 700 vertebrates and around 1.1 gigatonnes of carbon (above-ground) across India, notes the study. “Biodiversity is often an afterthought in carbon markets. It’s always carbon first, biodiversity second,” says co-author Aakash Lamba, pointing at how existing frameworks like Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards frame biodiversity as an added benefit of carbon-financed climate projects, rather than considering biodiversity as central to climate mitigation. A conservation scientist at the Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions at the National University of Singapore, Lamba emphasises on a species-centred conservation model. The idea is simple: the more you conserve forests, which in this case are the habitats of nine anchor species, the higher the conservation of natural carbon stocks. For each species, researchers measured two things — first, how many other vertebrate species co-occurred in its habitat and second, how much above-ground carbon was stored within that habitat. By&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/nine-anchor-species-could-meet-indias-biodiversity-and-climate-targets/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Himalayan pheasants face mounting human pressure</title>
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					<pubDate>11 Aug 2026 16:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Hirra Azmat]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kartik Chandramouli]]>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Almost Famous Species]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Jammu and Kashmir]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Birds, Community based conservation, Conservation, Ecology, Encroachment, Grazing, Habitat Loss, Himalayas, and Hunting]]>
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							<![CDATA[The white-crested kalij pheasant, a relatively adaptable bird, is under increasing pressure from habitat degradation, hunting and other human activities in the forests of the northwestern Himalayas, according to a study that looked at community perceptions of threats to the bird. The bird is listed as least concern by the IUCN Red List, indicating it [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The white-crested kalij pheasant, a relatively adaptable bird, is under increasing pressure from habitat degradation, hunting and other human activities in the forests of the northwestern Himalayas, according to a study that looked at community perceptions of threats to the bird. The bird is listed as least concern by the IUCN Red List, indicating it is common and widespread. Researchers say the findings are an early warning to conserve the region&#8217;s forests and other rarer pheasant species. Pheasants are a group of ground-dwelling birds belonging to the family Phasianidae. The Indian subcontinent is home to 51 pheasant species, of which 20 are endemic to the Indian Himalayas. They occupy habitats ranging from tropical forests to alpine meadows and are among the region&#8217;s most distinctive birds, known for their colourful plumage. Despite their ecological importance as indicators of forest health, many remain poorly studied and face growing threats from habitat loss and hunting. Among these Himalayan pheasants is the white-crested kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos hamiltoni). It is widely distributed across the western Himalayas, including Jammu and Kashmir and is listed in the least concern category in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. More adaptable than many other Himalayan pheasants, it occupies a range of forest habitats but relies on dense understorey vegetation for food, nesting and cover from predators. &#8220;The white-crested kalij pheasant is mainly found in mixed forests, coniferous forests, scrublands and near forest edges close to human habitations. Unlike most other high-altitude pheasant species, it occupies&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/himalayan-pheasants-face-mounting-human-pressure/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>New clues into how animals evolved an internal compass to navigate Earth</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/new-clues-into-how-animals-evolved-an-internal-compass-to-navigate-earth/</link>
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					<pubDate>07 Aug 2026 14:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Nupur Fangaria]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bacteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[migration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[migratory birds]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Behaviour, Animals, Biodiversity, Birds, Ecology, Environment, Evolution, Migration, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Magnetoreception is like an internal compass that animals use in their journeys, using the Earth’s magnetic field. It helps migratory birds navigate across the central Asian flyway, for example, or turtles, fish and other animals travel across vast distances. Recent research raises new questions about the evolutionary origins of magnetoreception and suggests that it may [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Magnetoreception is like an internal compass that animals use in their journeys, using the Earth’s magnetic field. It helps migratory birds navigate across the central Asian flyway, for example, or turtles, fish and other animals travel across vast distances. Recent research raises new questions about the evolutionary origins of magnetoreception and suggests that it may have evolved independently in complex animals. About three billion years ago, the Earth was still anoxic (oxygen made up less than 0.001% of the atmosphere), and the oceans had an abundance of metal ions, including iron. Eukaryotic cells, which make up  complex life forms, including animals, didn’t exist yet; life was dominated by archaea, the microorganisms that inhabit all kinds of extremes. In this scenario, iron ions found widely in the surrounding waters, could easily pass through a cell membrane and cause toxicity