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Otters face heat from smugglers in northeast India

Nabarun Guha 2 Jul 2024
A lion in Gir National Park.

A new web tool offers ways to trace where illegal lion parts come from

Malavika Vyawahare 15 Jan 2024

Intercepting the illegal capture of migratory birds in south-central West Bengal

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 2 Nov 2023
Image shows a tiger in a forest

Tiger poaching network, that spread from west to east India, busted

Nabarun Guha 11 Sep 2023

Countries resolve to protect cetaceans from marine plastic pollution

Sharada Balasubramanian 30 Dec 2022

Editor’s review 2022: A warmer Arabian Sea, energy transition and a search for economic value

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 24 Dec 2022
Barnamali Malik along with other fishermen prepares to venture into the Kharasrota river to catch fish. They returned home empty handed after a seven-hour long sail. Photo by Aishwarya Mohanty.

Illegal fish poisoning threatens traditional fishers in Odisha; authorities say no complaints since 2020

Aishwarya Mohanty 6 Oct 2022

West Africa’s illegal online bird trade finds most buyers in South Asia

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Jul 2022

Global illegal trade and farming flourish amid tiger conservation efforts

Sharon Guynup 17 Jun 2022
Illegal logging in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis will hit country’s environment and conservation hard, experts warn

Malaka Rodrigo 16 May 2022

[Interview] Renewable energy goals can’t be met by excluding people or making them hostile, say founders of LIFE

Mayank Aggarwal 25 Oct 2021

As Dharamshala grows, the city eats into the forest

Meenakshi Kapoor 25 Jun 2021

A “do or die” agitation against coal pollution in Odisha

Meena Menon 14 May 2021

Industries violating coastal zone law can now get away with paying compensation

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Mar 2021

India’s 40-year old law to combat air pollution languishes as the crisis intensifies

Nihar Gokhale 10 Nov 2020

Remove oil storage facility in ecologically sensitive coastal area, says green tribunal

Mayank Aggarwal 29 Oct 2020

Forest officers demand better social security and firearms

Mayank Aggarwal 8 Sep 2020

[Photos] Suffering in the town powering India’s nuclear dreams

Subhrajit Sen 4 Sep 2020

Excess Baggage: How wildlife is trafficked by air in and out of India

Mahima Jain 10 Jul 2020

Lockdown slows wildlife forensics

Sahana Ghosh 11 May 2020