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In Nepal, vulture colonies seen to hold stable amid old and new threats

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 Oct 2023

Declining bird populations are a ‘grim’ reminder of rapid biodiversity loss, says new report

Simrin Sirur 29 Aug 2023
A nest belonging to a purple sunbird, constructed using anthropogenic waste material, with chicks present. Photo by Preeti Saryan.

Birds use waste to build nests in a Bhopal institute

Ashvita Anand 7 Aug 2023

The sounds of restoration

Sahana Ghosh 1 Aug 2023
Marabou storks are on the verge of extinction in West Africa but in South Africa and East Africa their population has never been larger because they are using urban areas. Photo by Jonah Gula. 

A new study reveals critical gaps in stork research; calls for scrutiny of the IUCN Red List data

Vinaya Kurtkoti 22 Jun 2023

[Interview] Conservationist MK Ranjitsinh Jhala on the need for a grassland policy in India

Sahana Ghosh and Kartik Chandramouli 24 Mar 2023
An ibisbill at river Sindh. Photo from Iqram ul Haq.

Ibisbill, the poorly understood Himalayan waterbird faces threats, finds study

Hirra Azmat 24 Mar 2023

[Book review] Birds of the mountains feature in a new book on birds on postage stamps

S. Theodore Baskaran 14 Feb 2023
Painted storks in Kazhuveli. Photo by Bupesh Gupta.

[Commentary] Tamil Nadu needs an innovative wetland conservation strategy starting with Kazhuveli

Kannan Vaithianathan 12 Jan 2023

Nagaland’s first bird count event spells hope for bird and wildlife documentation in the state

Lutsuhlu Swuro 10 Jan 2023
Three elephants.

[Interview] Author Karen Bakker tunes in to the world of non-human sounds

John Cannon 1 Nov 2022
Two storks crossing the road in north India.

The curious case of the woolly-necked stork and its rising numbers in Haryana

Sneha Mahale 16 Aug 2022

A new study from Karnataka evidences the impact of windfarms on biodiversity

Sneha Mahale 18 Jul 2022

West Africa’s illegal online bird trade finds most buyers in South Asia

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Jul 2022
Image shows three Sarus cranes foraging at sunset

Habitat changes may be causing sarus cranes to form breeding trios

Kasturi Das 29 Jun 2022

Electromagnetic radiation levels till a certain limit found to have no impact on sparrows in Guwahati

Roopak Goswami 9 Jun 2022
A spiny babbler

Nepal and India’s infrastructure rules are “wildlife-friendly,” but not for birds

Abhaya Raj Joshi 8 Jun 2022

‘Delhi is a gaping wound…we’re a tiny Band Aid’: a film explores human and non-human relations in Delhi

Kartik Chandramouli 27 May 2022
The Suraha Tal Lake is the largest floodplain lake in the Ballia district. Jananayak Chandrashekhar University is situated within the Jai Prakash Narayan (Suraha Tal) Bird Sanctuary. Photo- Ballia district administration

A bird sanctuary’s survival is being threatened in Uttar Pradesh

Mayank Aggarwal 20 May 2022
Glossy ibis flock in a flooded field. In addition to recording observed bird species, Katwal and colleagues also assessed how different agriculture practices influence the abundance of birds by season and the crop mix in the fields. Photo by K. S. Gopi Sundar.

Nepal, India need robust conservation policies for farmland birds outside protected areas

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 May 2022