by stimulating free radicals in the cell. But the archaea were highly adaptable. These tiny microorganisms evolved the ability to protect themselves from the toxicity of iron by simply forming crystals out of iron oxide inside cell structures, a process called magnetite biomineralisation. The chiton, a marine mollusc, uses a unique protein to process iron and form magnetite teeth that it uses to graze on algae growing on rocks. Image by Michiko Nemoto. The magnetic abilities of bacteria Like most other abilities, bacteria is assumed to have adapted magnetite biomineralisation, a process where living organisms create iron oxide crystals inside cell structures, from their archaean ancestors. Over time, some bacteria repurposed magnetosomes&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/new-clues-into-how-animals-evolved-an-internal-compass-to-navigate-earth/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Insects may be guiding seasonal bird movements in the eastern Himalayas, study finds</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/insects-may-be-guiding-seasonal-bird-movements-in-the-eastern-himalayas-study-finds/</link>
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					<pubDate>28 Jul 2026 10:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Manjeera Gowravaram]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eastern himalayas]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Himalayas]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Animal Behaviour, Biodiversity, Birds, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation, Community based conservation, Conservation, Ecology, Forests, Global Warming, Insects, Migration, Mountains, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Every winter, in the Himalayas of Arunachal Pradesh, certain birds like babblers, laughing thrushes, yuhinas and other small mountain birds, that spent the warm months at the top of the mountains, begin making their way down. Many of them don&#8217;t really fly at all, they just hop, branch by branch, tree by tree, descending hundreds [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Every winter, in the Himalayas of Arunachal Pradesh, certain birds like babblers, laughing thrushes, yuhinas and other small mountain birds, that spent the warm months at the top of the mountains, begin making their way down. Many of them don&#8217;t really fly at all, they just hop, branch by branch, tree by tree, descending hundreds of metres over days and weeks. And come summer, they go back up again. These seasonal journeys are common in the Himalayas, where roughly 65% of high-elevation birds make some form of elevational movement. Yet, the reasons behind these shifts have remained only partially understood. &#8220;The theory behind why birds migrate has two major explanations, both connected to temperature,&#8221; said Tarun Menon, a Ph.D. researcher at the Indian Institute of Science and the study&#8217;s lead author. &#8220;One is that cold directly affects the bird and it moves to stay warm. The other is that the cold affects the food, and the bird is following the food.&#8221; What Menon had noticed during his earlier work in the Himalayas was that the birds that were most likely to migrate down the mountain in winter were almost always insectivores. That observation eventually grew into a larger question: were the birds following the insects rather than escaping the cold? A view of Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, where insect availability, more than temperature alone, may be guiding the seasonal movements of birds up and down the mountain ranges. Image by Tarun Menon. The study, published in Biology Letters, offers evidence from&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/insects-may-be-guiding-seasonal-bird-movements-in-the-eastern-himalayas-study-finds/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Fishers, naturalists worry about the impacts of turning a coastal wetland into a reservoir</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/a-coastal-wetland-could-soon-become-a-reservoir-to-meet-a-citys-water-demand/</link>
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					<pubDate>13 Jul 2026 17:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Smitha T.K.]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban wetlands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wetlands]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[India and Tamil Nadu]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Birds, Coast, Ecology, Ecosystem services, Environment, Fishing, Floods, Habitat Loss, Lakes, and Wetlands]]>
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							<![CDATA[Narayanan R. stood on the muddy bund of the Great Salt Lake, watching a group of flamingoes pick their way across the shallows. He remembered standing in the same spot as a 10-year-old, knee-deep in water — the day his father showed him how to fish. &#8220;The flamingoes may not come next season,” he said. [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Narayanan R. stood on the muddy bund of the Great Salt Lake, watching a group of flamingoes pick their way across the shallows. He remembered standing in the same spot as a 10-year-old, knee-deep in water — the day his father showed him how to fish. &#8220;The flamingoes may not come next season,” he said. “These pools will dry soon. A few hundred metres away, Gowriamma waded through the shallow waters of the lake, her fingers sifting through the mud for shrimp. “Everything depends on these small pools. We know this water through the mud and the thorns.&#8221; Located between Nemmeli and Kovalam in Chennai, the Great Salt Lake also known as Kovalam-Nemmeli backwaters, is a coastal wetland that spans 5,000 acres. The Tamil Nadu government plans to convert this coastal wetland into Chennai’s sixth drinking water reservoir: the Mamallan reservoir. Chennai currently supplies between 700 and 800 million litres per day (MLD) of water. The demand already exceeds 1,100 MLD and is projected to cross 2,500 MLD by 2035, according to the project&#8217;s environmental impact assessment (EIA). The Mamallan reservoir aims to supply 170 MLD for the city’s needs. The reservoir is designed to store 1.65 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) in a single filling and an annual storage of 2.25 TMC. However, for Narayanan, Gowriamma and many fishing families in the area, losing the Great Salt Lake means losing the only world they have ever known. “Who are we to change the contours drawn by nature?” Narayanan asks.&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/a-coastal-wetland-could-soon-become-a-reservoir-to-meet-a-citys-water-demand/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Why looking at trees is a type of rebellion [Book Review]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/why-looking-at-trees-is-a-type-of-rebellion-book-review/</link>
