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A manta ray. Image by Svetlana Obysova via Pexels.

Winged wayfarers of the ocean

Team Mongabay-India 28 Oct 2026
Hippocampus amandavincentae is thought to be endemic to the Indian Ocean. Image by Daniela De Angelis.

New-to-science seahorse is one of three long-misidentified species

Ananya Singh 20 Oct 2026
A spintail devil ray. Representative image by Julien Renoult via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Small-scale fisheries a big threat to rays

Rupsy Khurana 19 Oct 2026
A fish swims through bleached coral reefs in Caribbean waters near Panama in August this year. Representative image. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

As El Niño strengthens, coral reefs face narrow windows for recovery

Max Martin 9 Oct 2026
Baby Titus inside a neighbour's house that has been wrecked by floods. Image by Arathi M.R.

The emotional cost of displacement

Arathi M.R. 9 Oct 2026
Fishermen at work in Kochi, Kerala. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

El Niño, the monsoon, and the confusion of Kerala’s fishers [Commentary]

John Kurien 25 Sep 2026

Community-based mangrove monitoring should compliment satellite data [Commentary]

Utchimahali Mariappan 22 Sep 2026
Amphinomidae sp. bristle worms. Image by Moumita Bhowmik.

A world of bristles beneath the waves

Nikhil Sreekandan 1 Sep 2026
A 24-year-old well in Ambalappuzha left contaminated with plastic waste. Image by Anjana V.

Groundwater study flags localised heavy metal concerns in a coastal district

Anjana V. 31 Aug 2026
The Indian Ocean along the Sri Lankan coastline. Image by Sarmat Batagov via Pexels.

Why do changes in the Indian Ocean matter? [Explainer]

Bharti Dharapuram 20 Aug 2026

Scientists identify new deep-sea shark species from India’s southwest coast

Ananya Singh 4 Aug 2026
Fishers tend their gear at Saude Beach in Kochi. Image by Robert Bociaga/Mongabay.

West coast fishers confront ‘ghost gear’ problem

Robert Bociaga 23 Jul 2026

Dolphins tread the waters between tourist boats and fishing nets

Sneha Mahale 21 Jul 2026
A pod of Indian Ocean humpback dolphins photographed from above off the Sindhudurg-Goa coast. Image by Imran Samad.

Finless porpoises are disappearing before they are counted

Mansab Sayyad 16 Jul 2026
A large container ship at Vizhinjam port in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Government proposes increasing clearance validity for ports and harbours

Simrin Sirur 15 Jul 2026
Many women from the Irular community depend on seasonal brackish pools around the Kovalam-Nemmeli backwaters for their livelihood. Imge by Smitha T.K.

Fishers, naturalists worry about the impacts of turning a coastal wetland into a reservoir

Smitha T.K. 13 Jul 2026
An adult olive ridley turtle. Image by Jonathan Reynaga via Pexels.

A long-distance ocean traveller

Team Mongabay-India 10 Jun 2026
Coral garden nursery tables at Mithapur, Gujarat, established using rescued coral boulders from the intertidal region and attaching them to metal tables. Image by B. M. Praveen Kumar/WTI.

How are degraded coral reefs restored in India? [Explainer]

Neha Jain 26 May 2026

What a coastal zoning map leaves out, explained in visuals

Shreya Raman 19 May 2026

How map scales impact coastal communities

Shreya Raman 19 May 2026