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A paper wasp. Nomadic tribes once used its toxins for poisoning arrows to hunt animals. Image by Satish Nikam via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

The insect muses that have shaped our world [Book Review]

Usha Rai 12 Feb 2026
Dense spikes of purple flowers make Dactylorhiza hatagirea a striking sight in high-altitude landscapes. Image by Javaid M Dad.

Climate change could shrink habitat of Himalayan marsh orchid, study warns

Hirra Azmat 9 Feb 2026
A marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus). Image by Thejavikho Gwizantsu Chase.

How hoverflies quietly sustain ecosystems [Commentary]

Amritha Jaiprekash Kurup 21 Jan 2026
Cyclone Alia submerges settlements in West Bengal in 2009. Image by Anil Gulati/India Water Portal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

How global warming-induced intense cyclones could cause ecosystem changes

T. V. Padma 19 Jan 2026
Mangrove saplings being planted at a nursery in Kochi, Kerala. (AP Photo/Shawn Sebastian).

Mangrove restoration needs more than planting; it needs monitoring and data

Barasha Das 15 Jan 2026

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