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A caracal caught on camera trap. Image courtesy of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve.

Scrublands and ravines offer key habitat for the elusive caracal

Sneha Mahale 9 Jul 2026
A caracal photographed by a camera trap at night in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh. Image courtesy of Kuno National Park.

New camera-trap record confirms caracal presence in Kuno

Manish Chandra Mishra 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 herd of Mishmi takin in Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh. Image by T.R. Shankar Raman via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

The goat-antelope of the high Himalayas

Team Mongabay-India 24 Jun 2026
An Indian pangolin. Image by A.J.T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The mammal wrapped in a shield of scales

Team Mongabay-India 20 May 2026
A peacock tarantula. Image courtesy of Wingham Wildlife Park.

Rare peacock tarantula gets dedicated conservation survey

Arathi Menon 14 May 2026
A Chinese pangolin rescued and released by Wildlife Trust of India in Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Panjit Basumatary/WTI.

A community leads protection of the pangolin in a critical illegal trade corridor

Kasturi Das 7 May 2026
Rhinos bathe in a river at Chitwan National Park in Nepal. Image by Jitendra Raj Bajracharya/ICIMOD.

Rising illegal wildlife trade across Himalayan countries threatens the mountain ecosystem

Vandana K. 29 Apr 2026
Representative image of a great Indian bustard. Image by Shiv's fotografia via Wikimedia Commons.

After decade long wait, great Indian bustard hatches in Gujarat

Simrin Sirur 3 Apr 2026

The long-snouted river specialist

Team Mongabay-India 1 Apr 2026

The last surviving population of a red deer rises

Team Mongabay-India 25 Mar 2026
Mohd Shahnawaz Khan releases a juvenile gharial in Murshidabad, West Bengal. Image courtesy of Mohd Shahnawaz Khan/WWF-India.

Experts divided over reintroducing captive-bred gharials in rivers

Rajeev Tyagi 4 Feb 2026
Galaxy frogs in the Western Ghats. Image by K.P. Rajkumar/ZSL.

Photo tourism threatens rare galaxy frog population

Liz Kimbrough 2 Jan 2026
Young gharials at the Gharial Rehabilitation Centre at Kukrail. Image by Azma Khan.

A proposed night safari threatens the ecosystem of an urban forest [Commentary]

Shravya Shruti 29 Dec 2025
Vivek Menon birding in Seinthuk town (now known as Shergaon) in Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Madhumay.

Vivek Menon becomes the first Asian chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission [Interview]

Nikhil Sreekandan 18 Dec 2025
A Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor). Representative image from a zoo by Hans de Bisschop via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

The elusive Mishmi takin faces new challenges in its changing habitat

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 28 Nov 2025
A specimen of Charmus laneus from Coimbatore, which is the type locality of Charmus indicus. C. indicus has now been synonymised with C. laneus. Image by Shauri Sulakhe.

Scientists correct a century-old misidentified scorpion and describe a new species

Vandana K. 17 Nov 2025
A camera trap image captures a pack of golden jackals feeding on a crowned river turtle. Image by Gourav Sonawane.

Golden jackals are a growing threat to endangered crowned river turtles

Shweta Yogi 6 Nov 2025

Rare dhole sighting a reminder of unexpected biodiversity in Pune’s landscapes

Aditi Tandon 22 Sep 2025

World’s smallest wild cat recorded in West Bengal

Nabarun Guha 19 Aug 2025