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[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

Imprints: Digging up bones with Advait Jukar

Sahana Ghosh, Kartik Chandramouli 6 Jan 2023
Banni in Gujarat, is among the largest grasslands in India, and has been earmarked for large-scale grass plantations via tillage.

[Commentary] Restoring Indian grasslands does not require disturbing soil and planting grasses, but more science

Ashish Nerlekar, Ankila Hiremath 8 Aug 2022

New study traces the evolution of South Asia’s bulbuls to other parts of Asia and even Africa

Malaka Rodrigo 10 Dec 2021

Jackie Chan, Balerion and Smaug inspire names of gecko species described from Western Ghats

Liz Kimbrough 26 Oct 2021

The neelakurinji bloom is wilting with time

Arathi Menon 27 Sep 2021

Newly described scorpion species from Western Ghats highlight need for more research and conservation

Vinaya Kurtkoti 18 May 2021
A group of Khur in LRK with Prosopis julifera in the background and waste water released from the farmlands in the foreground. Photo by Abhijit Dutta

[Commentary] Isolated pockets of unique wildlife populations of Gujarat need immediate attention

Abhijit Dutta 12 Oct 2020

The bugyals or Himalayan alpine meadows: a treasure trove endangered

Hridayesh Joshi 27 Aug 2020

Logging poses a threat to the arboreal Travancore flying squirrel

Visvajit Sriramrajan 12 May 2020

New species remain hidden in the myristica swamps of the Western Ghats

Neha Jain 4 Nov 2019

New frog species from unexplored Jharkhand and Bihar brings cheer

GBSNP Varma 16 Sep 2019

Enormous alien fish spotted in Kerala’s rivers after the 2018 floods

Aathira Perinchery 16 Aug 2019

When and from where did black pepper come to India?

T. V. Padma 20 Jun 2019
Grizzled-giant-squirrel

The grizzled giant squirrel struggles to survive in the face of habitat loss

Manupriya 13 Feb 2019

Invasive plant species are creeping into Kerala after the floods

Haritha John 15 Jan 2019

A blood-red, snake-like burrowing fish from Meghalaya

Sandhya Sekar 8 Nov 2018