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A tiger in Kaziranga National Park. Representative image by Sagar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Tiger death highlights strained human-wildlife interactions

Nabarun Guha 13 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

First photographic record of a clouded leopard preying on a Bengal slow loris

Nabarun Guha 30 May 2025
A house in Byrnihat, whose topography contributes to pollution — hills on both sides, blocked river channels and low-pressure zones. Cement and coke factories, and distilleries intensify pollution effects, along with environmental violations.

Living in the most polluted city in the world

Nabarun Guha 13 May 2025
From left: Priyanka Bharali, Rashmi Borah, Dipanjali Boraik and Mitali Boruah. Image by Arpita Das Choudhury.

When women stand guard for the forest

Arpita Das Choudhury 11 Apr 2025

How data deficiency is hindering hydro-diplomacy between China and India [Commentary]

Nilanjan Ghosh and Sayanangshu Modak 17 Feb 2025

Miners trapped as a rat-hole coal mine floods

Nabarun Guha 20 Jan 2025

Even amid conflict, nuanced narratives of reverence and empathy for the elephant prevail

Nabarun Guha 9 Jan 2025

[Commentary] Community-based conservation can help achieve 30×30 biodiversity target

Pijush Kumar Dutta 20 Dec 2024

Why do dung beetles matter to climate change?

Angana Chakrabarti 19 Dec 2024

Citizens’ movement against tree felling modifies a flyover plan

Nabarun Guha 17 Dec 2024
Feral horses in Assam. Image by Hiren Senapati.

The last feral horses of India

Nabarun Guha 5 Nov 2024
Women workers making water hyacinth products in factory - ROPE International

Weeds of change

Shweta Thakur Nanda 21 Oct 2024
Mahouts and their elephants at Kaziranga National Park. Image by SeethaG via Wikimedia Commons [CC BY-SA 4.0].

The courage and legacy of mahouts in Kaziranga

Nabarun Guha 7 Oct 2024
Flooded school campus. Image by Ananya Chetia.

When books sink underwater in Assam

Ananya Chetia 4 Oct 2024
The Hummingbird School campus of Assam during the 2017 floods. Image by special arrangement.

Schools feel the heat as closures increase with extreme weather events

Shailesh Shrivastava 27 Sep 2024
The Russell’s viper rescued by Saurav Borkataki on 2 August 2024 from the Bihaguri area of Sonitpur district. Image by Saurav Borkataki.

Misinformation about Russell’s viper stokes incidents of snake killing in Assam

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 28 Aug 2024

Proposed luxury hotels in and around Kaziranga threaten wildlife conservation, livelihood

Nabarun Guha 31 Jul 2024

Otters face heat from smugglers in northeast India

Nabarun Guha 2 Jul 2024

The hispid hare’s habitat in Himalayan grasslands is shrinking fast

Sneha Mahale 21 Jun 2024