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Whale shark rescues gain momentum along India’s west coast

K.A. Shaji 28 Nov 2025
An aerial view of visitors at a rewilded area in Fringe Ford. Image courtesy of Fringe Ford.

Legal ambiguity hinders rewilding efforts in India

Arathi Menon 27 Nov 2025
Edible insects being caught for consumption in Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

Insect decline signals a deep ecological imbalance [Commentary]

Irina Das Sarkar, Madhu Verma 10 Nov 2025
The Tungabhadra river in Hampi, Karnataka. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

A fascinating book on India’s rivers and their travails [Book Review]

Usha Rai 18 Jun 2025
This crane fly Hexatoma (Eriocera) sp., photographed in Wayanad, Kerala, is a wasp mimic. Image by L. Shyamal via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

The commonly seen but rarely understood crane fly [Commentary]

Geetha Iyer 8 May 2025
Syringodium seagrass

Seagrass mapping helps identify restoration potential

Phalguni Ranjan 24 Jan 2025

[Interview] Climate change talks do not take nature into consideration in its economics: Partha Dasgupta

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 5 Dec 2023

[Workshop] Environmental economics: Valuing and financing climate action

Team Mongabay-India 14 Nov 2023

Scavenging hyenas save carcass disposal costs

Neha Jain 4 Oct 2023

Bioinvasions are a global threat to ecosystems, says IPBES report

Arathi Menon 21 Sep 2023

Ecosystem-based adaptation takes nature-based, people-centric approach to agriculture

Arathi Menon 9 Aug 2023
A woman with her harvest of fishbone fern in Chota Suruk, Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. Photo by Aditya Pradhan.

Studies highlight local perception of ecosystem services

Arathi Menon 11 Jul 2023
Fishermen engaged in seine net fishing at the Pulicat lagoon. Photo by Xavier Benedict/ AARDE Foundation.

Red listing the Pulicat lagoon may help protect the ecosystem, say researchers

Arathi Menon 4 May 2023
Painted storks in Kazhuveli. Photo by Bupesh Gupta.

[Commentary] Tamil Nadu needs an innovative wetland conservation strategy starting with Kazhuveli

Kannan Vaithianathan 12 Jan 2023

Coconut-based integrated farming could help sequester carbon, improve farm productivity: study

T. V. Padma 2 Nov 2022
Wetlands near Doriya River of Majuli Island in North Eastern State Assam, India.

[Commentary] Latest wetland mapping data underscores the need to step up conservation action

Ritesh Kumar 11 Jul 2022

Himachal’s ecology under pressure; around 31 forest fires per day in April-June this year

Vivek Gupta 8 Jul 2022
African catfish in Bengaluru.African catfish find it easier to thrive in new and harsh environments. Photo by Yercaud Elango/ Wikimedia Commons.

Invasive freshwater fish are thriving in the Ganges, aided by increasing temperatures

Sneha Mahale 6 Jun 2022
Image shows a honeybee surrounded by yellow flowers

What do bees see? Developing urban gardens to attract pollinators

Shobha Menon 12 May 2022

[Commentary] Forests, ecosystem services and humans

Urbashi Pradhan 2 Sep 2021