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Decline in white-bellied sea eagle nests in coastal areas raises concerns

Navya P K 2 Jan 2025

[Book Review] Getting to know India’s birds through the eyes of Asad Rahmani

Usha Rai 10 Dec 2024
A colony of painted storks constructs their homes on the Acacia nilotica (desi babool) tree.

[Commentary] Protecting the tree that branches out for migratory painted storks

Harsh Singhal, Manas Singh, Satya Prakash Mehra 10 Dec 2024

Lesser adjutants thrive in a Jharkhand district, finds study

Vinaya Kurtkoti 24 Sep 2024
Pigeons in Chennai's Marina beach. Once paired, pigeons can live together for eight to twelve years and contribute to the surge in the size of local flocks. Image by Raghavprasanna via Wikimedia Commons [CC BY-SA 4.0].

[Commentary] Birds, people and the urban dilemma

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 4 Sep 2024

Increasing summer temperatures impacting birds in Indian cities

Shanmukha Srija J 1 Aug 2024
Kadaknath chicken at a government farm in Jhabua. Its color is black—every part of it, including its blood. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra / Mongabay.

A fowl that travelled from forests to farms

Manish Chandra Mishra 23 Jul 2024
sunnyjosef, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

New study puts spotlight on neglected mammal, bird pollinators 

T. V. Padma 8 Jul 2024

Where are the birds of the shrinking grasslands of Maharashtra?

Divya Kilikar 27 May 2024

Population rise a bittersweet win for greater adjutant storks, as poison enters their diet

Mohd Imran Khan 24 May 2024
Red-headed vulture eating prey. Photo by Timothy A Gonsalves/Wikimedia Commons.

Measuring the scavenging value of vultures

Simrin Sirur 25 Apr 2024

The dietary habits of endangered vultures

Sneha Mahale 16 Apr 2024

Waterbirds adapt to nest and roost in the urban oases of Udaipur

Sneha Mahale 12 Apr 2024

Understanding the elevational movements of Himalayan birds to improve conservation efforts

Divya Kilikar 10 Apr 2024

Nilgiri pipit seeks better status as habitat shrinks

Arathi Menon 9 Apr 2024

A village protects a flock, round the clock

Arathi Menon 19 Feb 2024

India adds five more wetlands to its list of Ramsar sites

Simrin Sirur 2 Feb 2024
Hanuman plover is a ground nesting bird, and both eggs and chicks are well camouflaged by their surroundings.

Newly identified shorebird species in Sri Lanka named after Hanuman

Malaka Rodrigo 31 Jan 2024
Concrete porcupine screens installed on the river bank to stop erosion on a river island near Daying Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo: Jyotirmoy Saharia

Grassland loss threatens endemic birds in Arunachal sanctuary

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 30 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