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A home that flooded in Kerala in 2018. Photo by Dilshad Roshan/Wikimedia Commons.

Floods, cyclones caused maximum deaths by extreme weather events in past 50 years

Sahana Ghosh 9 Mar 2021

No honey, no hives, but solitary bees have important lives

Arati Kumar-Rao 8 Mar 2021

When tigers, elephants, rhinos visit an expanding Indian town

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Nabarun Guha 26 Feb 2021
Rose ringed parakeet. Photo by Mittal Gala.

City survival tip for birds: Don’t be a picky eater

Arathi Menon 25 Feb 2021

[Commentary] Restoring urban wetlands for a brighter future

Priya Ranganathan 2 Feb 2021
A Chironomid (Chironomus plumosus). Certain Chironomids are hideouts of outbreak causing strains of the cholera bacterium. Photo by Entomart/Wikimedia Commons.

Hardy hideouts: Aquatic insects can forewarn cholera outbreaks

Sahana Ghosh 21 Jan 2021

Urban projects, human settlements close in on Mumbai’s bird habitats

Hepzi Anthony 13 Jan 2021
Spot-billed pelican nesting sighted at the Pallikaranai marshland in this season. Photo by KVRK Thirunaranan.

Cyclones brought relief to migratory birds in parched Tamil Nadu but more action is needed

Nalini Ravichandran 4 Jan 2021

City of blinding lights: Artificial light disturbs nature’s processes in Bengaluru

Vimal Simha 14 Dec 2020

Golden jackals make airports their homes

Gurvinder Singh 9 Dec 2020

Navi Mumbai couple fights to save a bird haven from becoming a golf course

Tanvi Deshpande 23 Nov 2020
Containers with microbial spray solution at an IARI facility. Photo by special arrangement.

[Commentary] A microbial spray could be the game changer against crop residue burning

Usha Rai 19 Nov 2020
Banyan tree at Bhose village. Pic credit- Prakash Kantheshwarkar, resident

Govt, NGO, citizens join hands in Maharashtra to conserve heritage trees

Supriya Dedgaonkar 16 Nov 2020
Festive gift pack comprising exotic organic seeds, plants and organic tea - Picture Courtesy - Shweta Thakur Nanda

Green is the new gold this festive season

Shweta Thakur Nanda 11 Nov 2020
Heaps of masks were found along with other biomedical waste on Rushikonda beach seabed. Photo courtesy- Platypus Escapes, Visakhapatnam.

Discarded single-use plastic masks and gloves are choking ocean beds

Nalini Ravichandran 29 Oct 2020
Thoothukudi Thermal power, Thoothukudi. Photo by Hassan Afridhi/Unsplash.

Even with coal, strict air pollution control can prevent early deaths

Sahana Ghosh 22 Oct 2020
A farmer burning paddy stubble in Bucho Mandi in Bathinda district

Smoke from stubble burning in Punjab may aggravate COVID-19 symptoms

Vivek Gupta 16 Oct 2020

Katte and Kunte: The lesser known waterbodies of Bengaluru

Mohit M. Rao 15 Oct 2020

Tree walks in Delhi’s green spaces offer solace and a dollop of history

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 30 Sep 2020
Phyllanthus niruri (stonebreaker) inflorescence. Photo by Elmer Dimpeu.

[Commentary] The return of the weeds

Shobha Menon 25 Sep 2020