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Millions of seahorses caught as bycatch in Indian shores

Neha Jain 26 Jul 2021

Neglect shrouds Behali Reserve Forest’s biodiversity along Assam-Arunachal border

Nabarun Guha 23 Jul 2021

Reviving the critically endangered gharials in Odisha

Tazeen Qureshy 22 Jun 2021
Wild buffalos, Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India. Photo by Gregoire Dubois/Flickr

Wild buffalo, Chhattisgarh’s state animal, is on the verge of extinction

Alok Prakash Putul 17 Jun 2021
The Malayan giant squirrel is a common sight in tree canopies in parts of north-east India, but hunting and habitat loss threaten the species, as does a lack of targeted research. Photo by Shreejit Borthakur.

Common, yet threatened: The case of northeast India’s Malayan giant squirrels

Aathira Perinchery 25 May 2021

[Interview] Bittu Sahgal: “Young people want to protect the environment, but don’t have their hands on the wheel”

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 21 May 2021

Not two, only one species of hoolock gibbon in India: study

Roopak Goswami 30 Apr 2021

Saving the Asiatic black bear from illegal wildlife trade needs nuanced conservation

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 23 Apr 2021
Indian grey mongoose was one of the animals captured by the camera traps in the cashew nut plantations. Photo by Anushka Rege.

Mammals use cashew plantations in the northern Western Ghats

Neha Jain 22 Apr 2021

Exotic animal trade carries risks of disease outbreak and introduction of invasive species

Nabarun Guha 20 Apr 2021

Odisha plans to satellite-tag pangolins to study them better

Manish Kumar 6 Apr 2021

[Video] A mugger crocodile on shared space, fear and future

Sejal Mehta, Kartik Chandramouli, Taarini Ravjit 2 Apr 2021
Rucervus eldii eldii

Threatened sangai deer’s habitat likely to shrink due to climate change

Roopak Goswami 2 Apr 2021

Newly described chameleon from Madagascar may be world’s smallest reptile

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Mar 2021
Indian Porcupine in the Haryana Aravallis. Photo by Sunil Harsana.

Delhi and Haryana’s Aravallis support rich biodiversity and need protection

Neha Jain 11 Mar 2021

Great Nicobar’s protected areas to get near-zero eco-sensitive zones for “holistic development”

Mayank Aggarwal 8 Mar 2021

No honey, no hives, but solitary bees have important lives

Arati Kumar-Rao 8 Mar 2021

The woman who breaks stereotypes while rescuing wildlife in Kashmir

Athar Parvaiz 3 Mar 2021
A dung beetle finds subsistence in the deserts of Rajasthan. Photo by Peter Davis / Flickr.

[Explainer] The beetles that roll dung and follow the stars

Vatsala Nongmeikpam 1 Mar 2021

Odisha forest officer gets UN Award for environment enforcement, gender leadership

Sahana Ghosh 18 Feb 2021