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Conocarpus erectus saplings. Representative image by TreeWorld Wholesale via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Why is Conocarpus being banned across states? [Explainer]

Nikhil Sreekandan 20 Jul 2026

Measuring development through wellbeing, sustainability and more [Commentary]

Soumya Swaminathan, Oliver King EDI 20 Jul 2026

Important shark, ray habitats in India are still unprotected

Rupsy Khurana 20 Jul 2026

Tribal council calls recognition of forest rights on Great Nicobar Island ‘false’

Simrin Sirur 17 Jul 2026
A commuter rides through a dense, low-lying blanket of toxic smog at sunset, a common winter and post-monsoon reality along rural Bihar's unmanaged waste dumping tracks. Image by Himanshu Praveen.

The hidden burden of rural air pollution

Himanshu Praveen 17 Jul 2026
A blackbuck at the Bagepalli plantation. Image courtesy of ATREE.

Cities need tailored restoration, not mass tree planting

Arathi Menon 17 Jul 2026
A fuel station in Belém, Brazil, where consumers can choose between ethanol-blended gasoline and hydrous ethanol. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay.

What India’s ethanol push can learn from Brazil’s long ethanol journey

Manish Chandra Mishra 16 Jul 2026
Saplings being carried for plantation. Image by Pushpendra Rana.

A machine learning-powered chatbot to guide tree plantation in the Himalayas

Nikhil Sreekandan 16 Jul 2026
A pod of Indian Ocean humpback dolphins photographed from above off the Sindhudurg-Goa coast. Image by Imran Samad.

Finless porpoises are disappearing before they are counted

Mansab Sayyad 16 Jul 2026
A large container ship at Vizhinjam port in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Government proposes increasing clearance validity for ports and harbours

Simrin Sirur 15 Jul 2026
Excavators clear mud and debris from the Kalladi landslide site as search and recovery operations continue along the Meenakshi river. Image by Ajay Ghosh S.

Tunnel landslide raises fresh questions over mountain development

K.A. Shaji 14 Jul 2026
A man sells neem sticks and leaves in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

The neem patent case and India’s next battle over traditional knowledge [Commentary]

Deepanjana Saha, Sarvesh J.P., G. Ravikanth 14 Jul 2026
The World Cup cicada (Chremistica ribhoi). Image by Nabarun Guha.

The insect that syncs up with the football World Cup

Nabarun Guha 14 Jul 2026
Many women from the Irular community depend on seasonal brackish pools around the Kovalam-Nemmeli backwaters for their livelihood. Imge by Smitha T.K.

Fishers, naturalists worry about the impacts of turning a coastal wetland into a reservoir

Smitha T.K. 13 Jul 2026
An elderly woman suffering from a heat-related ailment is brought to an overcrowded government district hospital in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh in 2023. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

India’s heat response is missing public health logic [Commentary]

Purvi Patel 13 Jul 2026
A hill myna. Image by Bernard Dupont via Flickr (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why looking at trees is a type of rebellion [Book Review]

Aarushi Agrawal 13 Jul 2026
Workers use machinery to fell trees in Aarey colony, amid protests in Mumbai. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Petition accuses Wildlife Board Committee of rubber-stamping diversions with ‘no application of mind’

Simrin Sirur 10 Jul 2026
Tso Moriri lake during the summer, when the lake thaws and vegetation grows. Image by Raghavan37 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

In high altitude soils, microbes may be limiting the warming they trigger

Lekha Bandopadhyay 10 Jul 2026
A cement naala baandh in Kiraksal constructed in 2017. Image by Vinaya Kurtkoti.

Watershed management improves livelihoods in drought-prone village

Vinaya Kurtkoti 9 Jul 2026
A caracal caught on camera trap. Image courtesy of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve.

Scrublands and ravines offer key habitat for the elusive caracal

Sneha Mahale 9 Jul 2026