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women in buxa tiger reserve coexist with wildlife

Social sciences shape effective conservation strategies

Arathi Menon 9 Jan 2025
Cilantica agasthyaensis is one of the new species included in a new genus of trantulas from the Western Ghats. Image courtesy of Zeeshan Mirza.

New tarantulas described from the Western Ghats

Liz Kimbrough 8 Jan 2025
A government survey reveals nearly a fifth of collected samples exceed permissible pollutant limits, including nitrates and significant quantities of radioactive uranium. Image by SuSanA Secretariat via Flickr (CC-BY-2.0).

Government report highlights groundwater contamination across India

Esha Lohia 8 Jan 2025
P. Gowri Shankar with a king cobra in Agumbe

Behind the discovery of four kings

Shailesh Shrivastava 7 Jan 2025

[Interview] Climate scientist M.N. Rajeevan’s dream book explains rainstorms, longer monsoon seasons, highlights forecast challenges

Max Martin 7 Jan 2025

Relocating villages in core tiger areas based on science

Nikhil Sreekandan 7 Jan 2025

Government eyes recognising non-protected conservation areas to meet biodiversity goals

Simrin Sirur 6 Jan 2025

When heat rises, incomes fall for the informal workforce

T. V. Padma 3 Jan 2025

Empowering waste pickers with dignified jobs for environmental change

Shatakshi Gawade 1 Jan 2025

Making sense of the environment: Explainers in 2024

Aditi Tandon 31 Dec 2024

Science welcomed multiple new species in 2024

Arathi Menon 30 Dec 2024
The latest forest survey reports a 1,446 sq. km. increase in forest and tree cover since 2021, with 156 sq. km. in forest cover and 1,289 sq. km. in tree cover. Image by Pooja Rathod via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Forest Survey reveals India’s shift towards plantations, a threat to natural ecosystems

Kundan Pandey 27 Dec 2024
Ajith Babu, drone pilot at Fuselage Innovations operates 'FIA QD10' - a precision spraying agricultral drone at a paddy farm at Kerala Agro Machinery Corporation Limited in Kochi, Kerala, India Photo by Narayana Swamy Subbaraman/Mongabay

Back to the future: Emerging technologies in 2024

Priyanka Shankar 27 Dec 2024

Can invisible solar fences prevent elephant-human conflicts in Valparai?

Gowthami Subramaniam 26 Dec 2024
One of two locomotives ordered by the Indian Iron & Steel Company in 1923. India's high carbon emissions and export reliance on the EU for steel and iron leave it highly exposed to CBAM's impact. Image by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums via flickr.

Indian steel exports could take a beating as EU fences its carbon borders

Kundan Pandey 26 Dec 2024

Sacred groves deserve recognition as forests, says Supreme Court

Simrin Sirur 26 Dec 2024

Mongabay India in 2024: Reaching out beyond the echo chamber

Mongabay India 25 Dec 2024

Traditional foods return with demand for local, seasonal produce

Azera Parveen Rahman 24 Dec 2024

Must-watch videos from 2024: Mongabay India staff picks

Kartik Chandramouli 23 Dec 2024

[Commentary] Community-based conservation can help achieve 30×30 biodiversity target

Pijush Kumar Dutta 20 Dec 2024