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					<pubDate>13 Jul 2026 12:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Aarushi Agrawal]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Renuka Kulkarni]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trees outside forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban trees]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Birds, Ecology, Ecosystem services, Environment, Forests, Plants, and Trees]]>
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							<![CDATA[According to an analysis by Down to Earth of the environment ministry&#8217;s advisory committee records, more than 2.8 million trees, on forest land, were approved for felling or recorded as felled across India between July 2023 and May 2026. About 90% of this felling has happened because of mining, hydropower and rehabilitation projects. Where efforts [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[According to an analysis by Down to Earth of the environment ministry&#8217;s advisory committee records, more than 2.8 million trees, on forest land, were approved for felling or recorded as felled across India between July 2023 and May 2026. About 90% of this felling has happened because of mining, hydropower and rehabilitation projects. Where efforts are being made to increase green cover in the country, we are starkly falling short. A recent study published in the journal Environmental Research Communications, which examines eight major government policies and programmes and their impact on tree cover, finds that only one showed positive associations with tree cover. Essentially, most government efforts are ill-informed and falling short. The more we consume news about this war against trees, the harder we fight. Until we can’t anymore. Until we’re exhausted and depleted. Writer and wildlife scientist T.R. Shankar Raman’s book The Trees of My Country: A Natural History of India in 50 Trees, with illustrations by Manali Patil, is a balm for those tired times. The book doesn’t try to advocate for trees or talk about their functionality and importance to human life. It doesn’t talk about why trees are needed and all the bad that will happen if trees are gone. It doesn’t make excuses on their behalf. The tactics tree lovers normally use to try to get the unaffected to care about trees are all thrown out the window. Here, trees deserve to exist because they are living beings. That’s reason enough. In not&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/why-looking-at-trees-is-a-type-of-rebellion-book-review/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Proposed solar project in India&#8217;s largest grassland sparks conservation concerns</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/proposed-solar-project-in-indias-largest-grassland-sparks-conservation-concerns/</link>
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					<pubDate>08 Jul 2026 16:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Ronak Gajjar]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Kundan Pandey]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramsar site]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramsar sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Energy]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Just Transitions]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Gujarat]]>
						</locations>
					
											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Birds, Community based conservation, Conservation, Grasslands, Indigenous Peoples, Lakes, Renewable Energy, Thar Desert, and Wetlands]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Banni grasslands of Kachchh represent one of the most unique, complex, and fragile ecological mosaics in the Indian subcontinent. For centuries, this vast expanse in the western state of Gujarat has been shaped by the harmonious coexistence of diverse wildlife and the Maldharis, a traditional pastoralist community. The region gained greater conservation recognition earlier [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The Banni grasslands of Kachchh represent one of the most unique, complex, and fragile ecological mosaics in the Indian subcontinent. For centuries, this vast expanse in the western state of Gujarat has been shaped by the harmonious coexistence of diverse wildlife and the Maldharis, a traditional pastoralist community. The region gained greater conservation recognition earlier this year when its Chhari Dhandh wetland was designated as a Ramsar site in January, making it Kachchh&#8217;s first and Gujarat&#8217;s fifth Ramsar site, highlighting the wetland&#8217;s critical biodiversity. However, a proposed solar power plant near the wetland has sparked concerns over its ecological impact and triggered opposition from local communities. The solar power plant, proposed by the NTPC Renewable Energy Limited, will be spread over 4,500-acres as per the claim in the notice published by the Fulay Juth (group) gram panchayat in the newspaper on May 12. Documents accessed by Mongabay-India reveal that the timeline for securing the required No Objection Certificates (NOCs) was initiated in 2024. According to local conservationists and a forest official, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity as they have been instructed to not speak to the media, the project has now begun active groundwork, with site surveys, fencing installation, and the management of Prosopis juliflora underway. However, conservationists, ecologists, wildlife photographers, and local pastoralists fear that the project will cause irreversible damage to the ecology of Chhari Dhandh wetland. A herder with camels in the lush grasslands bordering the Chhari Dhandh wetland in Kachchh, Gujarat, which received&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/proposed-solar-project-in-indias-largest-grassland-sparks-conservation-concerns/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>When trees replace grasslands, specialist birds lose their habitat</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/when-trees-replace-grasslands-specialist-birds-lose-their-habitat/</link>
