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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

Team Mongabay India 11 Oct 2024

A fishing cat survey indicates robust population density

Arathi Menon 8 Oct 2024

Your Environment This Week: Indian savannas, secret lives of small cats, food insecurity in the Himalayas

Team Mongabay India 13 Sep 2024

Capturing the secret lives of small cats

Nabarun Guha 11 Sep 2024

[Book review] A know-it-all book on the cat with black ears

Shailesh Shrivastava 26 Aug 2024

Does size matter? How leopards on forest fringes choose livestock kill

Divya Kilikar 26 Jul 2024

[Interview] Neeraj Mahar on the rarely seen and poorly researched Pallas’s cat

Shailesh Shrivastava 17 Jul 2024

Study finds leopard cats and red foxes cohabit regions in the Western Himalayas

Simrin Sirur 27 Jun 2024

To save the vulnerable fishing cat, protect its threatened wetland habitat

Sean Mowbray 20 Jun 2024

Small cats’ ecology review flags declining conservation status

Arathi Menon 17 Jun 2024

Clouded leopard and leopard cat occupy same habitat but differently, shows study

Shuchita Jha 11 Jun 2024

Eurasian lynx recorded in Kargil, better conservation steps needed

Shailesh Shrivastava 7 Jun 2024

What’s on the menu? Understanding the diverse diet of fishing cats

Sneha Mahale 31 May 2024

Asiatic wildcat with classic tabby pattern spotted in Rajasthan, experts say genetic study needed to confirm

Shuchita Jha 29 May 2024

Not so rusty? Feline spotting in Uttar Pradesh triggers debate over leucism

Shuchita Jha 17 May 2024
Eurasian lynx, a medium-sized wild cat called ee locally in Ladakhi. Chamba's account of the Eurasian lynx is just one of the many efforts to document wildlife in Ladakh. Photo by Stanzin Chamba.

Wildcats found in India gain international conservation status at CMS COP14

Shailesh Shrivastava 21 Mar 2024