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New study maps India’s diverging fire regimes

Simrin Sirur 21 Oct 2026
Canadian horseweed or Erigeron canadensis photographed in North America. Image by Aaron Volkening via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Invaders get better at competition in introduced ranges: Study

Arathi Menon 15 Oct 2026
A moth camouflaged against L. pertusa lichen. Image by Sanjay Kumar Unniyal.

Study identifies rare case of moth and lichen association

Arathi Menon 8 Oct 2026
An ibisbill tagged and fitted with satellite PTT. Image by Khursheed Ahmad.

Climate change may increase the ibisbill’s habitat range, but other pressures loom

Hirra Azmat 5 Oct 2026
Shompen people in Great Nicobar Island in 1997. The Shompen are the original forest dwellers of the Island. Images courtesy of Manish Chandi.

Isolated island tribes should choose their own destinies, says Manish Chandi [Interview]

Latoya Abulu 28 Sep 2026
A male tiger in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve. Image by Koshy Koshy via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

India postpones Cambodia tiger reintroduction

Arathi Menon 24 Sep 2026
A tiger marks its scent by spraying urine on a tree in Kanha National Park. Image by David V. Raju via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Odours offer new clues in monitoring big cats

Sneha Mahale 24 Sep 2026

Community-based mangrove monitoring should compliment satellite data [Commentary]

Utchimahali Mariappan 22 Sep 2026

As tigers spill beyond reserves, India rethinks conservation

Arathi Menon 18 Sep 2026
A coal block in Hasdeo. Even today, approximately 75% of India’s total energy consumption is met by coal-based thermal power plants. Image by Alok Prakash Putul/Mongabay.

Centre tightens grip over mineral taxation, states cry foul

Vishal Kumar Jain 11 Sep 2026
Women walk after collecting firewood for their homes from a forest area in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Study links female legislators to faster forest-cover growth

Arathi Menon 4 Sep 2026

Reduced exposure to nature is linked to immune system diseases [Commentary]

Irfan Shakeer, Ayisha Farseena 3 Sep 2026

The largest land mammal in the country

Team Mongabay-India 2 Sep 2026
A sacred grove in Kasargod, and a plasticine caterpillar displaying bite marks from predators. Images by Bhavya Lakshmi.

Sacred groves show that size isn’t everything when it comes to ecological benefits

Sneha Mahale 1 Sep 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

India’s only singing, swinging ape

Team Mongabay-India 19 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