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Brook's House Gecko (Hemidactylus brookii) at Amboli, district Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. Photo by Raju Kasambe/Wikimedia Commons.

Bringing biodiversity and conservation to the forefront in India

Sahana Ghosh 10 Dec 2020

Golden jackals make airports their homes

Gurvinder Singh 9 Dec 2020
Golden jackal in an agricultural landscape. Photo by Abi Vanak.

Small and lesser studied mammals of the Western Ghats need more attention

Rishika Pardikar 30 Nov 2020

Life and struggles of the sloth bear in human-dominated areas

Aathira Perinchery 27 Nov 2020
The speeding traffic on NH 37, expansion of human activities including settlements, stone quarries in the hill slopes of Ruthe Pahar, and agricultural practices including monoculture plantation in and around the Mongkrakjuri – Kanchanjuri Corridor are major threats. Photo by Amit Sharma.

Fragmented Kaziranga corridors lead to unusual concentration of animals

Roopak Goswami 26 Nov 2020
Youth from the Kadar community in Athirapilly fishing in a tributary. Photo credit by Aathira Perinchery.

Over 1,800 rainforest trees to be axed for hydropower project near proposed Athirapilly dam

Aathira Perinchery 12 Nov 2020

Lost and found: The story of a plant and how a village is trying to protect it

Azera Parveen Rahman 5 Nov 2020
NCF field staff collecting seeds for their nursery that is part of their restoration work that has been ongoing since 2014. Photo by Aparajita Datta.

COVID-19 cripples long-term ecological monitoring research in India

Aathira Perinchery 3 Nov 2020
Gwasinlo Thong, chairperson of the reserve committee in front of the Nsonji Lake, Sendenyu Community Biodiversity Reserve. Photo from Sendenyu Community Biodiversity and Wildlife Reserve.

A community in Nagaland strives to sustain wildlife protection amid fresh challenges

Sahana Ghosh 27 Oct 2020

Cultural beliefs protect snakes in the dwindling sacred groves of southwestern India

Neha Jain 26 Oct 2020

[Commentary] Access and Benefit Sharing provision of CBD can stifle mitigation of global pandemics

Prathapan K. Divakaran, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan 20 Oct 2020
SHG members tending to the Herbal garden

A traditional healer combines ancient wisdom and training for healing and livelihood

Azera Parveen Rahman 19 Oct 2020

Understanding frog diversity with the highs and lows of the Teesta river valley

Sahana Ghosh 13 Oct 2020

Beekeeping empowers women, brings in honey and lush kitchen gardens

Monica Pelliccia 9 Oct 2020
Vaidehi 95 coloured cotton variety in a trial field. Photo from University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.

Coloured cotton from India on the cusp of commercial release in 2021

Meena Menon 8 Oct 2020

A budding botanist’s quest for plant-indigenous community relations

Sahana Ghosh 1 Oct 2020

[Commentary] Biodiversity talks also need to develop nationally determined commitments

Balakrishna Pisupati 25 Sep 2020

Nilgiris district collector says, environment before development

Arathi Menon 23 Sep 2020

Mega renewable energy park in Kutch could have potentially adverse environmental impact

Mayank Aggarwal 22 Sep 2020

One of the world’s most trafficked animals needs focus outside India’s protected areas

Sahana Ghosh 18 Sep 2020