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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 and Namrata Kabra 10 Jul 2023

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

Annelise Giseburt 3 Jul 2023

We didn’t start the fire? Speculations over cause of Goa forest fires continue; state plans recovery

Noopur Bhandiwad 16 Jun 2023

Habitat loss due to tourism in the Western Ghats pushes endangered frogs to the edge

Spoorthy Raman 6 Jun 2023

Call to save rare snake habitat follows red coral kukri sightings in Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam 31 May 2023

Small cats in big trouble: Why we need to save these elusive endangered species

Sean Mowbray 25 May 2023

Roadkill instances in Jammu and Kashmir increase as highways lengthen

Hirra Azmat 24 Apr 2023
Conducting fieldwork in Fakim Community Reserve with a local resident Alemba. Photo from Joli Rumi Borah.

[Interview] Conservation scientist Joli Rumi Borah on integrating traditional knowledge in research

Sahana Ghosh 13 Apr 2023

India prepares for a domestic carbon market with release of a draft carbon trading scheme

Kundan Pandey 12 Apr 2023
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in the town of Darjeeling, is the largest high-altitude zoo in India. The new Bill exempts 100 kilometres of forest along the international border from any legal protection. Photo by Syed Sajidul Islam

Legal protection of certain forest land to be removed as government pushes security projects

Kundan Pandey 6 Apr 2023
A hummingbird moth.

Decline in pollinators linked to half a million premature human deaths every year, shows study

Jeremy Hance 4 Apr 2023
A Himalayan ibex in the Spiti Valley. Photo by Madhumita Das/ Wikimedia Commons.

Livestock and wild herbivores impact soil carbon differently

T. V. Padma 23 Mar 2023

Habitat preservation in the Western Ghats can help enhance biodiversity in the hotspot

Archita Bhatta 17 Mar 2023
Image shows an aerial view of Sundarbans

Pinpointing priority areas for mangrove conservation in the Sundarbans

T. V. Padma 13 Feb 2023

Ain’t no mountain high enough: alien invasive plants increasing in higher elevations

Sahana Ghosh 10 Feb 2023
Image shows a shrub with yellow flowers

Warmer winters in the Kashmir Valley are leading to early flowering of the gul toor

Hirra Azmat 25 Jan 2023