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A female belonging to the new-to-science fanged frog species, Limnonectes motijheel, in her natural habitat at Namdapha Tiger Reserve. Image by Abhijit Das.

Researchers describe a new fanged frog species that builds mud nests on the forest floor

Ananya Singh 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

Why India’s tree-planting programmes are falling short

Aisiri Amin 3 Jun 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

Expressway underpasses see early wildlife movement

Manish Chandra Mishra 19 May 2026
A male tiger at a stream in Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh. Image by Yajuvendraupadhyaya via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Shrinking forest corridors in central India could disrupt tiger dispersal

Manjeera Gowravaram 18 May 2026
A peacock tarantula. Image courtesy of Wingham Wildlife Park.

Rare peacock tarantula gets dedicated conservation survey

Arathi Menon 14 May 2026

The monkey with a lion’s tail

Team Mongabay-India 13 May 2026
A sarpa kaavu in Kannur district, Kerala. Image by Manoj Karingamadathil via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

The changing fate of Kerala’s sacred groves [Commentary]

Nibha Namboodiri 11 May 2026

A pollinator vital to food and farming

Team Mongabay-India 6 May 2026
A camera trap catches an image of a fishing cat with its kitten in Kaziranga. Image courtesy of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.

Kaziranga hosts a healthy population of fishing cats, finds survey

Nabarun Guha 5 May 2026

The fading climate shields

Amir Bin Rafi 5 May 2026
Sub-tropical pine forests in Himachal Pradesh. Image by Meenakshi Kapoor.

Rules for forest conservation may facilitate diversions [Analysis]

Meenakshi Kapoor 30 Apr 2026
Flowers bloom on a palash tree. For generations, Dalit communities in Palamu have gauged the weather by the palash blooms. Image by Ashwini Kumar Shukla.

The flame of the forest is fading; can it return?

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 24 Apr 2026

Plugging data gaps in global plant diversity using citizen science

Anusha Krishnan 22 Apr 2026
Forest officials in Assam patrol forests on the outskirts of Guwahati in 2017. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

No poll duty for forest staff, orders green tribunal

Nabarun Guha 6 Apr 2026
Velli, a Paniyan elder collects Kurunthotti in Meppady, Wayanad. Image by Sujith M.M.

Adivasi medicinal plant collection faces uncertain economics [Commentary]

Vipindas P., Thippi Thazhassery, Sujith M.M., Abhi Augustine 2 Apr 2026
A study on forest fire susceptibility found that the area highly susceptible to forest fires in the western Himalayas could shift or expand significantly in the coming decades. Image courtesy of J&K Forest Department.

Winter forest fires signal a shift in fire season

Farzana Nisar 1 Apr 2026
Sambar deer in Maharashtra. The recent paper highlights an increase in herbivore populations, better nutrition from crop foraging, and a waning fear of humans as pull factors of crop damage by herbivores in the state. Image by Revati Sarnaik via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Fear may deter wild animals from damaging crops, study suggests

Arathi Menon 27 Mar 2026
The house of a Sahariya Adivasi from Nainagarh village. Image by Stuti Singh.

Sahariya Adivasis face the risk of double displacement [Commentary]

Stuti Singh and Shaurabh Anand 23 Mar 2026