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Silence of the wolves: How human landscapes alter howling behaviour

Sneha Mahale 15 Feb 2024

Two new mammal species identified in Kaziranga

Nabarun Guha 14 Feb 2024

[Book review] A frank and fearless autobiography of India’s snakeman

Meena Menon 13 Feb 2024

More wild water buffaloes in central India to fix population decline and ecological degradation

Arathi Menon 9 Feb 2024

Himalayan wolf listed as ‘vulnerable’ in IUCN, prompts concerted conservation efforts

Sanjeev Kumar 8 Feb 2024
Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis).

India one of the nine countries to sign global pact to protect endangered river dolphins

Astrid Arellano 23 Jan 2024

[Commentary] Ambiguity on fund allocation shrouds Project Tiger and Project Elephant merger

Akshay Chettri, Ishika Patodi 23 Jan 2024

Marine fisheries policy moving against the current of scientific recommendations

Kundan Pandey 22 Jan 2024

[Commentary] Pressures on the Thanpattan pastureland threaten biodiversity, pastoral livelihoods

Nidhi Singh 19 Jan 2024

Channapatna’s traditional artisans toy with modernity 

Arathi Menon 18 Jan 2024
Prayer flags in Lo Manthang, Nepal.

Nepal’s traditional healers push for recognition and licensing of their age-old practices

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 3 Jan 2024

Named after their habitats, three new frogs add to Arunachal’s biodiversity

Arathi Menon 1 Jan 2024

Problems maximise for Elephas maximus in Karnataka

Arathi Menon 29 Dec 2023
A couple from a local community harvesting sago palm on the banks of the Tuba river in a village in Maluku province, Indonesia.

Community forest management linked to positive social, environmental outcomes: study

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 26 Dec 2023

Kerala farmers go bananas over diversity

Arathi Menon 20 Dec 2023

Study finds physical barriers restricting blue sheep gene flow

Arathi Menon 20 Dec 2023

NGOs and conservationists look into commercialising invasive plants from the wild

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Dec 2023

Resurrecting khadeen, the ancient water harvesting structure of Rajasthan

Amir Malik, Novita Singh 8 Dec 2023

Graze or blaze: Study looks at ways to manage grass dominance in savannahs

Arathi Menon 8 Dec 2023
Concrete porcupine screens installed on the river bank to stop erosion on a river island near Daying Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo: Jyotirmoy Saharia

Grassland loss threatens endemic birds in Arunachal sanctuary

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 30 Nov 2023