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Dinesh Holla on trekking the Western Ghats for ecological awareness [Interview]

Shradha Triveni 12 Jun 2025

Wildflowers by the wayside – are they weeds? [Commentary]

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 11 Jun 2025
Flying squirrels take off from trees and glide down a slope by extending a membrane called the patagium connecting their front and hind limbs. Image by Pavel Kirillov via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Flying squirrel habitats predicted to tailspin under climate change

Bharti Dharapuram 11 Jun 2025

Using Indian languages for environmental reporting

Saumitra Shinde 10 Jun 2025
Plantation work by local people in a forest near Thala village in Kangra district. Image by Pushpendra Rana.

Studies question effectiveness of forest plantations

Seema Sharma 10 Jun 2025
Aerial view of sand mining. The Supreme Court’s verdict striking down the 2017 and 2021 amnesties for environmental violations has significant legal and commercial implications for companies and infrastructure projects. Image by Saiphani02 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Upholding the law, Supreme Court halts amnesties for EIA violators, jolts industry

Akshay Deshmane 10 Jun 2025
Thanks to captive breeding programme and penalties for killings, the Mrs Humes pheasant can now be easily spotted at night at Jessami and Razai Khullen on the Naga Hills. Image by Dhritiman Mukherjee.

The highs and lows of looking for India’s rare birds [Book Review]

Usha Rai 9 Jun 2025
Female tigers avoid the risks of long-distance dispersal, and benefit from knowing the location of water, prey, and shelter. Image by Supratim Dutta.

How tiger relationships evolve in a reintroduced population

Sneha Mahale 9 Jun 2025
A biodiversity awareness session with devotees at Mahakumbh Mela, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Image © Anshul Bhawsar.

Education is a powerful tool for biodiversity conservation [Commentary]

Nidhi Singh, Sangeeta Angom 9 Jun 2025
Rescue operation in a flood affected area in Imphal West, Manipur. Photo credit- Manipur Police

Record rainfall followed by floods and landslides batter Northeast India

Nabarun Guha 9 Jun 2025
General view of the motorcoach ready for service — First GIPR EMU, 1924. Image courtesy of Central Railway.

The railway journey to net zero began a century ago, but coal slows it down

Esha Lohia 6 Jun 2025
Researchers conduct fieldwork on the Trambau Glacier in Rolwaling region, Nepal in 2019. Image by Koji Fujita (Nagoya University).

World set to lose 39% of glaciers, says study

Simrin Sirur 6 Jun 2025

All gain, no pain with stingless bees in greenhouse farming

Arathi Menon 6 Jun 2025

As a treaty breaks, the Indus dolphin faces a different kind of battle [Commentary]

Ajay Sawant 5 Jun 2025
Coffee and tea agroforests in the Anamalai Hills, with the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in the background. Image by Pooja Choksi.

How trees outside forests impact human well-being

Aisiri Amin 5 Jun 2025
A cleanliness drive held in Udupi, Karnataka. Image courtesy of Baeru.

World Environment Day: a rising wave against ocean waste

Saumitra Shinde 5 Jun 2025

Sexing by sound: How deconstructed sarus crane duets could help scientists

Kartik Chandramouli 4 Jun 2025
Sandhya Sekar in Kerala, India in 2025. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler.

Sandhya Sekar on how Mongabay India took root [Interview]

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jun 2025
Gopi Warrier in Kerala in May 2025. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler.

How Gopi Warrier helped build Mongabay India’s newsroom [Interview]

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jun 2025
A tiger in Ranthambhore. Image by Astajyoti1 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

A tireless voice for tigers and nature conservation [Obituary]

Usha Rai 3 Jun 2025