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Mangrove saplings being planted at a nursery in Kochi, Kerala. (AP Photo/Shawn Sebastian).

Mangrove restoration needs more than planting; it needs monitoring and data

Barasha Das 15 Jan 2026
An adult female fishing spider. Image by Umesh Pavukandy.

Scientists describe a new fishing spider species

Rohini Karandikar 13 Jan 2026
Mahouts ready a captive elephant for safaris in Kaziranga National Park. Image by SeethaG via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Elephant’s death spotlights conditions in safari tourism

Nabarun Guha 13 Jan 2026
The surveys revealed that low-elevation forests in the northern Western Ghats harbour unique biodiversity, with higher diversity of birds and reptiles than higher elevations. Image by Irvin Calicut via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Can climate change and human pressure favour deciduous forests?

Arathi Menon 9 Jan 2026
Mountain peaks in Pin Valley National Park, which is part of the recently recognised Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in Himachal Pradesh. Image by Timothy Gonsalves via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Biosphere reserves are pockets of hope for a changing planet [Commentary]

Benno Böer, Neha Midha, Srishti Kumar 2 Jan 2026

New species from the deep oceans and high mountains

Team Mongabay-India 31 Dec 2025
Young gharials at the Gharial Rehabilitation Centre at Kukrail. Image by Azma Khan.

A proposed night safari threatens the ecosystem of an urban forest [Commentary]

Shravya Shruti 29 Dec 2025
Ana Sagar lake in Ajmer, Rajasthan, flanked by the Aravalli hills. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

With a new identity, the Aravalli hills stare at an uncertain future

Simrin Sirur 26 Dec 2025
Journalists Aishwarya Mohanty and Divya Vilvaraj on the set of Walking Against the Heat, a film produced as part of the Video Reporting Opportunity by All Living Things Environment Film Festival and Mongabay-India. Image courtesy of Aishwarya Mohanty and Divya Vilvaraj.

Taking environmental storytelling beyond the screen in 2025

Sandhya Sekar 26 Dec 2025

Climate change shaped primate populations in northeast India

Anusha Krishnan 23 Dec 2025
A farmer gathers freshly harvested Mushk Budji, a rice variety that nearly disappeared due to blast disease before recent revival efforts by SKUAST-Kashmir. Image by Hirra Azmat.

Saving a traditional grain through modern plant breeding

Hirra Azmat 19 Dec 2025
A sloth bear with her cubs in Mahrashtra. Representative image by Rohit Sharma via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Proposed sloth bear reserve caught between courts and a thermal power project

Shaz Syed 18 Dec 2025
Vivek Menon birding in Seinthuk town (now known as Shergaon) in Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Madhumay.

Vivek Menon becomes the first Asian chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission [Interview]

Nikhil Sreekandan 18 Dec 2025
Blackbuck population in Tal Chhapar has resurged over the years, with some even being translocated to Jaswanthgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, where the grassland has similarly been restored. Image by Umesh Bagotia.

A grassland’s comeback is now a conservation blueprint

Azera Parveen Rahman 10 Dec 2025
Rhinophis siruvaniensis. Image by by Umesh P.K.

Scientists describe a new species of burrowing shieldtail snake

Vandana K. 9 Dec 2025
Dholes in Bandipur, Karnataka. Image by Mike Prince via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Where the wild dog can roam

Sneha Mahale 4 Dec 2025
Lateral views of D. grayi, D. deshayesi and D. strangulata. Images by Shah et al.

Researchers identify four species of sea butterflies new to India

Vandana K. 27 Nov 2025
A tree plantation near Hanley showing flood irrigation of a willow-poplar mixed plantation in an otherwise dry steppe habitat. Image by Mayank Kohli.

Ladakh needs ecology-focused policy, not mass tree planting [Commentary]

Dawa Dolma 26 Nov 2025
An orangutan with offspring in Betung Kerihun National Park, Indonesia. Representative image by Sabar Minsyah via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

CITES withdraws recommendation to suspend trade of endangered species to India

Simrin Sirur 25 Nov 2025
A specimen of Charmus laneus from Coimbatore, which is the type locality of Charmus indicus. C. indicus has now been synonymised with C. laneus. Image by Shauri Sulakhe.

Scientists correct a century-old misidentified scorpion and describe a new species

Vandana K. 17 Nov 2025