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Mawmluh cave. Image by Wann Majaw via Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0).

A village turns its geological history into a tourism opportunity [Commentary]

Geetha Iyer 4 Aug 2025
A caracal was captured on a trap camera in July at Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh. Image courtesy: MP Forest Department.

Caracal sighting offers a clue, not a sign of recovery, say conservation biologists

Manish Chandra Mishra 4 Aug 2025

Soot from the plains results in drastic glacier loss in the Himalayas

Soumya Sarkar 4 Aug 2025
The construction of the Mandal dam began in the 1970s, and was left unfinished. It is now being revived, and met with protests from local communities who are being denied the jobs, land titles and compensation promised. Image by Ashwini Kumar Shukla/Mongabay.

A dam that drowned dreams but never delivered water

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 1 Aug 2025
In the 2000s, the Bandra-Worli Sea Link was opened to the public. In the 2010s, a 29.2 kilometre long coastal road was conceptualised along the western side of Mumbai. Image by Wirestock/Envato.

Can a native forest rewrite the story of Mumbai’s coastline? [Commentary]

Manan Shah, Namrata Dewanjee 1 Aug 2025

DNA test cracks the case of mistaken quails

Kartik Chandramouli 31 Jul 2025
An aerial view of Tabo village in Spiti, with the monastery visible on the right. Image by Manish Pathak via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Safeguarding vulnerable heritage sites from extreme and erratic weather

Manu Moudgil 31 Jul 2025
Workers install solar panels in Karim Shahi village, Bhuj district, Gujarat in 2023. India received around $2.4 billion in 2024 for project type interventions in clean energy generation, with solar PVs leading the surge. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Foreign investments are helping drive India’s clean energy boom

Elena Mathew 30 Jul 2025
Brahmagiri serves as a crucial corridor for elephants and tigers, raising concerns about human-wildlife conflict that could intensify if the tribal colony is established.  The proposed land witnesses high wildlife activity and cattle lifting by tigers is frequently reported from nearby villages. Image by Bose Madappa.

Tribal resettlement near the forest a wild idea, say environmentalists

Arathi Menon 30 Jul 2025
A foundry in Hyderabad. Corporations in India are largely supportive of science-aligned climate policy, including those in the metals, mining, and energy sectors. Image by Rajesh Pamnani via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Corporate climate strategy needs greater policy engagement, says analysis

Simrin Sirur 29 Jul 2025
Children in Laitmawsiang, Meghalaya. Representative image by Rajesh Dutta via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Mainstreaming climate education for children

Shilpa Raina 29 Jul 2025
A woman stops to drink water from a public tap on a hot summer day in Prayagraj in 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

What rising temperatures are doing to women’s health in India [Commentary]

Sharon Sarah Thawaney 29 Jul 2025
The team aims to expand the Wildlife Watchers programme beyond Pune to other districts and habitats. Image courtesy of The Grasslands Trust.

Local and vocal, community watch bridges the gap between research and wildlife [Commentary]

Mihir Godbole, Prerana Sethiya 25 Jul 2025
Activists demonstrate outside The Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, ahead of the advisory opinion issued on July 23, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

World court strikes a blow for climate justice, paves the way for demanding action

Soumya Sarkar 25 Jul 2025
A farmer shows a sample of his Khapli harvest. Image by special arrangement.

An old grain for bold gain

Hiren Kumar Bose 24 Jul 2025

What goes into an editorial illustration? [Interview]

Saumitra Shinde 24 Jul 2025
A Trypanophora sp. moth seen near Kolkata. Representative image by Santosh Roy.

When a campus turns beacon for moths [Commentary]

Santosh Roy 24 Jul 2025
Underground coal miners before entering the pit of Bachra coal mines in Jharkhand. While private investors are expected to fund clean energy infrastructure, addressing socio-economic impacts like job losses will largely depend on public financing as per the expert.

Bridging the climate finance gap in emerging markets [Commentary]

Shantanu Srivastava, Soni Tiwari 23 Jul 2025

How informal workers made weather warnings more effective this summer

Anuja 22 Jul 2025

Growing pains accompanied by a growing love of the wild [Book Review]

Nandhini Somasundaram 22 Jul 2025