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A Great Nicobar serpent eagle. Image by Shreeram M.V. via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Green tribunal rules in favour of Great Nicobar Island project, citing ‘adequate safeguards’

Simrin Sirur 17 Feb 2026
A catch of squaretail groupers (Plectropomus areolatus). Image by Rucha Karkarey.

A Lakshadweep island’s strategic value worries conservationists and fishers

Max Martin 27 Jan 2026
Partially bleached coral reefs in the waters near Elephant beach in the Andaman islands. Image by Harvinder Chandigarh via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India needs a marine litter policy as plastic waste chokes corals

T. V. Padma 19 Sep 2025

Court submission challenges ‘confidential’ report on the Great Nicobar Island plan

Simrin Sirur 27 Aug 2025
Fishermen from Kavaratti at work, performing pole-and-line fishing in the deep-sea area. Image by K.A. Shaji.

Pole-and-line fishing face new challenges with push for tuna fish exports

K.A. Shaji 17 Jun 2025
An aerial view of Rameshwaram island at the tip of Tamil Nadu, beyond which lies the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere. Image by Tracy Hunter via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Reef islands in need of restoration

Simrin Sirur 14 Mar 2025

Experimenting with artificial reefs to protect marine ecosystems

Aishwarya Mohanty 12 Feb 2025
Tourists gather near the coast at Kaniyakumari.

Plans to explore oil and gas in biodiversity-rich Wadge Bank raises concerns

K.A. Shaji 29 May 2024

Artificial reefs to boost fish catch, support livelihoods

Riddhi Doshi 21 May 2024
‘Animal Forests’ of Kerala’s rocky reefs with soft corals and solitary hard corals. Photo by Umeed Mistry

Traditional raft fishing threatened as reefs choke on plastic

Max Martin, John Bennet 12 Feb 2024

[Commentary] Conserving marine ecosystems through the Wild Life Protection Act is not very effective

Shivani Swami 10 Jun 2021
Uma Mani, Chennai-based homemaker who learned diving at 49. Through her paintings, she has been trying to draw public attention to the devastating effects of climate change on marine life

Chennai artist and deep-sea diver creates awareness about coral health

Anjana Parikh 9 Jun 2021

[Commentary] The unspoken crises of Lakshadweep

Rohan Arthur 3 Jun 2021
Marine debris entangled in branching coral in the waters of the Gulf of Mannar. Photo courtesy SDMRI.

Ghosts of the gulf: Marine debris a threat to corals in the Gulf of Mannar

Aathira Perinchery 18 Jan 2021

Cyclones made coral recovery quicker in Gulf of Mannar this year

Ankita Sengupta 31 Aug 2020

Lakshadweep unveils world’s first sea cucumber conservation reserve

K.A. Shaji 5 May 2020

Artificial reefs breathe new life for Tamil Nadu’s fishing communities

Mahima Jain 11 Feb 2020

Study explores recovery patterns of corals in Palk Bay after the 2016 bleaching event

Neha Jain 25 Dec 2019

Towards better prediction of coral bleaching

Aathira Perinchery 25 Nov 2019
Marine cleaners and client Moray and shrimp

Where do fish go for a spa?

Sejal Mehta 26 Jul 2019