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A western marsh harrier near Nal Sarovar Lake in Gujarat. Image by Hari K Patibanda via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Migrant harriers emerge as unlikely gardeners of grasslands

Nikhil Sreekandan 13 Feb 2026
Ana sagar lake in Ajmer, Rajasthan, against the backdrop of the Aravalli mountain ranges. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Reading the Aravallis through maps and law [Analysis]

Sachin Pernacca Sashidhar, Milind Bunyan, Kripa M.K., Abi T. Vanak 9 Feb 2026
A Himalayan snowcock. Image by Kalzang Gurmet/NCF.

Birds are declining even in undisturbed grasslands, raising climate concerns

Manish Chandra Mishra 6 Feb 2026
A grassland in Dhule district, Maharashtra. Image by Yuvraj Shingate via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What traditional Marathi literature reveals about savannahs

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 4 Feb 2026
A Nilgiri tahr strolls through grasslands at Eravikulam National Park. Image by K.A. Shaji.

The grass that refused to die

K.A. Shaji 8 Jan 2026
Blackbuck population in Tal Chhapar has resurged over the years, with some even being translocated to Jaswanthgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, where the grassland has similarly been restored. Image by Umesh Bagotia.

A grassland’s comeback is now a conservation blueprint

Azera Parveen Rahman 10 Dec 2025

The bull lady of Kathasamipalayam dies at 59 [Obituary]

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Dec 2025
A new pond being dug at Lalmarg pasture in Ganderbal district. Pastoralist communities in Kashmir work together with the nonprofit Himalayan Pastoral Trust to construct alpine ponds to store harvested rainwater in high-altitude pastures. Image by Shahid Sulaiman.

As springs dry up, pastoralists see potential in rainwater harvesting

Hirra Azmat 21 Nov 2025
Cattle graze on the Hesaraghatta Grassland Conservation Reserve. Grasslands endure and regenerate—no matter how much they’re grazed or nibbled by animals. Image by Ishwarappa

A grassland gets a lifeline, offers a lesson

Max Martin 15 Oct 2025

No grass for gaur in India’s tiger reserve

Arathi Menon 8 Oct 2025
A view of the grassland in Dachigam National Park. Image by Umer Ikhlaq.

Study reveals ecological dynamics of Himalayan grasslands

Arathi Menon 19 Sep 2025

The search for the Jerdon’s courser needs to be deepened [Commentary]

Ronith Urs 8 Sep 2025

Tracking India’s elusive grassland nomad

Sneha Mahale 29 Aug 2025
Yellow-browed bulbul specimens collected from the Nilgiri hills in the 1800s at the Natural History Museum at Tring, England. Image by Vijay Ramesh.

Old maps and dead birds reveal the story of grassland and bird decline in the Nilgiris

Kartik Chandramouli 19 Aug 2025

Asia’s largest grassland is a surprisingly effective carbon sink, study finds

Simrin Sirur 8 Aug 2025
Wadha Koli labourers set up mounds of Prosopis juliflora wood to be used for charcoal production. Image by Divyajyoti Ganguly/Sahjeevan.

Looking at invasives beyond the ecological lens [Commentary]

Divyajyoti Ganguly 23 Jun 2025
bare-bellied hedgehog

Bare-bellied and barely seen, Madras hedgehog needs a headcount

Arathi Menon 19 Feb 2025

Sacred groves deserve recognition as forests, says Supreme Court

Simrin Sirur 26 Dec 2024

Your Environment This Week: Indian savannas, secret lives of small cats, food insecurity in the Himalayas

Mongabay India 13 Sep 2024

A new remote sensing study spotlights Indian savannas

Nikhil Sreekandan 12 Sep 2024