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Scientists identify new deep-sea shark species from India’s southwest coast

Ananya Singh 4 Aug 2026
Fishers at work in Vembanad Lake, Kerala. Image courtesy of India Water Portal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

A fertile landscape at the crossroads of ecology and development [Commentary]

C.P. Rajendran 3 Aug 2026
Fishers tend their gear at Saude Beach in Kochi. Image by Robert Bociaga/Mongabay.

West coast fishers confront ‘ghost gear’ problem

Robert Bociaga 23 Jul 2026

Dolphins tread the waters between tourist boats and fishing nets

Sneha Mahale 21 Jul 2026

Important shark, ray habitats in India are still unprotected

Rupsy Khurana 20 Jul 2026
Many women from the Irular community depend on seasonal brackish pools around the Kovalam-Nemmeli backwaters for their livelihood. Imge by Smitha T.K.

Fishers, naturalists worry about the impacts of turning a coastal wetland into a reservoir

Smitha T.K. 13 Jul 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
Olive ridley hatchlings at Rushikulya. They are especially vulnerable due to their size and limited strength, and face a myriad of threats on their seaward journey. Image by Aliva Sahoo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Plastic litter and ghost nets threaten olive ridley hatchlings

Phalguni Ranjan 27 Apr 2026
Image by Vardhanjp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The ocean grazer tending seagrass fields

Team Mongabay-India 8 Apr 2026
Mohd Shahnawaz Khan releases a juvenile gharial in Murshidabad, West Bengal. Image courtesy of Mohd Shahnawaz Khan/WWF-India.

Experts divided over reintroducing captive-bred gharials in rivers

Rajeev Tyagi 4 Feb 2026
Young milk sharks caught by fishers at a wharf in Mangalore, Karnataka. Image by Karunakar Rayker via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Study explores social media as a tool to track shark and ray consumption

Divya Kilikar 3 Feb 2026
A catch of squaretail groupers (Plectropomus areolatus). Image by Rucha Karkarey.

A Lakshadweep island’s strategic value worries conservationists and fishers

Max Martin 27 Jan 2026
A shore seine net is hauled ashore at Valinokam, Tamil Nadu, while people gather along the beach to watch. Image by Vinod Kumar.

Traditional fishers turn rescuers in a win for declining marine wildlife [Commentary]

M. Fathima Hanna, Teresa Scholastica Thomas, I. Santhanamari, Vinod M. Kumar, Maria Antony P., M. Soubadra Devy 26 Jan 2026
Fish vendors at a market in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Image by Rajesh Pamnani via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

India’s fisheries budget misses the ocean for the fish [Commentary]

Ajay Sawant 22 Dec 2025
T. silasii by Geetha Sasikumar and K.K. Sajikumar.

New deep-sea squid species discovered in tropical waters

Divya Kilikar 8 Dec 2025

Whale shark rescues gain momentum along India’s west coast

K.A. Shaji 28 Nov 2025

Documentaries rooted in land, water and culture, shine at DIFF

Megha Acharya 19 Nov 2025
A dried out agricultural field in Keelasiruputhu near Ramanathapuram, impacted by oil exploration in the region. Image by K.A. Shaji.

Hydrocarbon exploration sparks protest over livelihood and environmental concerns

K.A. Shaji 24 Oct 2025
Partially bleached coral reefs in the waters near Elephant beach in the Andaman islands. Image by Harvinder Chandigarh via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India needs a marine litter policy as plastic waste chokes corals

T. V. Padma 19 Sep 2025
A variety of sharks and rays caught in a trawler. Image by Imran Samad.

India’s nearshore fisheries overlap with shark and ray habitats

Rupsy Khurana 18 Sep 2025