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Global seabird records guide us where to look next

Kartik Chandramouli 16 Oct 2025
Cattle graze on the Hesaraghatta Grassland Conservation Reserve. Grasslands endure and regenerate—no matter how much they’re grazed or nibbled by animals. Image by Ishwarappa

A grassland gets a lifeline, offers a lesson

Max Martin 15 Oct 2025
Women from Kibber village set up a camera trap on a steep slope in Spiti Valley during the state-wide snow leopard survey. Image courtesy of the Nature Conservation Foundation and Himachal Pradesh Forest Department.

In the high Himalayas, women and communities build a shared future for the snow leopard

Manish Chandra Mishra 15 Oct 2025
A dugong swims towards the surface of the waters around Neil island, Andaman and Nicobar. Image by Vardhan Patankar.

Heavy metal bioaccumulation weighs down dugongs

Phalguni Ranjan 14 Oct 2025
Even in fragmented areas, leopards managed to disperse, reflecting their ability to live close to humans and in varied habitats. Image by Shrushti Modi.

Large carnivores share the same forests but respond differently to fragmentation

Sneha Mahale 14 Oct 2025
Otters painted in the raja gopuram (main tower) of the Thirupudaimaruthur temple, along with wood carvings, serve as the earliest records of otter presence in the region. Image by Maria Anthony.

A village on a river bank shows how community-led river restoration works [Commentary]

Teresa Scholastica Thomas, Sanmadi K.R., I. Santhanamari, M. Mathivanan, M. Soubadra Devy 13 Oct 2025
The Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project. Representative image by Nayan J Nath via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Arunachal Pradesh plans big push for hydropower

Simrin Sirur 10 Oct 2025
A municipal solid waste collector at work in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu. Image by P. Jeganathan via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Waste work calls for better intervention, not just formalisation [Commentary]

Sushant Figueiredo, Rushalee Goswami 10 Oct 2025
Part of the bike rally taken out by fishers dependent on the Panchet dam on September 7. Image courtesy of Rajen Tudu.

Floating solar projects test India’s just transition promise

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 9 Oct 2025
An aerial view of the Ganga river. Image by La Fessée via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Groundwater more crucial for Ganga’s summer flow, than glaciers

Aisiri Amin 9 Oct 2025
Plastic pollution along the shores of Bhoj wetland. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay.

Evidence of microplastics in a wetland sparks concern about water security

Manish Chandra Mishra 8 Oct 2025
Tiger crossing Ramganaga River in Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand. Image by Mayank Jaiswal.

How tiger conservation safeguards India’s water future [Commentary]

Pramod K. Yadav 8 Oct 2025
Pallas's cat. The survey that captured the cat also shot images of the Brokpa herding community whose centuries-old pastoral traditions enable coexistence with wildlife. Image courtesy of WWF-India.

Survey finds wild cats at record heights

Nabarun Guha 7 Oct 2025

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

Nikhil Sreekandan 7 Oct 2025
Trees thriving around flyovers in Hyderabad. Insufficient policy protection, incentives, and funding often undermine conservation efforts and sustainable management of trees outside forests. Image by Mohan Chandra Pargaien.

The expansion and conservation of trees outside forests has multi-fold benefits [Commentary]

Mohan Chandra Pargaien 6 Oct 2025
A tigress and her cub in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve. In their earliest phase prior to dispersal, young tigers stayed within their natal ranges, close to their mothers’ territories. Image by Rohit Sharma via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Tracking tigers as they move from comfort zones to independence

Sneha Mahale 6 Oct 2025
To counter the narrow perceptions of Ladakhi cuisine, chef Kunzes Angmo launched Artisanal Alchemy in 2017, a series of curated dining experiences that blend food with storytelling, hosted in Leh. Image by Kunzes Angmo.

Wild ways to flavour mountain life, economy

Hirra Azmat 3 Oct 2025
Achan landfill. Image by Farzana Nisar.

The landfill that ate a wetland

Farzana Nisar 3 Oct 2025
Sonam Wangchuk addresses a gathering at a protest demanding statehood and other democratic rights for Ladakh in New Delhi on February 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Protests for indigenous land rights turn deadly

Simrin Sirur 2 Oct 2025

Primatologist Jane Goodall dies at 91 [Obituary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 2 Oct 2025