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Himalayan brown bears are elusive, largely nocturnal and occur at very low densities, making direct sightings rare. Image by WII camera-trap.

Study identifies prime brown bear habitats beyond protected areas

Sneha Mahale 9 Jan 2026
Gadgil visits Yashawantrao Chavan Institute of Science, Satara, Maharashtra, in 2017. Image by Subodh Kulkarni via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Madhav Gadgil – a scientist, mentor and an institution builder [Obituary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 8 Jan 2026
A farmer carries her radish harvest in Sikkim. Image by Srijana Sharma.

Market gaps reshape farming and economy in the mountains [Commentary]

Srijana Sharma 8 Jan 2026
A Nilgiri tahr strolls through grasslands at Eravikulam National Park. Image by K.A. Shaji.

The grass that refused to die

K.A. Shaji 8 Jan 2026
An Asiatic lion in Gir National Park. Image by Bernard Gagnon via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0),

Majority of Asiatic lions are found outside Gir protected areas

Simrin Sirur 7 Jan 2026
Vehicles move through dense smog in New Delhi in December 2025. (AP Photo)

People are leaving cities to escape toxic air

Shweta Thakur Nanda 7 Jan 2026

Disease-carrying microplastics in the air we breathe

Ravleen Kaur 6 Jan 2026

New Seeds Bill draft promises quality reform, critics question its farmer focus

Nikhil Sreekandan 6 Jan 2026

A border village creates a community sanctuary for its state bird

Nabarun Guha 6 Jan 2026
Irula farmers at work. Representative image by Sankar.s via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Unsafe drinking water can influence antimicrobial resistance

Debdutta Paul 5 Jan 2026

India’s long search for a fair seed law remains unfinished [Commentary]

Sridhar Radhakrishnan 5 Jan 2026
Mountain peaks in Pin Valley National Park, which is part of the recently recognised Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in Himachal Pradesh. Image by Timothy Gonsalves via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Biosphere reserves are pockets of hope for a changing planet [Commentary]

Benno Böer, Neha Midha, Srishti Kumar 2 Jan 2026
Galaxy frogs in the Western Ghats. Image by K.P. Rajkumar/ZSL.

Photo tourism threatens rare galaxy frog population

Liz Kimbrough 2 Jan 2026
P.V. Shivaprasad. Image by Sharmila Vaidyanathan.

P.V. Shivaprasad talks about rice, food security and his fascination with plants [Interview]

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 1 Jan 2026
A train station in Assam. Experts say that elephant–train collisions are not new to people in the Kampur subdivision in Nagaon. In 2016, four elephants were mowed down by a train, close to the spot of the recent accident. Representative image by Himanshum14 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Jumbo deaths on tracks expose gaps in wildlife safety

Nabarun Guha 31 Dec 2025

New species from the deep oceans and high mountains

Team Mongabay-India 31 Dec 2025

Tracing the evolving landscape of green jobs in 2025

Aditi Tandon 30 Dec 2025
Young gharials at the Gharial Rehabilitation Centre at Kukrail. Image by Azma Khan.

A proposed night safari threatens the ecosystem of an urban forest [Commentary]

Shravya Shruti 29 Dec 2025
A woman looks at a coal plant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

The climate finance numbers did not add up in 2025

Kundan Pandey 29 Dec 2025

The Aravalli mountains, an ecological asset under threat [Commentary]

C.P. Rajendran 29 Dec 2025