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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
A view of the Himalayas and Indus river in Pakistan, April 1968. The Indus Water Treaty was signed in 1960. (AP Photo/JMG)

Indus Waters Treaty needs modernisation, experts say amid deadlock

Simrin Sirur 17 Sep 2026

The crane that loves a duet

Team Mongabay-India 16 Sep 2026
Labourers carry firewood, as smoke rises from a bricks factory on the outskirts of Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

BRICS declaration calls for climate action while recognising fossil fuel role

Kundan Pandey 15 Sep 2026
A coal block in Hasdeo. Even today, approximately 75% of India’s total energy consumption is met by coal-based thermal power plants. Image by Alok Prakash Putul/Mongabay.

Centre tightens grip over mineral taxation, states cry foul

Vishal Kumar Jain 11 Sep 2026

Krishna AchutaRao, climate scientist who pioneered attribution research in India, dies at 62 [Obituary]

Simrin Sirur 10 Sep 2026
People stand on remnants of a bridge which spanned across Trishuli river and was washed away in flash floods, in Dhading district. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal’s flood disaster puts its hydropower-first strategy, exports to the test

Rudra Pangeni 10 Sep 2026
A customer buys caged birds at a pet market in Kolkata, West Bengal. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Your exotic pet could be putting your health at risk

Arathi Menon 10 Sep 2026

The cliff-climbing goat

Team Mongabay-India 9 Sep 2026
A snow leopard in the Himalayas. Image by Prasenjeet Yadav.

Snow leopards and their survival in changing times [Book Review]

Usha Rai 8 Sep 2026

Little is known about this flycatcher that migrates across the country every year

Hirra Azmat 7 Sep 2026