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Relocating villages in core tiger areas based on science

Nikhil Sreekandan 7 Jan 2025

Why do dung beetles matter to climate change?

Angana Chakrabarti 19 Dec 2024

How Mumbai’s golden jackals adapt to survive in the urban wilderness

Sneha Mahale 16 Dec 2024
A colony of painted storks constructs their homes on the Acacia nilotica (desi babool) tree.

[Commentary] Protecting the tree that branches out for migratory painted storks

Harsh Singhal, Manas Singh, Satya Prakash Mehra 10 Dec 2024

No-fuss approach to food helps golden jackals thrive

Arathi Menon 29 Nov 2024

Unlocking the secrets of the grooving gibbons

Carolyn Cowan 26 Nov 2024

Unsustainable tourism, habitat changes eclipse the dazzling world of fireflies

Rushikesh More, Sanjana Khandare 29 Oct 2024

Himalayan pikas wait for weather cues to make winter plans

Arathi Menon 21 Aug 2024

Mugger crocodiles may be physiologically stressed in disturbed habitats

Sneha Mahale 12 Aug 2024

Land use changes and roads disrupt genetic connectivity of herbivores in central India

Sneha Mahale 7 Aug 2024
Yaks transporting essentials to Everest Base Camp. These animals play a key role in agrobiodiversity conservation, maintaining high rangeland ecosystems, cultural traditions, livelihood strategies, and socioeconomic development in the high mountain areas of the Himalayas. Image courtesy of Chencho Dema.

Climate change affects mating in yaks; breeding season shifts

Nidhi Jamwal 7 Aug 2024

Biologists turn content creators to teach Indians about native biodiversity, ethically

Rhea Arora 6 Aug 2024

Does size matter? How leopards on forest fringes choose livestock kill

Divya Kilikar 26 Jul 2024

Study finds leopard cats and red foxes cohabit regions in the Western Himalayas

Simrin Sirur 27 Jun 2024

Civet latrines in the shade puzzle researchers

Arathi Menon 25 Jun 2024

Understanding roosting habits of the Indian flying fox to improve conservation

Sneha Mahale 13 May 2024

Species no bar: Langurs forge unusual alliances in the wild

Arathi Menon 18 Apr 2024

Waterbirds adapt to nest and roost in the urban oases of Udaipur

Sneha Mahale 12 Apr 2024

Gharial conservation should extend to unprotected rivers

Arathi Menon 21 Feb 2024

Insufficient data hinders otter conservation in northeast India

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 19 Feb 2024