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Conocarpus erectus saplings. Representative image by TreeWorld Wholesale via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Why is Conocarpus being banned across states? [Explainer]

Nikhil Sreekandan 20 Jul 2026
A blackbuck at the Bagepalli plantation. Image courtesy of ATREE.

Cities need tailored restoration, not mass tree planting

Arathi Menon 17 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 cicada in Kodagu, Karnataka. Image by Ljain19 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The insect that makes forests sing

Team Mongabay-India 15 Jul 2026
A man sells neem sticks and leaves in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

The neem patent case and India’s next battle over traditional knowledge [Commentary]

Deepanjana Saha, Sarvesh J.P., G. Ravikanth 14 Jul 2026
The World Cup cicada (Chremistica ribhoi). Image by Nabarun Guha.

The insect that syncs up with the football World Cup

Nabarun Guha 14 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
A hill myna. Image by Bernard Dupont via Flickr (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why looking at trees is a type of rebellion [Book Review]

Aarushi Agrawal 13 Jul 2026
Tso Moriri lake during the summer, when the lake thaws and vegetation grows. Image by Raghavan37 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

In high altitude soils, microbes may be limiting the warming they trigger

Lekha Bandopadhyay 10 Jul 2026
A man navigates the waterways through the Picharavam mangroves, collecting wild halophytes have taken root alongside the salt-tolerant mangrove trees following restoration near Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Why feasibility matters for land use projects in India [Commentary]

Sayanta Ghosh, J.V. Sharma 7 Jul 2026
A fisherman at work at the Loktak Lake. Image by R.K. Neetu Sana.

Warming lake threatens fish habitats and the wetland economy

Barasha Das 7 Jul 2026
Aquatic plants dominate the water surface of Dal Lake. Image by Akhil Paul.

Scientists test turning aquatic weeds into liquid fertilisers

Hirra Azmat 7 Jul 2026
A beekeeper in the Nilgiris harvests honey from her hive. Image by Shawn J. Stephen/Keystone Foundation.

Indigenous women build new livelihoods with hive boxes

Arathi Menon 3 Jul 2026
Earth-moving equipment clears vegetation along the Central Ridge in Delhi. Image by Pradip Krishen.

Delhi witnesses a travesty of ecological restoration [Commentary]

Ankila Hiremath, Vikram Iyer 1 Jul 2026
A clouded leopard in Aizawl Zoo, Mizoram. Image by Dr. Raju Kasambe via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

A cat that is clouded by design

Team Mongabay-India 1 Jul 2026
A dwarf honey bee colony built on bushes and branches in Bengaluru. Image by Bharath Kumar A.K.

India’s native dwarf honey bee faces a quiet urban crisis

Nivedhika Krishnan 19 Jun 2026
A pair of chinkaras at the Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra. Image by Dr Caesar Photgraph via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

The chinkara’s future may be less secure than its conservation status suggests

Manjeera Gowravaram 18 Jun 2026

A social worker’s solo endeavour to track fluorosis and groundwater contamination

Biswajit Das, Nabarun Guha 16 Jun 2026
Dharani Saikia speaks with a person affected by fluorosis. Image by Nabarun Guha.

In rural Assam, fluoride in groundwater is bending bones

Nabarun Guha 16 Jun 2026
Men leads a herd of goats and sheep in the outskirts of Mandvi in Kachchh district, Gujarat. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Biodiversity and pastoral traditions lose shine with time in these grass preserves

Vandana K. 12 Jun 2026