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World’s smallest wild cat recorded in West Bengal

Nabarun Guha 19 Aug 2025

Satellite data and AI identify deforestation drivers

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 7 Aug 2025
A caracal was captured on a trap camera in July at Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh. Image courtesy: MP Forest Department.

Caracal sighting offers a clue, not a sign of recovery, say conservation biologists

Manish Chandra Mishra 4 Aug 2025
The rusty-spotted cat known as the hummingbird of cats falls in the ‘Near Threatened’ category in the IUCN Red List . Photo by Radheshyam Bishnoi

Jungle cat most widespread, rusty-spotted cat declining, finds national survey

Manish Chandra Mishra 29 Jul 2025
A rise in tiger numbers along with expanding human settlements is bringing people and livestock in contact with these large carnivores, resulting in conflict around protected areas. Image by Himanshu Chattani.

Tracing a tiger from its kill

Bharti Dharapuram 16 Jul 2025
A tiger in Kaziranga National Park. Representative image by Sagar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Tiger death highlights strained human-wildlife interactions

Nabarun Guha 13 Jun 2025

Dinesh Holla on trekking the Western Ghats for ecological awareness [Interview]

Shradha Triveni 12 Jun 2025
Flying squirrels take off from trees and glide down a slope by extending a membrane called the patagium connecting their front and hind limbs. Image by Pavel Kirillov via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Flying squirrel habitats predicted to tailspin under climate change

Bharti Dharapuram 11 Jun 2025
Plantation work by local people in a forest near Thala village in Kangra district. Image by Pushpendra Rana.

Studies question effectiveness of forest plantations

Seema Sharma 10 Jun 2025
Coffee and tea agroforests in the Anamalai Hills, with the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in the background. Image by Pooja Choksi.

How trees outside forests impact human well-being

Aisiri Amin 5 Jun 2025

When forests fall and peacocks cry [Commentary]

Sanjay Asthana 29 May 2025
Women of the Mannan tribe in Kerala fishing. The tribal affairs ministry requires all states and union territories to map potential forest lands that fall within the purview of the Forest Rights Act. Image by Nebu George via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What encroachment into forest lands means [Commentary]

C. R. Bijoy 26 May 2025
A herd of musk deer, which are endangered, cross a road near Gangotri National Park in Uttarakhand. The state reported 93% of all restoration interventions in the Western Himalayan region. Image by Surajit Das via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Unpacking three decades of restoration in the Western Himalayas

Nikhil Sreekandan 16 May 2025
An evergreen forest being felled in Arunachal Pradesh. While forest loss may influence malaria transmission and mortality, the extent of this impact is still being understood. Image by Saurabhsawantphoto via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forests can both help and hinder malaria transmission, mortality

Simrin Sirur 7 May 2025
A shepherd from the Bakarwal community of Jammu and Kashmir with her livestock. Image by Amitkanwar919 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The costs of coexisting with predators

Sneha Mahale 6 May 2025
A Jerdon's bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus crassus) spotted in Coochbehar, West Bengal. When it rains, this species is one of many that sings. Image by Kingshuk Mondal via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Listening to frogs can offer clues to their decline [Commentary]

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 5 May 2025

Indigenous traditions shape wolf survival

Sneha Mahale 16 Apr 2025
From left: Priyanka Bharali, Rashmi Borah, Dipanjali Boraik and Mitali Boruah. Image by Arpita Das Choudhury.

When women stand guard for the forest

Arpita Das Choudhury 11 Apr 2025
In what was arguably the biggest citizen-led environmental protest Telangana has witnessed in the recent past, university students, faculty, and environmentalists protested and stopped bulldozers from razing down Kancha Gachibowli. Image by xx.

Forest row spotlights diminishing value of urban green patches

Arathi Menon 9 Apr 2025
Neela Hauz Biodiversity Park, a restored wetland near Sanjay Van, serves as a thriving habitat for migratory birds. Image by Nidhi Jamwal.

Creating urban biodiversity parks from degraded lands

Nidhi Jamwal 6 Mar 2025