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NGOs and conservationists look into commercialising invasive plants from the wild

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Dec 2023

[Explainer] What are freshwater rock pools and who lives in them?

Geetha Iyer 12 Dec 2023

Graze or blaze: Study looks at ways to manage grass dominance in savannahs

Arathi Menon 8 Dec 2023

FAO estimates $12.7 trillion worth hidden costs in the journey of food from farm to table

Kundan Pandey 29 Nov 2023
Horseshoe crab in Sundarbans. The species also referred to as the living fossils have survived over 400 million years. Photo by David Raju/Wikimedia Commons

Horseshoe crab decline sparks urgent conservation plea

Aishwarya Mohanty 17 Nov 2023
A lynx in a sea buckthorn shrub. Chamba spotted the Eurasian lynx on eight different occasions and captured several photographs. Photo by Stanzin Chamba.

A citizen-led initiative contributes to wildlife conservation in Ladakh

Manish Chandra Mishra 14 Nov 2023
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