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A ragpicker collects plastic to recycle from a garbage dump in Siliguri, West Bengal. (AP Photo/Tamal Roy)

When recycling plastic creates more problems than it solves

Ravleen Kaur 16 Apr 2026

Nature’s clean-up crew

Team Mongabay-India 15 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

Study finds microplastics in small cats’ scat

Phalguni Ranjan 14 Apr 2026
A high-level ministerial dialogue on climate finance at COP29. Image by Mike Muzurakis via IISD/ENB.

India withdraws bid to host UN climate conference in 2028

Kundan Pandey 13 Apr 2026
Image by Vardhanjp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The ocean grazer tending seagrass fields

Team Mongabay-India 8 Apr 2026
Volunteers clear plastic and other garbage littered on the shores of Mumbai on World Environment Day in 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Why environmental policy must integrate behavioural change [Commentary]

Balakrishna Pisupati, Flavia Lopes 8 Apr 2026
Recently, the first camera trap image of a tiger in Dibru Saikhowa was captured by the forest department. Image courtesy of Chandra Mohan Patowary.

Photographic evidence provides clues about tiger presence

Nabarun Guha 6 Apr 2026
Representative image of a great Indian bustard. Image by Shiv's fotografia via Wikimedia Commons.

After decade long wait, great Indian bustard hatches in Gujarat

Simrin Sirur 3 Apr 2026
Fisherfolk store their day's catch to bring to shore in Chellanam, Ernakulam, Kerala, in March 2023 just before the onset of summer. Representative image. (AP Photo)

Humid heat rises on the coasts of India impacting health

Max Martin, Job Rajayyan 2 Apr 2026

The long-snouted river specialist

Team Mongabay-India 1 Apr 2026
Rescuers search through mud and debris for a third day after landslides set off by torrential rains in Wayanad district, Kerala in August 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

How banks continue to ignore climate disaster-induced debt [Commentary]

Amitanshu Verma 31 Mar 2026
A farmer sprays pesticide at a farm in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

West Asia conflict raises concerns over urea supply in India

Kundan Pandey 27 Mar 2026
Workers install solar panels on the roof of a residential apartment in Kochi, Kerala. (AP Photo/R S Iyer, File)

India’s updated climate plan targets 47% emissions cut and 60% clean power capacity by 2035

Manish Chandra Mishra 26 Mar 2026
A goonch catfish. Image by Zeb Hogan.

New global report flags risks to migratory freshwater fish in India’s rivers

Manish Chandra Mishra 24 Mar 2026
While indoor green infrastructure can improve indoor settings, it is not a replacement for ventilation. Researchers say that earlier research often showed what plants might do under simplified conditions, but not how they perform in real buildings. Representative image by Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Indoor plants may improve comfort indoors, but not replace ventilation

Manish Chandra Mishra 23 Mar 2026
The house of a Sahariya Adivasi from Nainagarh village. Image by Stuti Singh.

Sahariya Adivasis face the risk of double displacement [Commentary]

Stuti Singh and Shaurabh Anand 23 Mar 2026

Centre could take charge when state environmental authorities are non-functional

Simrin Sirur 20 Mar 2026
People queue up to refill cylinders during the LPG shortage in March 2026. Image by Nizil Shah via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

LPG supply shock exposes fragility of India’s clean cooking strategy

Simrin Sirur 19 Mar 2026
A student identifies her neighbourhood in Jakkur at the public consultations for the Ward-level Climate Action Plan in Bengaluru. Image by Mahima Jain.

Ward-level plans bring climate action closer to communities

Mahima Jain 18 Mar 2026