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A man fishes from the flood waters at Ghatal, west of Kolkata in 2015. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Environmental issues underrepresented in West Bengal polls

Nabarun Guha 27 Apr 2026

Birds are colliding with glass. Few in India are counting.

Kartik Chandramouli 23 Apr 2026
A 2017 image of a tigress is Agarzai buffer area of TATR in Chandrapur. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Ecological debate over iron ore halts mining bid in tiger landscape

Arathi Menon 15 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
A leopard cub sits on a tree in Aarey colony, which borders the south end of Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Leopard contraception trials aim at managing conflict

Nikhil Sreekandan 26 Mar 2026

A predator in the grasslands

Team Mongabay-India 11 Mar 2026
Coenobita brevimanus or Indo hermit crab, residing in a shell of the Giant African snail at a waterfall on Little Andaman. Representative image by Vandana K.

Marine litter traps thousands of hermit crabs

Vandana K. 10 Mar 2026
A herd of elephants at a tea estate in Golaghat district, Assam. Representative image by Donvikro via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Study finds counterintuitive rise in elephant deaths after organised monitoring

Manish Chandra Mishra 4 Mar 2026
An aerial view of Rajamandal, against the backdrop of neighbouring Indore city. Image by Ritesh Khabia.

Data-driven visitor management is vital for protected areas [Commentary]

Pradeep Mishra 2 Mar 2026
A striped hyena at a rocky outcrop. Image by Indrajeet Ghorpade.

Agropastoral landscapes as refuge for wildlife

Arathi Menon 26 Feb 2026
A board erected on land purchased to strengthen an elephant corridor adjoining the BRT and Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve. Image by Ananda Siddhartha.

Land acquired for strengthening elephant corridors, pressurises farmer livelihoods [Commentary]

Ananda Siddhartha 16 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

A community-managed goat bank supports farmers for livestock losses

Shailesh Shrivastava, Nabarun Guha 11 Feb 2026
An Indian grey wolf. Image by Rudraksha Chodankar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why wolf psychology matters for community-based conservation [Commentary]

Devvrat Singh, Rohit R.S. Jha 5 Feb 2026
A shore seine net is hauled ashore at Valinokam, Tamil Nadu, while people gather along the beach to watch. Image by Vinod Kumar.

Traditional fishers turn rescuers in a win for declining marine wildlife [Commentary]

M. Fathima Hanna, Teresa Scholastica Thomas, I. Santhanamari, Vinod M. Kumar, Maria Antony P., M. Soubadra Devy 26 Jan 2026
Mahouts ready a captive elephant for safaris in Kaziranga National Park. Image by SeethaG via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Elephant’s death spotlights conditions in safari tourism

Nabarun Guha 13 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
A train station in Assam. Experts say that elephant–train collisions are not new to people in the Kampur subdivision in Nagaon. In 2016, four elephants were mowed down by a train, close to the spot of the recent accident. Representative image by Himanshum14 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Jumbo deaths on tracks expose gaps in wildlife safety

Nabarun Guha 31 Dec 2025

Tiger gut microbes reflect human pressure in India’s wildlife reserves, study finds

Manjeera Gowravaram 19 Dec 2025