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					<pubDate>02 Jul 2026 17:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Simrin Sirur]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afforestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme rainfall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heavy rainfall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rainfall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[savanna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[savannahs]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[India and Maharashtra]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Birds, Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Grasslands, Impacts of Climate Change, Plantations, and Plants]]>
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							<![CDATA[India’s fast disappearing grasslands have long been targeted for afforestation — a practice that encourages tree planting on “degraded” parcels of land. With their vast and open landscapes, savannahs and grasslands are often considered barren land in need of more dense tree cover. But how does converting grassy, arid land to something woody and canopied [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[India’s fast disappearing grasslands have long been targeted for afforestation — a practice that encourages tree planting on “degraded” parcels of land. With their vast and open landscapes, savannahs and grasslands are often considered barren land in need of more dense tree cover. But how does converting grassy, arid land to something woody and canopied transform an ecosystem, and the life within it? New research from Maharashtra studies how old-growth savannahs, when planted with trees, changes bird populations and distributions. Grasslands and savannahs are estimated to cover 15-20% of India’s land mass, and yet remain under-researched. The lack of recognition of grassland ecosystems has meant their role in regulating microclimates and hosting endemic biodiversity has largely gone unnoticed. “There are very few studies on dry savannahs in general, and even fewer on the impacts of afforestation on them,” said Abi T. Vanak, Director of the Centre for Policy Design at ATREE and a scholar of India&#8217;s grasslands. The study from Maharashtra compared bird species and abundance across undisturbed savannahs and well-established plantations, creating new evidence for how the impacts of afforestation go beyond just changes to tree cover. It found that afforestation rendered the area uninhabitable for grassland specialist species like the Indian courser — a long-legged bird which scans the grass to forage — and the tawny pipit, which nests on the ground — among a host of others. Instead, bird populations were maintained by an influx of other species better adapted to woody and forested habitats. The shift&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/when-trees-replace-grasslands-specialist-birds-lose-their-habitat/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Artificial light at night alters foraging behaviour in kites</title>
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					<pubDate>02 Jun 2026 13:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Nikhil Sreekandan]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
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		<category><![CDATA[fisheries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[light pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Fisheries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban birds]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Almost Famous Species]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Kerala]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animal Behaviour, Biodiversity, Birds, Cities and Towns, Ecology, Environment, Fishing, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Polycarp Joseph has been making annual visits to the Shaktikulangara and Vaddy fishing harbours in Kerala’s Kollam district, since 2019, to track birds. On his visits, Joseph, who is a district head for the Kerala State Annual Heronry Survey, an annual citizen-science monitoring project by the Kerala Bird Monitoring Network (KBM), counts active nests of [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Polycarp Joseph has been making annual visits to the Shaktikulangara and Vaddy fishing harbours in Kerala’s Kollam district, since 2019, to track birds. On his visits, Joseph, who is a district head for the Kerala State Annual Heronry Survey, an annual citizen-science monitoring project by the Kerala Bird Monitoring Network (KBM), counts active nests of the little egret (Egretta garzetta). As part of this monitoring effort, he has visited both harbours after dark to study the effects of nighttime light pollution on these birds. It was on one such visit that he came across a few brahminy kites (Haliastur indus), a “strictly” diurnal (active during the day) raptor with a distinctive bright white head and rump, scavenging late at night at the Vaddy fishing harbour in Kollam. If it were late evening hours, he might have assumed that the kites were returning home or making one last foraging attempt, said Joseph. “The harbour [at night] is like a floodlit stadium, with LED lights in the auction yard and on boats, which allows these kites to perceive prey availability,” he