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A new remote sensing study spotlights Indian savannas

Nikhil Sreekandan 12 Sep 2024
A laborer at Shivam Bricks in Gaya, where zigzag technology was installed in 2018 to reduce pollution. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay

Brick kilns embrace zigzag design to cut pollution and boost efficiency

Manish Chandra Mishra 27 Aug 2024

Budget balances coalition demands, job challenges and green initiatives

Kundan Pandey 26 Jul 2024
Insect fumigation. Image courtesy of Nathania Ria Prince.

What’s killing the buzz? A look into urban fumigation

Nathania Ria Prince 25 Jul 2024
Spineless cactus farm at the IGFRI campus in Jhansi. Image by Shuchita Jha/Mongabay

Uttar Pradesh to fast-track biofuel production with the right blend of ethanol and biogas

Shuchita Jha 24 Jul 2024
Kadaknath chicken at a government farm in Jhabua. Its color is black—every part of it, including its blood. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra / Mongabay.

A fowl that travelled from forests to farms

Manish Chandra Mishra 23 Jul 2024

Eco-anxiety soars as planet health plummets

Arathi Menon 2 May 2024
Dr. Mohsin Ali Gazi (incharge veterinary officer) along with staff treating a leopard in Kashmir: Image- Arranged from Dr Mohsin Ali Gazi

Wildlife rescue operations in Kashmir face an uphill battle with rising human-wildife conflict

Mudassir Kuloo 26 Apr 2024
Artist Bhajju Shyam paints himself immersed in nature, playing the Bana and singing traditional songs. Photo by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay

Converting folklores to fine art

Manish Chandra Mishra 12 Mar 2024

Dual role as air pollutant and warming agent makes black carbon a neglected player in policy

Shailesh Shrivastava 29 Jan 2024
A couple from a local community harvesting sago palm on the banks of the Tuba river in a village in Maluku province, Indonesia.

Community forest management linked to positive social, environmental outcomes: study

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 26 Dec 2023
A lynx in a sea buckthorn shrub. Chamba spotted the Eurasian lynx on eight different occasions and captured several photographs. Photo by Stanzin Chamba.

A citizen-led initiative contributes to wildlife conservation in Ladakh

Manish Chandra Mishra 14 Nov 2023
A free-ranging dog on the hunt, capturing a pika. Photo by Neeraj Mahar

Ladakh’s small cats face resource competition, intimidation by free-ranging dogs

Shailesh Shrivastava 13 Nov 2023
Noorsarai in Bihar's Nalanda district has emerged as a thriving hub for engineering works. In this town, a mini-grid operated by Husk Power ensures a consistent and uninterrupted energy supply to numerous workshops and businesses. Photo by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay

[Video] Rooftop solar, an emerging solution to Bihar’s land shortage that’s stalling renewable progress

Manish Chandra Mishra 8 Nov 2023
Pallas's cat captured by a camera trap. Photo by Forest, Ecology & Environment Department, Ladakh

Pallas’s cat’s sightings become more common in Ladakh

Manish Chandra Mishra 9 Oct 2023
Wind mills.

Is the UN carbon neutral? No, finds an investigation.

Jacob Goldberg, Leopold Salzenstein, Sarah Brown, Shaz Syed 19 Sep 2023
Joyeeta Gupta speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. Photo by World Economic Forum - Jakob Polacsek/ Flickr.

[Interview] Joyeeta Gupta: The Indian voice for environmental justice at global platforms

Arathi Menon 27 Jul 2023

Not everyone’s sold on the global sensation – Miyawaki forests

Annelise Giseburt 3 Jul 2023

As renewable sector grows, need for regulating it comes to the fore

Kundan Pandey 20 Apr 2023

Varying levels of microplastics detected in sea salt produced across India

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 5 Apr 2023