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The largest land mammal in the country

Team Mongabay-India 2 Sep 2026
Amphinomidae sp. bristle worms. Image by Moumita Bhowmik.

A world of bristles beneath the waves

Nikhil Sreekandan 1 Sep 2026
A sacred grove in Kasargod, and a plasticine caterpillar displaying bite marks from predators. Images by Bhavya Lakshmi.

Sacred groves show that size isn’t everything when it comes to ecological benefits

Sneha Mahale 1 Sep 2026
A flock of great hornbills in Valparai, Tamil Nadu. Image by Rohit Jahnavi via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Genetic blueprint of four Asian hornbills offers new tool for hornbill research

Nikhil Sreekandan 31 Aug 2026

Crime content on social media threatens wildlife safety

Vandana K. 27 Aug 2026
A juvenile leatherback turtle. Image by Ken Clifton via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

The largest living sea turtle

Team Mongabay-India 26 Aug 2026
A camera trap image of a wolf and pup. Image courtesy of Jharkhand Forest Department.

Study from India’s first wolf sanctuary reveals when livestock are most at risk

Sneha Mahale 25 Aug 2026
A woman waters saplings planted as part of a government tree planting campaign in Uttar Pradesh, against the backdrop of thermal power plants. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Audit exposes fundamental flaws in Green India Mission’s execution

Simrin Sirur 24 Aug 2026
Kuntal Saha, lead author of the study spots Cynodon nlemfuensis on a field trip in the Kashmir Himalaya, near Gulmarg. Image courtesy of Kuntal Saha.

A study on African Bermuda-grass highlights gaps in bioinvasion policy

Lekha Bandopadhyay 24 Aug 2026
Kafal (Myrica esculenta) is a local seasonal berry found in the mid-Himalayan region. Image by Divya Chowfin.

Better demand could save indigenous fruits from being forgotten

Azera Parveen Rahman 21 Aug 2026
A sambar deer in the forests of the Western Ghats in Chikmagaluru, Karnataka. Image by Anil Sharma via Pexels.

Understanding the true value of forest ecosystem services

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 20 Aug 2026

India’s only singing, swinging ape

Team Mongabay-India 19 Aug 2026
A greater hog badger caught on camera trap after dusk. Image courtesy of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.

A hidden population of greater hog badgers spotted on camera traps

Deekshita Baruah 19 Aug 2026
Kesang Bhutia, the study’s lead author, conducts field work in nurseries. Image courtesy of Kesang Bhutia.

Online ornamental plant trade may be an overlooked pathway for invasive species

Ananya Singh 17 Aug 2026
A Nilgiri pipit, the only grassland specialist species that was part of the study. Image by P. Jeganathan via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Disappearing grasslands impact bird populations, study finds

Simrin Sirur 14 Aug 2026
A worker clears weeds from Dal lake in Srinagar, Kashmir. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

The fraught politics and ethics of climate rankings [Commentary]

Chirag Dhara 14 Aug 2026
A male Nagami mithun. Image by Harshit Kumar.

Genetic study of the Arunachali mithun flags declining breeding population

Barasha Das 13 Aug 2026

Nine anchor species could meet India’s biodiversity and climate targets

Shradha Triveni 13 Aug 2026

Free-ranging dogs, changing livelihoods reshape an agro-pastoral landscape

Phalguni Ranjan 13 Aug 2026
One of the world's rarest pheasants, the western tragopan depends on undisturbed mountain forests for survival, but faces growing pressure from habitat degradation and human disturbance. Image by Jainy Maria.

Himalayan pheasants face mounting human pressure

Hirra Azmat 11 Aug 2026