added. On February 5, 2024, from 11 PM until 12:30 AM, Joseph recorded three brahminy kites flying in short circles above the harbour, diving to scoop fish from boats, and snatching discards from fishers. On subsequent nights, too, he observed one or two kites scavenging between 9 and 11 PM. This observation was recorded in a recent paper by a research team, including Joseph. According to the authors, this is the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/06/artificial-light-at-night-is-altering-foraging-behaviour-in-kites/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>A bird call that signals rains [Commentary]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/05/a-bird-call-that-signals-rains-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>25 May 2026 12:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Aditya Pradhan]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Priyanka Shankar]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eastern himalayas]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Almost Famous Species]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[West Bengal]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Birds, Community based conservation, Conservation, Himalayas, Indigenous Peoples, Mountains, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[In the mist-draped forests of rural Darjeeling, stories travel from one generation to the next as softly and steadily as mountain rain. Among these stories is one that almost every elder in deep forest villages knows: there is a bird whose call brings the rain. Long before weather apps and satellite forecasts, people listened to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In the mist-draped forests of rural Darjeeling, stories travel from one generation to the next as softly and steadily as mountain rain. Among these stories is one that almost every elder in deep forest villages knows: there is a bird whose call brings the rain. Long before weather apps and satellite forecasts, people listened to the forests, and the forests, in their own ways, signalled back. In Sirikhola-Gurdum near the Singalila National Park in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, this signal came from a bird whose call was said to predict rain within hours. The call was a distinctive, descending series that often resembled maniacal, falling laughter, carrying through the thick canopy. Everyone recognised the call, yet very few had ever seen the bird itself. A village legend meets field science I first heard this story from Mingma Tamang, an experienced field technician working at ATREE. He later worked with me during my Ph.D. research. Years before we trudged through the forests of Darjeeling together, he had listened to this call as a child. He remembered how his father and village elders would stop suddenly when a rhythmic, tumbling sound rang through the valley — a call that began rapidly and then slowed and faded, dropping in pitch as it carried through the forest like falling laughter. “The bird has called,” they would say. “Rain will come.” Thick temperate oak-dominated forests near Singalila National Park in Rimbick, Darjeeling district, West Bengal. Image by Aditya Pradhan. The call was familiar,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/05/a-bird-call-that-signals-rains-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Telemetry helps track vulture routes, threats</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/05/telemetry-helps-track-vulture-routes-threats/</link>
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					<pubDate>15 May 2026 11:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Manish Chandra Mishra]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Arathimenon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cinereous vulture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vulture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vulture conservation]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Almost Famous Species]]>
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											<locations>
							<![CDATA[Madhya Pradesh]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Birds, Conservation, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[A cinereous vulture rescued in Madhya Pradesh earlier this year, rehabilitated at Bhopal’s Van Vihar National Park and later released with a tracking device, was found injured in Pakistan after crossing the border. The case has added to a growing record of tracking vulture movement across India, Pakistan, Nepal and Central Asia, using telemetry to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[A cinereous vulture rescued in Madhya Pradesh earlier this year, rehabilitated at Bhopal’s Van Vihar National Park and later released with a tracking device, was found injured in Pakistan after crossing the border. The case has added to a growing record of tracking vulture movement across India, Pakistan, Nepal and Central Asia, using telemetry to follow routes, wintering grounds and threats. The two-year-old female cinereous vulture was rescued on January 22, 2026, from Parsulia village in Madhya Pradesh’s Shajapur district after being found injured. It was first stabilised at Van Vihar National Park and later rehabilitated at the park’s Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre. The bird, which had suffered a leg injury, was ringed, microchipped and monitored under veterinary care before being fitted with a GPS-GSM telemetry device on March 25 with support from WWF-India and Bombay Natural History Society. Released near Halali Dam in Raisen district, it crossed into Pakistan by April 6. An injured female cinereous vulture was rescued on January 22 from Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh. It was rehabilitated at the Van Vihar National Park, tagged for monitoring and released near Halali Dam in Raisen district. It crossed into Pakistan by April 6. Image courtesy of Department of Public Relations, Madhya Pradesh. Soon after, its signal stopped. Later, the bird was recovered in Khanewal district in Pakistan by local residents who then alerted wildlife officials. The bird is currently recovering at a rehabilitation facility there. The cinereous vulture is listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/05/telemetry-helps-track-vulture-routes-threats/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Ramsar wetland tag needs to be followed up with sustained management, say experts</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/ramsar-wetland-tag-needs-to-be-followed-up-with-sustained-management-say-experts/</link>
