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Canadian horseweed or Erigeron canadensis photographed in North America. Image by Aaron Volkening via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Invaders get better at competition in introduced ranges: Study

Arathi Menon 15 Oct 2026
People cover their ears during a loudspeaker competition at a fair in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh in 2011. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Noise pollution is a public health risk that’s hard to measure and monitor

Disha Shetty 15 Oct 2026
A sloth bear in Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary. Image by Bikash Das via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

The bear that evolved to hunt ants

Team Mongabay-India 14 Oct 2026
A garden lizard on a shrub of the genus Carissa. Image by Sonali Dahotre.

Reclaiming nature’s many delights through living fences [Book Review]

Usha Rai 12 Oct 2026

Deep Sea Dreams

Supriya Vohra 8 Oct 2026

India’s deep-sea fishing dreams are struggling to stay afloat

Supriya Vohra 8 Oct 2026
A woman wades through floodwaters to collect drinking water near her submerged house in Jorhat, Assam in August 2026. (AP Photo/Parikhit Saikia)

A changing climate is reshaping India’s infectious disease risks

Rupsy Khurana 8 Oct 2026

Humid heat challenges India’s conventional heatwave thresholds

Barasha Das 7 Oct 2026

Forgotten vegetables could help make our diets more resilient

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 6 Oct 2026
Farmers in Lingshed Valley sowing barley in Ladakh. The proposed National Adaptation Plan includes a focus on traditional knowledge and heritage. Image by Ingo Mehling via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India needs a just adaptation agenda [Commentary]

Ishan Kukreti, Sarada Prasanna Das, Sony R K 6 Oct 2026
Declared a national project in 2014, the Polavaram project is funded by the union government, with Andhra Pradesh carrying out the construction. Image courtesy of Polavaram Project Authority.

Unclear records leave villages in limbo over irrigation project displacement

Ayushi Sharma 2 Oct 2026
A pet African grey parrot in Yercaud, Tamil Nadu. More than 40,000 people in India have declared their exotic pets. By law, pet owners must register possession, transfer, birth and death of species listed in the Wild Life (Protection) Act. Representative image by Yercaud-elango via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Legal system fails to keep pace with India’s growing exotic pet industry

Arathi Menon 1 Oct 2026
A coal mine in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. Representative image by Vikash Singh via Pexels.

India’s coking coal push needs a methane plan [Commentary]

Purva Jain, Saumya Nautiyal 29 Sep 2026

From the Wild, For Trade

Team Mongabay-India 25 Sep 2026

NGOs call for permanent moratorium on animal imports to Vantara

Simrin Sirur 25 Sep 2026
A rescued baby Siamang gibbon at YOSL-OIC. Image by Peter Ong.

Abandoning exotic pets raises ecological concerns

Arathi Menon 25 Sep 2026
A male tiger in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve. Image by Koshy Koshy via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

India postpones Cambodia tiger reintroduction

Arathi Menon 24 Sep 2026
A tiger marks its scent by spraying urine on a tree in Kanha National Park. Image by David V. Raju via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Odours offer new clues in monitoring big cats

Sneha Mahale 24 Sep 2026
An orangutan seized by YOSL-OIC in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Image by Panut Hadisiswoyo.

As exotic primates reach India, welfare concerns grow

Arathi Menon 18 Sep 2026

As tigers spill beyond reserves, India rethinks conservation

Arathi Menon 18 Sep 2026