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Plugging data gaps in global plant diversity using citizen science

Anusha Krishnan 22 Apr 2026
Sushma Devi (in green), a paryavaran sakhi, demonstrates the use of an air quality monitor to women in Mahuda village, Dhanbad. Image courtesy of Deshaj Abhikram.

Grassroots women map air pollution hotspots, spur a coal company to curb dust

Vandana K. 11 Dec 2025

Tracking seasons through changing tree behaviour [Commentary]

Geetha Ramaswami 15 Aug 2025
In the 2000s, the Bandra-Worli Sea Link was opened to the public. In the 2010s, a 29.2 kilometre long coastal road was conceptualised along the western side of Mumbai. Image by Wirestock/Envato.

Can a native forest rewrite the story of Mumbai’s coastline? [Commentary]

Manan Shah, Namrata Dewanjee 1 Aug 2025
A river heliodor damselfly. Image by Ameya Deshpande.

Damselflies in climate distress

Arathi Menon 4 Apr 2025

A new era of science festivals in India is bringing science to the public

Aisiri Amin 13 Nov 2024

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

Mongabay India 11 Oct 2024

When people’s participation propels science

Arathi Menon 10 Oct 2024

Nature-based learning programmes improve environment and climate literacy in Chennai

Aparna Ganesan 25 Apr 2023
Intentional burning of jhum gone out of control at a forest adjacent to Phalee, during Phalee Luita, a seed sowing festival. Photo by Shemchon Awungshi, Phalee BMC.

[Commentary] Documenting the flora and fauna of Phalee to mitigate the impact of forest fires

Ng Ngashangva 7 Nov 2022
Image shows a house sparrow perching on a grill in front of a house

[Book Review] ‘First Steps’ tracks the beginnings of citizen science in India

Renuka Kulkarni 19 Oct 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

[Video] A wagtail on shared space, birdwatching and hope

Kartik Chandramouli, Taarini Ravjit 12 Mar 2021

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

Hepzi Anthony 13 Jan 2021

Almost Famous species: the wild side of 2020 from forest to backyard

Sandhya Sekar 1 Jan 2021

The slender loris struggles to find canopy in Bengaluru

Mohit M. Rao 24 Sep 2020

Travel the great indoors for a glimpse of your city’s natural world

Kartik Chandramouli 31 Mar 2020

Women act to make slums climate-resilient, one house at a time

Kartik Chandramouli 16 Mar 2020

Bringing freshwater turtles out of their shells and into the spotlight

Aditi Tandon 6 Mar 2020

Madhya Pradesh’s ‘fluoride warriors’ unleash citizen science to empower community

Sahana Ghosh 2 Mar 2020