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A juvenile leatherback turtle. Image by Ken Clifton via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

The largest living sea turtle

Team Mongabay-India 26 Aug 2026
Vinu A. Muthukuzhi, inspects his plantain farm that suffered massive loss in the recent heavy rainfall and flooding in Kalliyoor, Thiruvananthapuram.

Kerala’s Onam festival marred by a weaker monsoon and subsequent crop loss

K. Rajendran 25 Aug 2026
A woman waters saplings planted as part of a government tree planting campaign in Uttar Pradesh, against the backdrop of thermal power plants. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Audit exposes fundamental flaws in Green India Mission’s execution

Simrin Sirur 24 Aug 2026
Kuntal Saha, lead author of the study spots Cynodon nlemfuensis on a field trip in the Kashmir Himalaya, near Gulmarg. Image courtesy of Kuntal Saha.

A study on African Bermuda-grass highlights gaps in bioinvasion policy

Lekha Bandopadhyay 24 Aug 2026
Kafal (Myrica esculenta) is a local seasonal berry found in the mid-Himalayan region. Image by Divya Chowfin.

Better demand could save indigenous fruits from being forgotten

Azera Parveen Rahman 21 Aug 2026
A sambar deer in the forests of the Western Ghats in Chikmagaluru, Karnataka. Image by Anil Sharma via Pexels.

Understanding the true value of forest ecosystem services

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 20 Aug 2026
Residents sleep on the roof of their home near Versova beach to escape the indoor heat as humid conditions persist amid a delayed monsoon in Mumbai, Maharashtra in June this year. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Rising temperatures could intensify humid heat during India’s monsoon

Nivedhika Krishnan 20 Aug 2026
The Indian Ocean along the Sri Lankan coastline. Image by Sarmat Batagov via Pexels.

Why do changes in the Indian Ocean matter? [Explainer]

Bharti Dharapuram 20 Aug 2026
Drang Drung glacier in the Zanskar Himalayas. Image by Andrew Mackintosh.

Ladakh glaciers losing speed as ice melts, new study warns

Simrin Sirur 18 Aug 2026
Kesang Bhutia, the study’s lead author, conducts field work in nurseries. Image courtesy of Kesang Bhutia.

Online ornamental plant trade may be an overlooked pathway for invasive species

Ananya Singh 17 Aug 2026
A mountain of waste generated from coal mining stands in the Kathara area of Bokaro district, Jharkhand. Image by Kundan Pandey/Mongabay.

The mine closes but the transition is far from over

Kundan Pandey 17 Aug 2026
Invasive giant African snails spotted in Kerala. Image by Drajay1976 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Invasives impact in Global South needs more attention

Arathi Menon 14 Aug 2026
A worker clears weeds from Dal lake in Srinagar, Kashmir. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

The fraught politics and ethics of climate rankings [Commentary]

Chirag Dhara 14 Aug 2026

Nine anchor species could meet India’s biodiversity and climate targets

Shradha Triveni 13 Aug 2026

Free-ranging dogs, changing livelihoods reshape an agro-pastoral landscape

Phalguni Ranjan 13 Aug 2026

Why Western Ghats states can’t agree on Eco-Sensitive Areas

Simrin Sirur 10 Aug 2026
Labourers work at a metro line project in Aarey colony, amid protests against felling of trees in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Supreme court upholds centre’s power to notify post-facto clearance

Kundan Pandey 7 Aug 2026
A woman cools herself off with an ice pack during a heat wave in Banda, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Heatwaves and lightning notified as national disasters, government says

Simrin Sirur 7 Aug 2026
A pair of bar-headed geese in flight. They migrate from Central Asia to India in large flocks during the winter. Image by Hari K. Patibanda via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

New clues into how animals evolved an internal compass to navigate Earth

Nupur Fangaria 7 Aug 2026

Mumbai’s informal settlements struggle to power their homes

Rhea Arora 5 Aug 2026