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Tracking seasons through changing tree behaviour [Commentary]

Geetha Ramaswami 15 Aug 2025

DNA test cracks the case of mistaken quails

Kartik Chandramouli 31 Jul 2025

India’s first hornbill conservation centre announced

Simrin Sirur 24 Jul 2025
Montagu’s harriers alternate between flapping and soaring flight, and rarely fly above 4,000 m. Image by Thalavaipandi.

The long way might just be the right way for Montagu’s harriers

Sneha Mahale 16 Jul 2025
Brown Dipper, a specialist Himalayan riverine bird. Dippers are the most studied riverine birds around the world. They are excellent indicators of water quality and riparian conditions. Image by Nilanjan Chatterjee.

A decline in riverine birds signals deeper problems in the Himalayan rivers [Commentary]

Ankita Sinha 14 Jul 2025
A kestrel perched on a pole in Bengaluru. These birds are more common in the outskirts of the city. Image by Jagdish Krishnaswamy.

How urban birds respond to heat and green cover

Anusha Krishnan 9 Jul 2025
Thanks to captive breeding programme and penalties for killings, the Mrs Humes pheasant can now be easily spotted at night at Jessami and Razai Khullen on the Naga Hills. Image by Dhritiman Mukherjee.

The highs and lows of looking for India’s rare birds [Book Review]

Usha Rai 9 Jun 2025

Sexing by sound: How deconstructed sarus crane duets could help scientists

Kartik Chandramouli 4 Jun 2025
Vultures feed on a carcass in northern India. Image by Ron Knight via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Vulture conservation needs more than drug bans

Gowthami Subramaniam 3 Jun 2025
A green warbler (Phylloscopus nitidus) photographed in Chorokhi Delta, Georgia. Image by Wouter van der Ham via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).

Decoding the lives of tiny birds in a changing world

Kartik Chandramouli 15 May 2025
Researchers collect samples of moths and other insects in Siang, Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Sandesh Kadur/Felis Images (CC BY-ND 4.0).

Retracing the route of a century-old biodiversity expedition

Simrin Sirur 3 Apr 2025

Declining waders indicate deterioration of wetlands

Sneha Mahale 3 Apr 2025
Migratory birds at the DPS Flamingo lake that is half covered with algae. Image by Esha Lohia/Mongabay

Citizens continue a decade-long fight to conserve an urban lake

Esha Lohia 2 Apr 2025

Reviving an encroached bird haven

Sneha Mahale 6 Feb 2025

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