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A pet African grey parrot in Yercaud, Tamil Nadu. More than 40,000 people in India have declared their exotic pets. By law, pet owners must register possession, transfer, birth and death of species listed in the Wild Life (Protection) Act. Representative image by Yercaud-elango via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Legal system fails to keep pace with India’s growing exotic pet industry

Arathi Menon 1 Oct 2026

The visiting grassland gardeners

Team Mongabay-India 30 Sep 2026
Duttaphyrnus phawngpui sp. nov. Image courtesy of Dawngliana et al.

New toad species described in northeast mountain tops

Divya Kilikar 30 Sep 2026
Shompen people in Great Nicobar Island in 1997. The Shompen are the original forest dwellers of the Island. Images courtesy of Manish Chandi.

Isolated island tribes should choose their own destinies, says Manish Chandi [Interview]

Latoya Abulu 28 Sep 2026

NGOs call for permanent moratorium on animal imports to Vantara

Simrin Sirur 25 Sep 2026
A rescued baby Siamang gibbon at YOSL-OIC. Image by Peter Ong.

Abandoning exotic pets raises ecological concerns

Arathi Menon 25 Sep 2026
A male tiger in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve. Image by Koshy Koshy via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

India postpones Cambodia tiger reintroduction

Arathi Menon 24 Sep 2026
A tiger marks its scent by spraying urine on a tree in Kanha National Park. Image by David V. Raju via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Odours offer new clues in monitoring big cats

Sneha Mahale 24 Sep 2026
Care must be provided to an infant orangutan that is being looked after at a rescue center after losing its mother. Image by Junaidi Hanafiah/Mongabay Indonesia.

Five orangutans found in Odisha forest face long road back home to Indonesia

Junaidi Hanafiah 24 Sep 2026
A snow leopard in Kaza, Himachal Pradesh. Image by Bharath Kumar Venkatesh via Pexels.

The ghost of the mountains

Team Mongabay-India 23 Sep 2026

Community-based mangrove monitoring should compliment satellite data [Commentary]

Utchimahali Mariappan 22 Sep 2026
Sacred groves in the Western Ghats of Pune, Maharashtra. Image by Nikhil More via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Sacred groves are better at growing future forests in the Western Ghats

Liz Kimbrough 21 Sep 2026
An orangutan seized by YOSL-OIC in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Image by Panut Hadisiswoyo.

As exotic primates reach India, welfare concerns grow

Arathi Menon 18 Sep 2026

As tigers spill beyond reserves, India rethinks conservation

Arathi Menon 18 Sep 2026
A Himalayan snowcock. Image courtesy of Himachal Pradesh Forest Department and Nature Conservation Foundation.

High-altitude bird hotspots remain outside protected areas

Kasturi Das 17 Sep 2026

The crane that loves a duet

Team Mongabay-India 16 Sep 2026
Vegetable vendors use Parthenium leaves to line vegetable baskets. Image by Barasha Das.

The itchy spread of Parthenium

Barasha Das 15 Sep 2026

Researchers rediscover an endemic plant after 180 years

Nabarun Guha 14 Sep 2026
A red-naped ibis in Udaipur. Image by Vijay Kumar Koli.

Red-naped ibises carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study finds

Sneha Mahale 9 Sep 2026
A snow leopard in the Himalayas. Image by Prasenjeet Yadav.

Snow leopards and their survival in changing times [Book Review]

Usha Rai 8 Sep 2026