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Residents of Satyanarayanpur village in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, push their boat into the waters of Sundarbans. Sea level rise is eating away at the islands of the Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

The Sundarbans at the crossroads of climate change and human survival [Commentary]

C.P. Rajendran 26 Oct 2026
A golden mahseer in a free-flowing, unobstructed stretch of the Ganga before the Srinagar dam. Maintaining these clear, uninterrupted waterways is critical for the survival, seasonal migration, and genetic variability of Himalayan megafish. Image by Saurabh Dewan.

Community models could help conserve the disappearing migratory freshwater fish [Commentary]

Saurabh Dewan 23 Oct 2026
A light aircraft such as a Cessna, fitted with flare racks that can burn substances at appropriate altitudes, is used to release aerosol particles into clouds for cloud seeding. Representative image by Christian Jansky via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5).

Cloud seeding’s potential to ease drought is uncertain

Nikhil Sreekandan 23 Oct 2026
A taxi on the move in Kolkata, West Bengal. A global air-monitoring study quantified tyre-derived chemicals in the air using passive samplers. Kolkata ranked first among all global cities in diphenylguanidine concentration. Image by Dharamveer via Pexels.

The toxic tyre chemical no one is measuring

Lakshmi Nilakantan 22 Oct 2026
A marine iguana. Image by RAF-YCC via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

How Columbus’ voyages accelerated the homogenisation of Earth’s biodiversity [Commentary]

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 22 Oct 2026
Workers install solar panels on the rooftop of a home in Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

India’s new climate targets must navigate geopolitical uncertainty [Commentary]

Vaibhav Chaturvedi, Pallavi Das 20 Oct 2026
Hippocampus amandavincentae is thought to be endemic to the Indian Ocean. Image by Daniela De Angelis.

New-to-science seahorse is one of three long-misidentified species

Ananya Singh 20 Oct 2026
A captive orangutan infant. Indonesian authorities call for processes to be set in place to combat international illegal wildlife trade. Representative image by Tambako the Jaguar via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).

One orangutan goes home. Will the five babies follow?

Arathi Menon 19 Oct 2026
A spintail devil ray. Representative image by Julien Renoult via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Small-scale fisheries a big threat to rays

Rupsy Khurana 19 Oct 2026
Gitchak nakana possesses a transparent body characteristic of groundwater dwelling fishes. Image by Ralf Britz.

Two new-to-science subterranean fishes reveal a hidden world underneath

Monish Upadhyay 19 Oct 2026

As the Ganga treaty nears expiry, renewed concerns over water sharing arise

Umesh Kumar Ray 16 Oct 2026

Light may influence morning basking behaviour in captive gharials

Lekha Bandopadhyay 16 Oct 2026
People cover their ears during a loudspeaker competition at a fair in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh in 2011. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Noise pollution is a public health risk that’s hard to measure and monitor

Disha Shetty 15 Oct 2026
A tigress captured on camera trap in Valmiki Tiger Reserve in 2005. Image courtesy of Wildlife Trust of India.

Lessons from translocating a tiger for population recovery [Commentary]

Samir Kumar Sinha 13 Oct 2026
A worker carries crates of apples through a high-density orchard in south Kashmir. Image by Faisal Bashir.

As Kashmir turns from paddy to apples, dependence on outside rice grows

Farzana Nisar 13 Oct 2026
A garden lizard on a shrub of the genus Carissa. Image by Sonali Dahotre.

Reclaiming nature’s many delights through living fences [Book Review]

Usha Rai 12 Oct 2026
A Ganges river dolphin in the Rupnarayan river. Image by Abdul Wakid.

Ganges river dolphins may synchronise their activity with time, tides and the moon

Sneha Mahale 12 Oct 2026
A fish swims through bleached coral reefs in Caribbean waters near Panama in August this year. Representative image. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

As El Niño strengthens, coral reefs face narrow windows for recovery

Max Martin 9 Oct 2026
Baby Titus inside a neighbour's house that has been wrecked by floods. Image by Arathi M.R.

The emotional cost of displacement

Arathi M.R. 9 Oct 2026

India’s deep-sea fishing dreams are struggling to stay afloat

Supriya Vohra 8 Oct 2026