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Electromagnetic radiation levels till a certain limit found to have no impact on sparrows in Guwahati

Roopak Goswami 9 Jun 2022

Poachers saw off horn, but leave rhino alive in a unique case in Assam

Nabarun Guha, Sahana Ghosh 3 Jun 2022

Failure to cut GHG emissions is putting species conservation in eastern Himalayas at risk

Sahana Ghosh 16 May 2022
Dogs not only compete with the raptors for food but there are many instances when they chase and attack them. Photo by Prasanna Kalita.

Vultures in Assam die by pesticide poisoning targeting stray dogs

Nabarun Guha 11 Apr 2022
The habitat of golden langurs in Assam is severely fragmented and patchy. Photo by Udayan Borthakur.

Golden langur threatened by lack of suitable habitat

Roopak Goswami 4 Apr 2022
A view of Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo by Sanskrita Bharadwaj.

Saving elephants from train hits near Deepor beel in Assam

Sanskrita Bharadwaj 17 Mar 2022

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Renewable energy, limited land

Mayank Aggarwal, Kartik Chandramouli 11 Mar 2022

Oil palm expansion in northeast India gives rise to human-elephant conflict concerns

Nabarun Guha 11 Mar 2022

India’s women and children highly vulnerable to climate change yet missing in climate policies

Azera Parveen Rahman 1 Mar 2022
Solar PVs at the Rosekandy tea estate. Photo by Roofsol Energy.

Assam tea gardens experiment with solar for reliable power supply and cutting costs, emissions

Roopak Goswami 17 Feb 2022

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

Kasturi Das 7 Jan 2022
Forest man of India' Jadav Payeng in his Molai Kathoni forest. Photo by Anudip Gogoi.

Planted forests can tackle flood and erosion impacts along the Brahmaputra

Nabarun Guha 29 Nov 2021

Floating solars illuminating Indian hinterlands, likely to see more expansion

Manish Kumar 26 Nov 2021

Assam’s perfume tree comes to the tea industry’s rescue

Azera Parveen Rahman 24 Nov 2021

The birth of Raimona, Assam’s sixth national park

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 18 Nov 2021

Rare ornamental fish from Assam on the brink of extinction

Anuraag Baruah 17 Nov 2021
Remnant forests in large tea monocultures in Darjeeling, Eastern Himalayas. Photo by Annesha Chowdhury.

Tea plantations support biodiversity when managed agroecologically

Roopak Goswami 1 Nov 2021

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

Anuraag Baruah 15 Oct 2021
Son Beel, Assam's largest wetland. Photo by Rahul Choudhury.

Fishermen struggle to survive as Assam’s largest wetland shrinks away

Aatreyee Dhar 1 Oct 2021
Theophilus Khojol gets ready to harvest pineapples in his agroforestry land in Assam. Photo by Animekh Hazarika.

Sweet pineapples and a variety of trees nurture each other in this patchwork plantation

Sahana Ghosh 23 Sep 2021