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Does size matter? How leopards on forest fringes choose livestock kill

Divya Kilikar 26 Jul 2024
Insect fumigation. Image courtesy of Nathania Ria Prince.

What’s killing the buzz? A look into urban fumigation

Nathania Ria Prince 25 Jul 2024

India’s polluted rivers are becoming a global pollution problem

Simrin Sirur 25 Jul 2024

Life after loss: A day in the life of a farmer widow

Sanjana Khandare, Surekha Pawar 25 Jul 2024
Seema Lokhandwala records elephant calls. Image by Vijay Bedi.

Wild Frequencies: Know Them

Shreya Dasgupta, Kartik Chandramouli 25 Jul 2024
Spineless cactus farm at the IGFRI campus in Jhansi. Image by Shuchita Jha/Mongabay

Uttar Pradesh to fast-track biofuel production with the right blend of ethanol and biogas

Shuchita Jha 24 Jul 2024

Crackdown on civil society and environmental NGOs continues

Simrin Sirur 24 Jul 2024
Delhi Meerut Expressway, connecting Delhi with Meerut via Dasna in Ghaziabad, India. The RBI draft framework outlines guidelines for lenders providing project finance in infrastructure, non-infrastructure, and commercial real estate sectors. Image by Banswalhemant via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

[Commentary] Why RBI’s financial governance should address social and environmental concerns

Amitanshu Verma 24 Jul 2024
A gardener tends to the plants in the garden adjacent to the waste segregation and recovery center at Oottupattarai in Coonoor. Image by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Mongabay.

A blooming tale of transformation

Arathi Menon 23 Jul 2024
A Main Bazaar of Paharganj of Central Delhi. Since 2007, the population of Delhi has almost doubled, from 19 million in 2007 to an estimated 33 million in 2024 but without a proper planning system. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-4.0)

Rethinking master plans for India’s growing cities

Kundan Pandey 23 Jul 2024

Just transition policy should focus on social infrastructure, apart from alternative jobs: report

Simrin Sirur 23 Jul 2024
Kadaknath chicken at a government farm in Jhabua. Its color is black—every part of it, including its blood. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra / Mongabay.

A fowl that travelled from forests to farms

Manish Chandra Mishra 23 Jul 2024
Automated ice reservoir (AIR) at Igoo village near Leh, in Ladakh. It is fitted with sensors, values and a control panel that run the system with minimal human intervention.

Automatic ice stupa could transform farming in rural Ladakh

Nidhi Jamwal 18 Jul 2024

Wild Frequencies: Find Them

Shreya Dasgupta, Kartik Chandramouli 18 Jul 2024

A Ladakhi podcast spurs conversations about wildlife and conservation

Kasturi Das 17 Jul 2024

[Interview] Neeraj Mahar on the rarely seen and poorly researched Pallas’s cat

Shailesh Shrivastava 17 Jul 2024

[Video] Nomadic Changpas who depend on Pashmina wool, struggle amid a changing climate

Shailesh Shrivastava 16 Jul 2024

[Commentary] Living territory of Lachung

Shrishtee Bajpai 16 Jul 2024
An Indian wolf in a grassland in Gujarat. Green Credit Rules permit tree planting on degraded lands, including open forests and scrublands. Image by Vadyarupal via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-2.0).

[Commentary] Green Credit Rules: Death by trees?

Pia Sethi 15 Jul 2024

[Explainer] How does habitat fragmentation impact India’s biodiversity hotspots?

Divya Kilikar 15 Jul 2024