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A farmer tends to his field in Mamte village, Mizoram. Image by Subrajit.

Rodents boom when bamboo blooms with no solution in sight

Barasha Das 19 Mar 2026
Trilokinath glacier valley in Lahaul. Image courtesy of Pushpendra Pandey.

The driest spring in four centuries in the Western Himalayas

Vandana K. 16 Mar 2026
The Hindu Kush mountains seen from Pakistan. Image by Ninara via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Review sheds light on how global warming is destabilising the Himalayas

Simrin Sirur 13 Mar 2026
Amegilla zonata. Representative image by Tisha Mukherjee via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Roadsides, farms may shelter native bees in the northwestern Himalayas

Hirra Azmat 11 Mar 2026
A road in Leh. Empty hotels and closed businesses are proof that Ladakh’s tourism boom is dwindling. Terrorist attacks in 2025, record rainfall and local violence severely impacted tourism in the region, leading to a sharp decline in revenue for hotel and taxi businesses. Image by Shailesh Srivastava/Mongabay.

A series of disruptions hit tourism in this high altitude desert

Shailesh Shrivastava 6 Mar 2026
Tung seeds collected from growers being segregated at the Saitual District Tung Growers Association. Image by Robert Lalnuntluanga.

Farmers revive tung plantations amid market hopes and ecological concerns

Barasha Das 5 Mar 2026
A sacred grove in Sikkim. Image by Amitabha Gupta via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Sacred groves anchor traditional healing: study

Shradha Triveni 3 Mar 2026
Nainital lake. Image by Neharajpoot via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Kumaon lakes have become sinks for microplastic pollution

Simrin Sirur 25 Feb 2026

India’s secretive salamanders are losing their breeding grounds

Subhrajit Sen, Soham Das 17 Feb 2026
Tashi Dorje shears a sheep with traditional scissors at a temporary enclosure in Kharnak, Changthang plains. Image by Safeena Wani.

Erratic snowfall and shrinking pastures threaten Changpa pastoralism

Safeena Wani 17 Feb 2026
A red fox with a prey. Red foxes were common in areas used by other carnivores, likely because they offered scavenging opportunities. Image by WII Camera Trap.

Carnivores alter behaviour to coexist in a high-altitude Himalayan valley

Sneha Mahale 12 Feb 2026
Dense spikes of purple flowers make Dactylorhiza hatagirea a striking sight in high-altitude landscapes. Image by Javaid M Dad.

Climate change could shrink habitat of Himalayan marsh orchid, study warns

Hirra Azmat 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
New shoots emerging from pruned alder trees. Image by Tarini Manchanda.

A combined agroforestry model shows sustainable ways to mitigate climate change

Tarini Manchanda 29 Jan 2026
Himalayan brown bears are elusive, largely nocturnal and occur at very low densities, making direct sightings rare. Image by WII camera-trap.

Study identifies prime brown bear habitats beyond protected areas

Sneha Mahale 9 Jan 2026
A farmer carries her radish harvest in Sikkim. Image by Srijana Sharma.

Market gaps reshape farming and economy in the mountains [Commentary]

Srijana Sharma 8 Jan 2026

Climate change shaped primate populations in northeast India

Anusha Krishnan 23 Dec 2025
To address snow droughts in the Himalayas, experts suggest investing in seasonal water storage infrastructure, upgrading irrigation and water efficiency technologies, and preparing robust cross-sectoral drought management plans. Image by Hemant Singh.

Snow droughts intensify across the Hindu Kush Himalayas

Hirra Azmat 3 Dec 2025
A Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor). Representative image from a zoo by Hans de Bisschop via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

The elusive Mishmi takin faces new challenges in its changing habitat

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 28 Nov 2025
Women from Kibber village set up a camera trap on a steep slope in Spiti Valley during the state-wide snow leopard survey. Image courtesy of the Nature Conservation Foundation and Himachal Pradesh Forest Department.

In the high Himalayas, women and communities build a shared future for the snow leopard

Manish Chandra Mishra 15 Oct 2025