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Abscondita perplexa. Image by Parvez.

India’s first firefly checklist records 92 species, reveals high endemism

Arathi Menon 12 Mar 2026
A grassland in Dhule district, Maharashtra. Image by Yuvraj Shingate via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What traditional Marathi literature reveals about savannahs

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 4 Feb 2026
A saltwater crocodile. An island’s size not only affects the intensity of competition among species for limiting resources, but also the activity level and rate of metabolism in its dominant predators. Reptilian predators such as saltwater crocodile in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is an example. Representative image by Richard.Fisher via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Development projects in small and micro islands need careful planning [Commentary]

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 2 Feb 2026
Hemidactylus kalinga sp. nov. Image by Pratyush P. Mohapatra.

New-to-science gecko sheds light on Eastern Ghats’ biodiversity

Arathi Menon 22 Jan 2026
The Nilgiris hills in the southern Western Ghats. Image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

A stairway from the ocean to the skies [Commentary]

C.P. Rajendran 29 Oct 2025

Elusive Eurasian otter spotted in Goa for the first time

Simrin Sirur 18 Sep 2025

On the trail of a lost relic [Commentary]

Sahanashree Ramakrishnaiah 4 Sep 2025
bare-bellied hedgehog

Bare-bellied and barely seen, Madras hedgehog needs a headcount

Arathi Menon 19 Feb 2025

Meet DiCaprio’s Himalayan serpent

Neha Jain 3 Jan 2025

Studies gain pace while the identity of Kashmir’s langurs remains gray

Arathi Menon 13 Dec 2024
Feral horses in Assam. Image by Hiren Senapati.

The last feral horses of India

Nabarun Guha 5 Nov 2024

[Commentary] Kerala is a hotspot within a hotspot

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 19 Sep 2024

Himalayan pikas wait for weather cues to make winter plans

Arathi Menon 21 Aug 2024
Banner image: Common morel. Image by Joost J Bakker via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Wild edible plants enhance food security and climate resilience in Kashmir, finds study

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 8 Aug 2024

[Explainer] How are species named?

Anusha Krishnan 4 Jun 2024

With a new discovery, lizard studies get an edge

Arathi Menon 5 Apr 2024

[Explainer] What are freshwater rock pools and who lives in them?

Geetha Iyer 12 Dec 2023
Concrete porcupine screens installed on the river bank to stop erosion on a river island near Daying Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo: Jyotirmoy Saharia

Grassland loss threatens endemic birds in Arunachal sanctuary

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 30 Nov 2023

Book on endemic birds says three species almost extinct

Arathi Menon 9 Oct 2023
Farmer Mhobatsinh Sindhal stands beside the C. wightii (Guggul) fence in his farm.

From abundance to endangerment to revival, Kachchh’s guggal comes a full circle

Azera Parveen Rahman 26 Sep 2023