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women in buxa tiger reserve coexist with wildlife

Social sciences shape effective conservation strategies

Arathi Menon 9 Jan 2025
Cilantica agasthyaensis is one of the new species included in a new genus of trantulas from the Western Ghats. Image courtesy of Zeeshan Mirza.

New tarantulas described from the Western Ghats

Liz Kimbrough 8 Jan 2025

Government eyes recognising non-protected conservation areas to meet biodiversity goals

Simrin Sirur 6 Jan 2025
Madhya Pradesh, known as the Tiger State, has the highest number of tigers among all states in the country. Image by Vikas Sulya.

Teething troubles or conservation challenges at India’s latest tiger reserve?

Deshdeep Saxena 2 Jan 2025

Decline in white-bellied sea eagle nests in coastal areas raises concerns

Navya P K 2 Jan 2025

Making sense of the environment: Explainers in 2024

Aditi Tandon 31 Dec 2024

Sacred groves deserve recognition as forests, says Supreme Court

Simrin Sirur 26 Dec 2024

Mongabay India in 2024: Reaching out beyond the echo chamber

Team Mongabay India 25 Dec 2024

Must-watch videos from 2024: Mongabay India staff picks

Kartik Chandramouli 23 Dec 2024
A herd of wild elephants roaming and grazing in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. Image by P. K. Verma

Fungus, not kodo millet, responsible for Bandhavgarh elephant deaths

Manish Chandra Mishra 27 Nov 2024
Feral horses in Assam. Image by Hiren Senapati.

The last feral horses of India

Nabarun Guha 5 Nov 2024

Mongabay India honoured with Greenaccord International Media Award

12 Oct 2024

A fishing cat survey indicates robust population density

Arathi Menon 8 Oct 2024
School kids are playing in the playground. India introduced its new National Education Policy in 2020, but the climate vulnerability of the education sector is missing from this policy as well. Image by Shailesh Shrivastava

Your Environment This Week: Schools feel the heat, Forest loss in hotspots, Polluted Dal lake

Team Mongabay India 27 Sep 2024

Lesser adjutants thrive in a Jharkhand district, finds study

Vinaya Kurtkoti 24 Sep 2024

[Commentary] Kerala is a hotspot within a hotspot

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 19 Sep 2024
A tea estate in Darjeeling. Image by Thunderbolt Tea via Flickr [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0].

[Commentary] Tea gardens in Darjeeling and Kalimpong can aid in landscape conservation

Barkha Subba and Anirban Datta-Roy 5 Sep 2024

Conservation drones need to overcome some takeoff troubles

Laasya Shekhar 19 Aug 2024

Mugger crocodiles may be physiologically stressed in disturbed habitats

Sneha Mahale 12 Aug 2024

[Explainer] Is tree transplantation a solution for conservation or a short-term fix?

Laasya Shekhar 9 Aug 2024