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M.I. Varghese, a retired Indian Forest Service officer, legal scholar, and author of A Treatise on Forest Laws in Kerala. Image by K.A. Shaji.

Forest ecology cannot be reduced to arithmetic, says M.I. Varghese [Interview]

K.A. Shaji 15 Dec 2025
Often called ‘living fossils’, the fern Alsophila spinulosa is found in the Bailadila hills of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh. Image by Devendra Shukla

Ancient tree ferns face a new test in the mining hills

Ayushi Sharma 12 Dec 2025
A woman collects firewood in Rajasthan. Representative image by Engineering for Change via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

LPG adoption correlates with higher green cover, finds study

Simrin Sirur 5 Dec 2025

New study highlights emerging disease risk from mosquitoes

Bharti Dharapuram 2 Dec 2025
An aerial view of visitors at a rewilded area in Fringe Ford. Image courtesy of Fringe Ford.

Legal ambiguity hinders rewilding efforts in India

Arathi Menon 27 Nov 2025
The Sikkole river. Image by Shawn J. Stephen/Keystone Foundation.

The Irulas mourn a fading river

B. Vijayarani 26 Nov 2025
The single forest road that connects Cholanaikkans with the outside world. Image by Unnnikrishnan Avala.

Asia’s last cave dwellers vanishing in the shadows of change

K.A. Shaji 25 Nov 2025
An iron ore mining operation. India's environment ministry granted post-facto clearance to over 100 projects and issued terms of reference for more, including coal and iron mines, factories, and other large projects. Representative image by CDE Global via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Supreme Court rolls back order banning post-facto environmental clearance

Simrin Sirur 20 Nov 2025

The plot twists about a river’s politics [Book Review]

Arti Das 13 Nov 2025
Local community members protest against alleged violations of the Forest Rights Act. Image shared by local villagers.

Between the roar of tigers and the voices of the forest

Ayushi Sharma 12 Nov 2025
An Indigenous man takes part in a demonstration for the conservation of the Amazon rainforest at COP30 on November 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Amazon calls the world to account at 30th UN climate summit in Belém

Soumya Sarkar 10 Nov 2025
Adivasi Bhoir family’s home in Kelti Pada, where they grow and sell vegetables and fruits in their garden. Image courtesy of Amrita Bhattacharjee.

Uncertainty around future of Mumbai’s last green lung

Esha Lohia 5 Nov 2025
A large part of Odisha's population is rural and may be exposed to B. pseudomallei, which is spread through infected soil and water. Image by Santosh.mbahrm via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Indian monsoon shifts influence ecological droughts, finds study

Manish Chandra Mishra 4 Nov 2025
Salim Ali's first scientific paper was on the nesting of the baya or common weaverbird. His work is a testament to the fact that good science can rise from unexpected beginnings. Image by B. Vinoth.

A lifetime of watching birds with a pencil, paper and patience [Commentary]

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 28 Oct 2025
A leopard seen on the road to Sukhia Pokhri. Image by Prabin Subba.

How a hill town’s narrative is changing from “the coldest place” to “a leopard’s trail” [Commentary]

Avantika Thapa 27 Oct 2025
An aerial view of the Adyar river in Chennai, parts of which are blocked by sewage and garbage. However, on the Chennai beach where the Adyar and other rivers meet the Indian ocean, newborn olive Ridley turtles are seen making their way to the water. Image by Timothy A. Gonsalves via Wikmedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Giving forests and rivers the right to live [Book Review]

Usha Rai 22 Oct 2025
Trees thriving around flyovers in Hyderabad. Insufficient policy protection, incentives, and funding often undermine conservation efforts and sustainable management of trees outside forests. Image by Mohan Chandra Pargaien.

The expansion and conservation of trees outside forests has multi-fold benefits [Commentary]

Mohan Chandra Pargaien 6 Oct 2025
Snow leopard captured in a camera trap during the state-wide survey. Image by Nature Conservation Foundation and Himachal Pradesh Forest Department.

83 snow leopards recorded in Himachal, up from 51

Manish Chandra Mishra 3 Oct 2025
A field team member consults with a local landowner while demarcating the boundaries of a potential restoration site in the hills. Image by Aditya Pradhan.

In search of degraded forests for restoration [Commentary]

Aditya Pradhan 29 Sep 2025
Situated at altitudes ranging from 3,300 to 6,600 meters, the Reserve falls within the Trans-Himalaya biogeographic province of the Indian Himalaya. Image courtesy- Department of Information and Public Relations, Himachal Pradesh 

Spiti Valley becomes India’s first cold desert biosphere reserve under UNESCO programme

Manish Chandra Mishra 29 Sep 2025