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Men leads a herd of goats and sheep in the outskirts of Mandvi in Kachchh district, Gujarat. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Biodiversity and pastoral traditions lose shine with time in these grass preserves

Vandana K. 12 Jun 2026
Researchers at Rulung Glacier in Ladakh. Image by Purushottam Kumar Garg.

Climate-driven glacier melt could reshape water quality downstream

Hirra Azmat 9 Jun 2026
Labourers plant saplings as part of an tree plantation project. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Rethinking forest restoration beyond tree cover [Commentary]

Dhanapal Govindarajulu, Johan Oldekop 8 Jun 2026
Volunteers clean up plastic and other waste materials on a beach in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

India’s waste-climate opportunity begins before disposal [Commentary]

Kaushik Chandrasekhar, Balakrishna Pisupati 5 Jun 2026

Decoding Heat

Mongabay.com 2 Jun 2026
A Brahminy kite. Representative image by Hari K. Patibanda via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Artificial light at night alters foraging behaviour in kites

Nikhil Sreekandan 2 Jun 2026
People gather to oppose mining activities. Image by Ashwini Kumar Shukla.

A bauxite mining project, contested consent and growing tensions

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 1 Jun 2026
Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology at IMD, and farmers at work in the heat. Images by Kundan Pandey and Dibakar Roy via Pexels.

Both daytime and nighttime temperatures have risen: IMD chief [Interview]

Kundan Pandey 29 May 2026
One-horned rhinoceros graze at the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

The importance and exploitation of Indian forests down the ages [Book Review]

Usha Rai 27 May 2026
A construction crew works on a public ropeway project. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Urban Challenge Fund’s promise rests on implementation capacity [Commentary]

Ravikant Joshi 26 May 2026
Formal segregation of e-waste being done at the Karo Sambhav facility in Gurugram. Image courtesy of Karo Sambhav.

How NGOs are bringing India’s informal waste collectors into the system

Shoma Abhyankar 22 May 2026
A cow walks on a dried lake in the summer. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

As temperatures rise, cattle industry feels the strain

Himanshu Arya 19 May 2026

Expressway underpasses see early wildlife movement

Manish Chandra Mishra 19 May 2026
Amblyceps vayavy, a new species of freshwater fish discovered from the Western Ghats. Image by Abhishek Shirke.

New-to-science catfish sheds light on west-flowing rivers of the Western Ghats

Lisann Dias 18 May 2026
Freshly harvested paddy grains being inspected. Image courtesy of  CG Khabar.

Assured paddy prices reshape farms

Ayushi Sharma 15 May 2026
A farmer weeds her barley field in Naddi village in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Climate change and tourism are reshaping farming in the Himalayas

Rozita Singh 14 May 2026
Food delivery personnel take rest under the shade of a tree as they await their next order in Kochi, Kerala. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

Workers groups are pushing for legal protections against deadly heat

Simrin Sirur 13 May 2026

Scientists report plastic-rock formation from India’s western coast

Ananya Singh 13 May 2026
Neil Island in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. Image by Vishal Jadav via Pexels.

High Court bench to hear PILs challenging Great Nicobar clearance

Simrin Sirur 12 May 2026
An active urban freshwater spring channeled through PVC piping amidst residential buildings in Tadong, Gangto, Sikkim. Image by Avantika Thapa.

Overlooked urban springs can strengthen water security in Himalayan cities [Commentary]

Sailendra Dewan, Niharika Bindal 11 May 2026