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Neil Island in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. Image by Vishal Jadav via Pexels.

High Court bench to hear PILs challenging Great Nicobar clearance

Simrin Sirur 12 May 2026
A rhino mother and calf in Manas National Park. Between 2012 and 2021, researchers recorded 35 rhino births in Manas. Image by Deba Kumar Dutta.

Reintroduced rhinos breed, but recovery remains fragile

Sneha Mahale 8 May 2026
Saara hardwickii or the spiny-tailed lizard is endemic to the Thar and Kutch desert regions. Image by Mihir Joshi.

Spiny-tailed lizards add insects to the menu

Shweta Yogi 4 May 2026
Sub-tropical pine forests in Himachal Pradesh. Image by Meenakshi Kapoor.

Rules for forest conservation may facilitate diversions [Analysis]

Meenakshi Kapoor 30 Apr 2026
A natural farming practitioner works at her farm in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. The National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture frames soil health, water-use efficiency, and biodiversity conservation as agricultural priorities. Representative image. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

India’s farms do ecological work that no policy has accounted [Commentary]

Deepanjana Saha, Prasanna N.S., G. Ravikanth 29 Apr 2026
Amur falcon. Image by Touhid biplob via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The bird of prey that crosses continents

Team Mongabay-India 29 Apr 2026
Trees at a park in Kochi, Kerala. Image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

New database captures urban tree diversity

Simrin Sirur 27 Apr 2026
A sarus crane feeds its offspring. It is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN Red List, and Shekha jheel is a critical stronghold for the species. Representative image by Drsssuresh1961 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Ramsar wetland tag needs to be followed up with sustained management, say experts

Manish Chandra Mishra 24 Apr 2026
Günther's Indian gecko. Image by Vengolis via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Small creatures, big adaptations

Team Mongabay-India 22 Apr 2026

Plugging data gaps in global plant diversity using citizen science

Anusha Krishnan 22 Apr 2026

Nature’s clean-up crew

Team Mongabay-India 15 Apr 2026
Veli-Akkulam backwaters. Beneath the calm surface, three decades of ecosystem modelling show a fraying food web, with broken links and top predators, including fish and birds, in decline. Rajithmohan via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-3.0)

Invasive species and waste are redrawing an estuary’s food web

Max Martin 14 Apr 2026
A view of the Indian Ocean from the Sri Lankan coast. Rising temperatures in the Arabian Sea intensify extreme weather events, with profound consequences for coastal populations from South Asia to East Africa, Australia, and island nations such as Sri Lanka. Image by Praveenshashika via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Global sea surface temperatures are reaching record highs [Commentary]

C.P. Rajendran 7 Apr 2026
A rhino released in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. Image by Vipin Kapoor Saini.

Rewilding rhinos as part of a long-term conservation plan

Manish Chandra Mishra 3 Apr 2026
A house burnt during ethnic clashes and rioting in Sugnu, Manipur in June 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

The unaccounted ecological costs of a conflict [Commentary]

Gojesh Konsam 30 Mar 2026

The last surviving population of a red deer rises

Team Mongabay-India 25 Mar 2026
A sloth bear mother and cub. Caves on rocky hillocks provide hidden shelters that offer shade, safety and a place for mothers to raise cubs. Image by L. Shyamal via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Sloth bears den between a rock and a safe place

Sneha Mahale 25 Mar 2026
A goonch catfish. Image by Zeb Hogan.

New global report flags risks to migratory freshwater fish in India’s rivers

Manish Chandra Mishra 24 Mar 2026
Farmers collect foliage from a betta land. Image by Sharmila Vaidyanathan.

Betta lands await revival as areca nut cultivation undergoes change

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 20 Mar 2026

The desperate battle of Mizoram’s farmers with rats

Barasha Das, Surajit Sharma 19 Mar 2026