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A free-ranging dog on the hunt, capturing a pika. Photo by Neeraj Mahar

Ladakh’s small cats face resource competition, intimidation by free-ranging dogs

Shailesh Shrivastava 13 Nov 2023
Bright yellow flowers and thick green canopy make Senna attractive. Photo by P.A. Vinayan

Wayanad’s soured relationship with Senna

Arathi Menon 13 Nov 2023
Image shows a man on a motorbike looking at a plant

Increasing knowledge of non-timber forest products for conservation

Ashvita Anand 6 Nov 2023
A seller picking Rugra in a Mandi in Ranchi.

Production of rugra, a nutritious mushroom found in Jharkhand, impacted by weather changes

Vishal Kumar Jain 2 Nov 2023

Traditional salt workers contribute to wild ass conservation and regain access to Little Rann of Kutch

Ravleen Kaur 19 Oct 2023
Trees in Delhi

Delhi to expand tree adoption policy, citizens push for tree census first

Kundan Pandey 13 Oct 2023
Barnacles on a plastic bottle found on the beach. Photo by Gunasekaran Kannan

Marine debris transporting invasive species along the southeastern coast

Max Martin 11 Oct 2023
Pallas's cat captured by a camera trap. Photo by Forest, Ecology & Environment Department, Ladakh

Pallas’s cat’s sightings become more common in Ladakh

Manish Chandra Mishra 9 Oct 2023

Architect of India’s Green Revolution, agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan passes away

Kundan Pandey 2 Oct 2023

Bioinvasions are a global threat to ecosystems, says IPBES report

Arathi Menon 21 Sep 2023
Apis dorsata. Photo by Rison Thumboor/Wikimedia Commons.

Bees that see at night

Arathi Menon 7 Sep 2023
A Theocostele alata flower.

Loss of orchid species in Bangladesh is “alarming,” say researchers

Farhana Parvin 6 Sep 2023

Declining bird populations are a ‘grim’ reminder of rapid biodiversity loss, says new report

Simrin Sirur 29 Aug 2023
Tiger T101 with the leopard kill in Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan. Photo by Harsha Narasimhamurthy

How animals negotiate shared resources in the wild

Arathi Menon 23 Aug 2023
Saw-scaled viper under a rock in the rock outcrops in the Ratnagiri region of Maharashtra. Photo: Jithin Vijayan

Studies reveal impact of land use on species diversity in rock outcrops

Arathi Menon 14 Aug 2023
A leopard cat seen by the Kinabatangan River in Myanmar. The unmanned border areas along the Myanmar border and thick forest cover along the river Tiau, which divides Mizoram and Myanmar, have likely contributed to ease of access, trade, and a general increase in poaching in this part of India. Photo by Mike Prince/Wikimedia Commons.

The silent trade of elusive small cats in Mizoram

Nabarun Guha 3 Aug 2023
In the Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu, India, rural villagers are planting a new crop of rice paddy.

Community-based natural farming outshines other farming practices in Andhra Pradesh

Kundan Pandey 31 Jul 2023

Biological Diversity Bill, which facilitates commercial use of traditional resources, passed in Lok Sabha

Simrin Sirur 31 Jul 2023

[Commentary] Reinforcing India’s existing legal frameworks to implement the Global Biodiversity Framework

Priyanka Bhide, Namrata Kabra 10 Jul 2023

Not everyone’s sold on the global sensation – Miyawaki forests

Annelise Giseburt 3 Jul 2023