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Heavy metals, microplastics found in fishing cats

Shailesh Shrivastava 16 Dec 2025
A leopard seen on the road to Sukhia Pokhri. Image by Prabin Subba.

How a hill town’s narrative is changing from “the coldest place” to “a leopard’s trail” [Commentary]

Avantika Thapa 27 Oct 2025
A tiger in the Western Ghats. A Wildlife Institute of India study recorded five large to medium-sized carnivores, including tigers, along the track corridor. Image by Kalyan Varma via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Rail expansion plans spark clash between coal and tiger conservation

Pamela D'Mello 17 Oct 2025
Women from Kibber village set up a camera trap on a steep slope in Spiti Valley during the state-wide snow leopard survey. Image courtesy of the Nature Conservation Foundation and Himachal Pradesh Forest Department.

In the high Himalayas, women and communities build a shared future for the snow leopard

Manish Chandra Mishra 15 Oct 2025
Even in fragmented areas, leopards managed to disperse, reflecting their ability to live close to humans and in varied habitats. Image by Shrushti Modi.

Large carnivores share the same forests but respond differently to fragmentation

Sneha Mahale 14 Oct 2025
Pallas's cat. The survey that captured the cat also shot images of the Brokpa herding community whose centuries-old pastoral traditions enable coexistence with wildlife. Image courtesy of WWF-India.

Survey finds wild cats at record heights

Nabarun Guha 7 Oct 2025
A tigress and her cub in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve. In their earliest phase prior to dispersal, young tigers stayed within their natal ranges, close to their mothers’ territories. Image by Rohit Sharma via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Tracking tigers as they move from comfort zones to independence

Sneha Mahale 6 Oct 2025

Pastoral grief in the high Himalayan rangelands [Commentary]

Pema Yangden Lepcha 24 Sep 2025
A fishing cat in Sajnekhali Wildlife Sanctuary in the Sundarbans preys on a monitor lizard. Image by Soumyadip Santra.

Rare natural history moment of a fishing cat captured on camera

Nabarun Guha 17 Sep 2025

Caracal’s comeback sparks hope in conservation

Arathi Menon 17 Sep 2025
A clouded leopard in Cotswold Wildlife Park in the U.K. Representative image by Richard via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Viral clouded leopard video is not from Northeast India, experts confirm

Shailesh Shrivastava 26 Aug 2025
The marbled cat, classified as near threatened in the IUCN Red List, receives protection under Schedule I of the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972. It is a small semi-arboreal cat that is similar in size to a large domestic cat, though with a longer, bushy tail. Representative image by James Eaton via Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0).

Camera traps confirm marbled cat’s presence in Assam forests

Nabarun Guha 20 Aug 2025

World’s smallest wild cat recorded in West Bengal

Nabarun Guha 19 Aug 2025

First photographic record of a clouded leopard preying on a Bengal slow loris

Nabarun Guha 30 May 2025
A camera trap image of the elusive caracal recorded for the first time in Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve, Kota, Rajasthan on March 14, 2025. Image by the Deputy Conservator of Forests, Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve.

A caracal captured on a camera trap renews conservation efforts

Madhav Sharma 24 Apr 2025
A camera trap image of a fishing cat with a kill in Bongaon. Image by Samrat Chakraborty.

Conserving fishing cats outside protected areas

Nabarun Guha 31 Mar 2025

New study proposes roadmap to conserve the clouded leopard

Sneha Mahale 13 Jan 2025

Cat calls and pugmarks: Two researchers navigate the quiet world of small wild felids 

Arathi Menon 22 Oct 2024

Your Environment This Week: Citizen science improves scientific knowledge, Mahouts of Kaziranga, Fishing cat population grows

Mongabay India 11 Oct 2024

A fishing cat survey indicates robust population density

Arathi Menon 8 Oct 2024