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Researchers measure the length of the Indian tree frog (Polypedatus maculatus). During the monsoon, this tree-dwelling species breeds in ephemeral pools found across the foothills of the Western Ghats. Many of these pools are now being developed into deeper waterbodies. Image by Madhushri Mudke.

Study finds urbanisation is reshaping frog communities in the Western Ghats

Ananya Singh 18 Jun 2026
A pair of chinkaras at the Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra. Image by Dr Caesar Photgraph via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

The chinkara’s future may be less secure than its conservation status suggests

Manjeera Gowravaram 18 Jun 2026
Municipal workers rescue fish from a dried lake at Ratanpura in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, during a drought in 2016. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

El Niño forecast increases likelihood of weak monsoon and water stress

Phalguni Ranjan 18 Jun 2026
A construction labourer at work at the rehabilitation township. Image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

Landslide survivors wait for a place to call home

Simrin Sirur 17 Jun 2026
Dharani Saikia speaks with a person affected by fluorosis. Image by Nabarun Guha.

In rural Assam, fluoride in groundwater is bending bones

Nabarun Guha 16 Jun 2026
The 2023 Beas floods washed away a segment of the Manali-Leh Highway, with the snow-capped peaks near the Beas Kund glacier visible in the background in Manali. Image by Sumit Mahar/Himdhara Collective.

Climate resilience in Himachal begins with spatial planning [Commentary]

Prateek Draik 16 Jun 2026
Molten metal being poured into a mould at Caspro. Image by Rohini Krishnamurthy.

European Union border tax tests India’s small iron and steel businesses

Rohini Krishnamurthy 16 Jun 2026
Machine operators work on cell printing for solar panels in Mundra, Gujarat, at a manufacturing unit where solar energy components are made from scratch. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Efficiency mandates can build India’s clean tech sovereignty [Commentary]

Ajay Mathur 15 Jun 2026
A man collects water from a well as a woman washes clothes in Mumbai. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

An unregulated groundwater economy drills into trouble

Esha Lohia 12 Jun 2026
A farmer cleans maize seeds near a paddy field on the outskirts of Guwahati, Assam. Representative image. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Valuing the diversity that feeds us [Commentary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 12 Jun 2026
Men leads a herd of goats and sheep in the outskirts of Mandvi in Kachchh district, Gujarat. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Biodiversity and pastoral traditions lose shine with time in these grass preserves

Vandana K. 12 Jun 2026
A jungle cat crosses a road cutting through dry grassland. Expanding road networks are an increasing threat, leading to vehicle collisions in fragmented habitats. Image by Dr. Raju Kasambe via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Not jungles, jungle cats need open landscapes, says study

Manjeera Gowravaram 11 Jun 2026
A woman collects leaves from a forest in West Bengal. A GEF-backed project will engage more than 25,000 people, at least half of them women, in identifying, mapping and managing community-managed forests. Image by Sagnik Samanta via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Three states to pilot community-led forest management

Joydeep Gupta 11 Jun 2026
A caracal in Ramgarh area of Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan. Image by Sumer Singh Bhati and Pankaj Bishnoi.

Crime against caracal sparks a census project for the cat

Madhav Sharma 10 Jun 2026
A female belonging to the new-to-science fanged frog species, Limnonectes motijheel, in her natural habitat at Namdapha Tiger Reserve. Image by Abhijit Das.

Researchers describe a new fanged frog species that builds mud nests on the forest floor

Ananya Singh 9 Jun 2026
Researchers at Rulung Glacier in Ladakh. Image by Purushottam Kumar Garg.

Climate-driven glacier melt could reshape water quality downstream

Hirra Azmat 9 Jun 2026
Labourers plant saplings as part of an tree plantation project. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Rethinking forest restoration beyond tree cover [Commentary]

Dhanapal Govindarajulu, Johan Oldekop 8 Jun 2026
A marbled cat captured on camera trap in Nagaland. Image by Giridhar Malla.

Communities rally to conserve marbled cat

Barasha Das 5 Jun 2026
Volunteers clean up plastic and other waste materials on a beach in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

India’s waste-climate opportunity begins before disposal [Commentary]

Kaushik Chandrasekhar, Balakrishna Pisupati 5 Jun 2026
The entrance to the tiger reintroduction site. Image by Andy Ball/Mongabay.

Bengal tigers from India to be introduced in Cambodia

Arathi Menon, Andy Ball 4 Jun 2026