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The devastating impacts of the famine on people in then Bellary district, Madras, illustrated for The Graphic (a British weekly newspaper) published on October 6, 1877. Illustration by Horace Harral courtesy of National Portrait Gallery via Public Domain.

Volcanoes, El Niño and colonial policies fuelled two deadly famines in India

Karthik Vinod 30 Jul 2026
Residential settlements near Howrah railway station in West Bengal. Image by Ravi Dwivedi via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India has a railway noise problem but its health impacts are poorly understood

Rohan Singh 29 Jul 2026
A sugarcane field in Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay.

India’s ethanol push moves from the pump to the field, raising water and food questions

Manish Chandra Mishra 28 Jul 2026
A new trapdoor spider species, Tigidia singhal, from the Deccan Plateau. Image by Prasad Bolde.

New-to-science spider highlights importance of open natural ecosystems

Ananya Singh 28 Jul 2026
A yellow-throated fulvetta, a common species at middle elevations in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary. This bird forms large flocks that co-operatively glean insects off shrubbery. Because leaf-dwelling insects remain seasonally stable, leaf-gleaners like the fulvetta are largely non-migratory. Image by Tarun Menon.

Insects may be guiding seasonal bird movements in the eastern Himalayas, study finds

Manjeera Gowravaram 28 Jul 2026
A rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus). Image by Davidvraju via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Roads a risk to the world’s smallest wild cat

Nikhil Sreekandan 27 Jul 2026
Cracks appear in Basant Dangi's field in Pathalgada village, where he normally grows a paddy nursery. Image by Vishal Kumar Jain.

Low rainfall delays paddy farming signalling El Niño-induced drought

Vishal Kumar Jain 27 Jul 2026
A diggi in Jamal. Image by Partik Kumar.

Rethinking irrigation through farm ponds [Commentary]

Partik Kumar, Parul 27 Jul 2026
Dholes feed on a deer in Karnataka. Representative image by T.A. Joseph via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

New DNA analysis reveals what dholes eat

Rajeev Tyagi 24 Jul 2026
A security personal watches as a worker seals the lid of a tanker filled with ethanol at a factory, in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Supporting infrastructure is the missing link in India’s ethanol push

Manish Chandra Mishra 24 Jul 2026
A buyer bargains with a sugarcane vendor. Representative image. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Rising sugarcane yields coexist with climate, water risks in semi-arid India

Sneha Mahale 23 Jul 2026
Fishers tend their gear at Saude Beach in Kochi. Image by Robert Bociaga/Mongabay.

West coast fishers confront ‘ghost gear’ problem

Robert Bociaga 23 Jul 2026

Dolphins tread the waters between tourist boats and fishing nets

Sneha Mahale 21 Jul 2026
An aerial view of an early plantation site in Jhabua Forest Division, Madhya Pradesh, showcasing large-scale ecological restoration. Image by Pushpendra Vidya.

India’s afforestation needs a species lens [Commentary]

Pradeep Mishra 21 Jul 2026
A farmer shields herself and her child from the sun while working on a field. Image by Votso Sothu via Pexels.

Heat plans must account for age and gender, says UN Women paper

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 21 Jul 2026
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