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					<pubDate>24 Apr 2026 11:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Manish Chandra Mishra]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aquatic life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freshwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[livelihood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[migratory birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramsar site]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramsar sites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waterbirds]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[Uttar Pradesh]]>
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							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Birds, Ecology, Ecosystem services, Environment, Lakes, Water, Wetlands, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, has been designated a Ramsar site, taking India’s total number of wetlands of international importance to 99 and Uttar Pradesh’s tally to 12. The 40-hectare freshwater wetland in the Upper Gangetic Plain that supports 249 bird species, including 62 water bird and wetland-dependent species. The perennial water [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, has been designated a Ramsar site, taking India’s total number of wetlands of international importance to 99 and Uttar Pradesh’s tally to 12. The 40-hectare freshwater wetland in the Upper Gangetic Plain that supports 249 bird species, including 62 water bird and wetland-dependent species. The perennial water body regularly hosts more than 20,000 water birds in peak winter and serves as a refuge during dry months, supporting vulnerable species such as sarus crane, common pochard, greater spotted eagle and endangered freshwater turtles. The Ramsar site is characterised by a mosaic of wetlands, grasslands, forests and agriculture lands. The Ramsar official information sheet describes the wetland’s role in groundwater recharge, irrigation support, nature tourism, education and research, while also noting that it is facing pressures from invasive alien species, excess heat and noise, temperature extremes and grazing. The management plan lists several on-ground measures already proposed or taken at the site, including mounds for bird resting and nesting, a nature trail, two watchtowers, weed removal in some areas, afforestation, awareness drives and involvement of local villagers in conservation. India’s Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said, in a press release, that Shekha Jheel acts as “a crucial stopover on the Central Asian Flyway,” providing habitat for migratory birds such as the bar-headed goose, painted stork and various ducks during winter. The Ramsar dossier says Shekha Jheel supports several species of higher conservation concern, including the vulnerable sarus crane, common pochard, greater spotted eagle and river&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/ramsar-wetland-tag-needs-to-be-followed-up-with-sustained-management-say-experts/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Birds are colliding with glass. Few in India are counting.</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/birds-are-colliding-with-glass-few-in-india-are-counting/</link>
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					<pubDate>23 Apr 2026 12:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Kartik Chandramouli]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Aditi Tandon]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buildings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urbanisation]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Birds, Cities and Towns, Human Wildlife Conflict, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[A flying emerald dove is a flash of metallic green, weaving low through trees. To the bird, a glass surface reflecting sky or foliage looks like open air. Then comes the impact. Architect and birdwatcher Peeyush Sekhsaria remembers hearing a “blast-like sound” at a tourist lodge in Coorg in 2007 when an emerald dove slammed [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[A flying emerald dove is a flash of metallic green, weaving low through trees. To the bird, a glass surface reflecting sky or foliage looks like open air. Then comes the impact. Architect and birdwatcher Peeyush Sekhsaria remembers hearing a “blast-like sound” at a tourist lodge in Coorg in 2007 when an emerald dove slammed into a window. The building was not a modern glass tower but an ordinary structure. Nearly two decades later, the incident still stays with him. What troubles him more is that India has little systematic documentation of birds dying after colliding with glass. Unlike North America, where building collisions are estimated to kill more than a billion birds annually, India has no national assessment. A dead emerald dove after crashing into a glass window at a tourist lodge in Coorg in 2007. Image by Peeyush Sekhsaria. An invisible hazard Glass creates a danger birds cannot recognise. Transparent panes appear as open flight paths, while reflective surfaces mirror vegetation or sky. Birds attempting to fly through these illusions collide at high speed. Reports surface sporadically. In Gujarat, migratory rosy starlings fell after hitting glass. In Meghalaya, long-tailed broadbills struck an automobile showroom façade. Many incidents circulate only within birdwatching groups or on social media: a stunned barbet beneath a building, or a thud against an apartment window. “We really don’t know the scale of this issue,” says Ashwin Viswanathan, an ecologist at the Nature Conservation Foundation. Collisions occur wherever reflective glass exists, in cities, small towns,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/birds-are-colliding-with-glass-few-in-india-are-counting/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>The wilderness story of a bustling, expanding capital [Book Review]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/the-wilderness-story-of-a-bustling-expanding-capital-book-review/</link>
