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Artificial nests for barn owls help farmers befriend these natural rodent killers

Kasturi Das 7 Jan 2022

Scientists describe a new Himalayan snake species found via Instagram

Liz Kimbrough 29 Nov 2021

NGT directs NHAI to budget for restoring the environment damaged on the Udhampur-Banihal highway

Bivek Mathur 24 Nov 2021

Jackie Chan, Balerion and Smaug inspire names of gecko species described from Western Ghats

Liz Kimbrough 26 Oct 2021

[Interview] Renewable energy goals can’t be met by excluding people or making them hostile, say founders of LIFE

Mayank Aggarwal 25 Oct 2021

A bridge of trees reunites gibbons separated by a railway line in Assam

Anuraag Baruah 15 Oct 2021

India’s ancient underground fish species under threat due to poor water governance

T. V. Padma 12 Oct 2021

When conservation efforts collide with tribal rights in Maharashtra

Prachi Pinglay-Plumber 6 Oct 2021
A Waghoba worshipper at Film City in Goregaon, Mumbai. Photo by Ramya Nair/Project Waghoba.

Worshipping Waghoba: Faith meets conservation in Maharashtra where humans and leopards share space

Aathira Perinchery 4 Oct 2021
Psedomelanistic tigers develop broader than average black stripes that look like they have spread or leaked onto the surrounding tawny background. All the black tigers of Similipal carry a single mutation in the gene Transmembrane Aminopeptidase Q (Taqpep) which seems to be the cause of this odd patterning. Photo by Rajesh Kumar Mohapatra/Nandankanan Biological Park.

Why tiger conservation efforts need genetic data

Anusha Krishnan 1 Oct 2021

Assam to destroy nearly 2500 seized rhino horns in anti-poaching message

Nabarun Guha 17 Sep 2021
Fishing cats can be found in wetland and mangrove ecosystems. Photo by Srichakra Pranav/Wikimedia Commons.

Hope in sight for the ambassador of Chilika lake, the elusive fishing cat

Sneha Mahale 14 Sep 2021
Bonnet macaque at Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Sanctuary, Karnataka, India. Photo by Ullasa Kodandaramaiah/Wikimedia Commons.

Quick solutions for human-monkey conflicts could lead to dangerous results

Mohit M. Rao 7 Sep 2021

Misfired shot: Law to protect camel is contributing to its decline in Rajasthan

Azera Parveen Rahman 6 Sep 2021
Dhriti Banerjee, a forensic entomologist, on the field. Photo from ZSI.

[Interview] The glass ceiling has been shattered, says ZSI’s first woman director

Sahana Ghosh 3 Sep 2021

Blue whale songs recorded off Lakshadweep coast

Sahana Ghosh 20 Aug 2021

All three tiger reserves of Chhattisgarh now in Maoist territory

Alok Prakash Putul 17 Aug 2021

[Commentary] Bactrian camels in Nubra Valley provide lessons for conservation of animal genetic resource

Ilse Köhler-Rollefson 13 Aug 2021

Uncertain future for elephants of northern Andhra Pradesh

Almaas Masood 6 Aug 2021

Impact of armed conflicts on wildlife underestimated: study

Sahana Ghosh 28 Jul 2021