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Sambar deer in Maharashtra. The recent paper highlights an increase in herbivore populations, better nutrition from crop foraging, and a waning fear of humans as pull factors of crop damage by herbivores in the state. Image by Revati Sarnaik via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Fear may deter wild animals from damaging crops, study suggests

Arathi Menon 27 Mar 2026
A farmer sprays pesticide at a farm in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

West Asia conflict raises concerns over urea supply in India

Kundan Pandey 27 Mar 2026
A leopard cub sits on a tree in Aarey colony, which borders the south end of Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Leopard contraception trials aim at managing conflict

Nikhil Sreekandan 26 Mar 2026
Workers install solar panels on the roof of a residential apartment in Kochi, Kerala. (AP Photo/R S Iyer, File)

India’s updated climate plan targets 47% emissions cut and 60% clean power capacity by 2035

Manish Chandra Mishra 26 Mar 2026

The last Indian town before Bhutan is reeling under waste dumped on its river banks

Chandrani Sinha 25 Mar 2026
A sloth bear mother and cub. Caves on rocky hillocks provide hidden shelters that offer shade, safety and a place for mothers to raise cubs. Image by L. Shyamal via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Sloth bears den between a rock and a safe place

Sneha Mahale 25 Mar 2026
A goonch catfish. Image by Zeb Hogan.

New global report flags risks to migratory freshwater fish in India’s rivers

Manish Chandra Mishra 24 Mar 2026
The Thar desert in Rajasthan. Image by Aiwok via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Thar desert dust carries bacteria to the Himalayas, a study finds

T. V. Padma 24 Mar 2026
While indoor green infrastructure can improve indoor settings, it is not a replacement for ventilation. Researchers say that earlier research often showed what plants might do under simplified conditions, but not how they perform in real buildings. Representative image by Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Indoor plants may improve comfort indoors, but not replace ventilation

Manish Chandra Mishra 23 Mar 2026
The house of a Sahariya Adivasi from Nainagarh village. Image by Stuti Singh.

Sahariya Adivasis face the risk of double displacement [Commentary]

Stuti Singh and Shaurabh Anand 23 Mar 2026
Farmers collect foliage from a betta land. Image by Sharmila Vaidyanathan.

Betta lands await revival as areca nut cultivation undergoes change

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 20 Mar 2026
People queue up to refill cylinders during the LPG shortage in March 2026. Image by Nizil Shah via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

LPG supply shock exposes fragility of India’s clean cooking strategy

Simrin Sirur 19 Mar 2026
A farmer tends to his field in Mamte village, Mizoram. Image by Subrajit.

Rodents boom when bamboo blooms with no solution in sight

Barasha Das 19 Mar 2026
A herder with a flock of sheep at Raghwa village in Jaisalmer district, where a 2700 MW solar park has been earmarked. Image by Manu Moudgil.

A 700 km-long foot march to save sacred groves from solar projects

Manu Moudgil 19 Mar 2026
A student identifies her neighbourhood in Jakkur at the public consultations for the Ward-level Climate Action Plan in Bengaluru. Image by Mahima Jain.

Ward-level plans bring climate action closer to communities

Mahima Jain 18 Mar 2026
A municipal worker fumigates a densely populated area in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Chronic exposure to air pollution can influence dengue severity, study finds

Lekha Bandopadhyay 18 Mar 2026
The main building of the Varanasi MMT. Image by Rahul Singh.

Traditional boatmen washed out by waterways infrastructure and tourism

Rahul Singh 17 Mar 2026

Study suggests air pollution may harbour drug-resistant bacteria

Aisiri Amin 17 Mar 2026
Trilokinath glacier valley in Lahaul. Image courtesy of Pushpendra Pandey.

The driest spring in four centuries in the Western Himalayas

Vandana K. 16 Mar 2026
A view of the Tarapur MIDC in Boisar. Image by Meena Menon.

Oleum leak puts spotlight on safety and pollution in a chemical hub

Meena Menon 16 Mar 2026