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					<pubDate>20 Apr 2026 12:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Usha Rai]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Renuka Kulkarni]]>
					</author>
							<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban wetlands]]></category>
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											<reporting-project>
							<![CDATA[Beyond Protected Areas]]>
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							<![CDATA[Delhi]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Biodiversity, Birds, Cities and Towns, Conservation, Plants, Trees, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[For many Delhi residents, who, like me, have lived in India’s capital for 50 to 60 years and watched with consternation the desecration of the city — its green lungs and open spaces taken over by multi-storeyed buildings, its once elegant rivers turned into muddy cesspools, and garbage dumps replacing sprightly flowering and fruiting trees [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[For many Delhi residents, who, like me, have lived in India’s capital for 50 to 60 years and watched with consternation the desecration of the city — its green lungs and open spaces taken over by multi-storeyed buildings, its once elegant rivers turned into muddy cesspools, and garbage dumps replacing sprightly flowering and fruiting trees — it is difficult to believe that a &#8220;wild&#8221; capital still exists. But that is precisely what Neha Sinha, a journalist turned conservation biologist, sets out to showcase in her latest book, Wild Capital – Discovering Nature in Delhi. It’s a deeply personal book as she takes you through the hidden wilderness of the bustling city. She weaves ecological history, wild creatures, trees that she loves, discovers centuries old sacred groves, bird songs and fire flies that still flash their lights in the dead of night in forgotten forest tracks. Even as a young child, Sinha reflects that she did not like playing with “dead” dolls. She preferred living playmates: ants, bright-eyed birds, a mongoose, squirrels, millipedes and other wild creatures that lived in the garden of her home in North Delhi. She would talk to them and join in their game of hide-and-seek. She also loved and played with plants, the touch-me-not mimosa, whose leaves closed if she touched them. There were trees that she grew up with and learnt their value. The neem twigs were used to clean teeth and the concoction of crushed neem leaves and honey that her mother made served&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/04/the-wilderness-story-of-a-bustling-expanding-capital-book-review/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>What wild poop can teach children about ecology [Book review]</title>
					<link>https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/what-wild-poop-can-teach-children-about-ecology-book-review/</link>
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					<pubDate>25 Feb 2026 16:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Kasturi Das]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Renuka Kulkarni]]>
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		<category><![CDATA[book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
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							<![CDATA[India]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Animal Behaviour, Animals, Big Cats, Biodiversity, Birds, Mammals, Oceans, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[For human beings, the topic of excreta is considered a subject of disgust and embarrassment. The Big Book of Wild Poop, written by Shweta Taneja, sets out to change the narrative of how humans, children in particular, view poop. In the animal world, excreta is not waste but information, food, camouflage and defence, the book [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[For human beings, the topic of excreta is considered a subject of disgust and embarrassment. The Big Book of Wild Poop, written by Shweta Taneja, sets out to change the narrative of how humans, children in particular, view poop. In the animal world, excreta is not waste but information, food, camouflage and defence, the book says. For a dung beetle or a worm, it is a source of multivitamins. Some spiders disguise themselves with it to escape predators, while hoopoe mothers use it to protect their chicks. “Poop is a shushed subject for kids. We want to bring it out into living rooms, into play areas and schools and talk about this subject openly, without shame,” says Taneja. “It’s not disgusting, it’s scientific.” Taneja, known for writing science and fiction for both children and adults, makes an unglamorous subject like excreta palatable, by blending humour with science. The book takes an easy, humorous approach to explaining how ecosystems function. It shows how animal droppings help disperse seeds, recycle nutrients and even support climate processes by aiding forest regeneration. Publisher: WWF -India, Juggernaut and Indian Pitta Print length: 80 pages Publication date: January 23, 2026 Genre: Nonfiction The Big Book of Wild Poop introduces children ages nine to 13 to the taboo topic of poop, using humour to share the science of how animal droppings reveal behaviour, diet, ecology and more. It is one of the first books on wild animal scat exclusively focusing on India. &nbsp; The book, published by&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://india.mongabay.com/2026/02/what-wild-poop-can-teach-children-about-ecology-book-review/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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