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A sacred grove in Kasargod, and a plasticine caterpillar displaying bite marks from predators. Images by Bhavya Lakshmi.

Sacred groves show that size isn’t everything when it comes to ecological benefits

Sneha Mahale 1 Sep 2026
A camera trap image of a wolf and pup. Image courtesy of Jharkhand Forest Department.

Study from India’s first wolf sanctuary reveals when livestock are most at risk

Sneha Mahale 25 Aug 2026
A greater hog badger caught on camera trap after dusk. Image courtesy of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.

A hidden population of greater hog badgers spotted on camera traps

Deekshita Baruah 19 Aug 2026
An Indian flying fox perches on a banana tree. Image by Praveen P. via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

The world’s only flying mammal

Team Mongabay-India 12 Aug 2026
A tiger walks past a vehicle carrying tourists in Ranthambore National Park in 2010. (AP Photo/ Mustafa Quraishi, File)

Tourism, human disturbance linked to higher stress in tigers

Sneha Mahale 11 Aug 2026
A pair of bar-headed geese in flight. They migrate from Central Asia to India in large flocks during the winter. Image by Hari K. Patibanda via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

New clues into how animals evolved an internal compass to navigate Earth

Nupur Fangaria 7 Aug 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
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

Dolphins tread the waters between tourist boats and fishing nets

Sneha Mahale 21 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
A herd of elephants captured by camera traps at an altitude of over 3,200 metres, the highest known record of elephant presence. Image courtesy of WWF-India/Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department.

As elephants venture to higher altitudes researchers track possibilities of conflict

Manish Chandra Mishra 3 Jul 2026
A caracal photographed by a camera trap at night in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh. Image courtesy of Kuno National Park.

New camera-trap record confirms caracal presence in Kuno

Manish Chandra Mishra 1 Jul 2026
A Russel's viper in a human habitation. Image by Sandeep Das.

Snake sightings rise even when snakebite deaths fall

Arathi M.R. 22 Jun 2026
A Brahminy kite. Representative image by Hari K. Patibanda via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Artificial light at night alters foraging behaviour in kites

Nikhil Sreekandan 2 Jun 2026
Tuskers interact at Rajaji National Park. Image by Abhimanyu Madhusudanan.

Tuskers form all-male groups in the wild, finds study

Sneha Mahale 29 May 2026
The study found desert foxes strongly preferring open native vegetation and avoided mesquite woodland and farmland. Image by Chetan Misher.

Invasive trees, roaming dogs, and the fragile balance of Thar’s desert predators

Sneha Mahale 9 Mar 2026
A dung beetle in the Thar desert. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

What wild poop can teach children about ecology [Book review]

Kasturi Das 25 Feb 2026
A red fox with a prey. Red foxes were common in areas used by other carnivores, likely because they offered scavenging opportunities. Image by WII Camera Trap.

Carnivores alter behaviour to coexist in a high-altitude Himalayan valley

Sneha Mahale 12 Feb 2026

Climate change to redefine survival strategies for India’s iconic sea turtles

Soumya Sarkar 3 Nov 2025
Cicadas begin calling when triggered by the first sunlight just before dawn. They even coordinate with each other just like particles in a magnet. Image by Rakesh Khanna.

Cicadas sing in sync as the sun rises

Debdutta Paul 27 Oct 2025