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Civil societies campaign for climate finance goals at COP30. Image © UN Climate Change - Kiara Worth via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Brazil climate summit confronts gap between finance goals and reality

Soumya Sarkar 18 Nov 2025
A female bonobo. Representative image by Hans Hillewaert via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India defends animal imports, calls wildlife governance ‘unmatched’

Simrin Sirur 14 Nov 2025
A man navigates his way through a crack on a road in the sinking city of Joshimath, Uttarakhand. Representative image. (AP Photo)

Scientists warn of land sinking beneath India’s megacities

Manish Chandra Mishra 13 Nov 2025
Participants attend a session on information integrity at COP30. Image © UN Climate Change - Zô Guimarães via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Tackling climate disinformation is on the COP30 agenda

Aditi Tandon 13 Nov 2025
An artwork curated as part of Time as a Mother by Damian Christinger and Ravi Agarwal for Serendipity Arts Festival 2023. Ravi's curatorial approach explores the intersections of art, ecology, and climate change. Image by Philippe Calia and Sunil Thakkar/Serendipity Arts Festival. 

Artists reimagine climate change through public art and performances

Shilpa Raina 12 Nov 2025
Around the venue at COP30 in the Brazilian Amazon. (Photo: © UN Climate Change - Kiara Worth)

India reaffirms commitment to equity and climate justice at COP30

Manish Chandra Mishra 12 Nov 2025
Industries near Mumbai. Representative image by Sumaira Abdulali via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India tops global rise in emissions, finds UNEP

Manish Chandra Mishra 11 Nov 2025

When reel and real stories create impact

Sejal Mehta, Aditi Tandon 7 Nov 2025

Achyut Kumar Banerjee on curating a database of invasive plants in India [Interview]

Nikhil Sreekandan 6 Nov 2025
Representative image of a male chimpanzee at a national park. Image © Giles Laurent, gileslaurent.com via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Global biodiversity assessment counters Supreme Court’s clean chit to Vantara

Simrin Sirur 5 Nov 2025

ISRO-NASA radar to offer a closer look at Earth’s changing landscapes

Max Martin 5 Nov 2025
A large part of Odisha's population is rural and may be exposed to B. pseudomallei, which is spread through infected soil and water. Image by Santosh.mbahrm via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Indian monsoon shifts influence ecological droughts, finds study

Manish Chandra Mishra 4 Nov 2025
An Aedes albopictus female mosquito obtaining a blood meal from a human host. Warmer temperatures play a key role in this by creating optimal conditions for the mosquito vectors which thrive between 25°C and 30°C. Image by James Gathany/CDC via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain).

Warming temperature and humidity expand dengue’s reach

Nabeela Khan 3 Nov 2025
Toxic pollutants from industries on Bellundur lake in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

How excess rains and poor wastewater management send microplastics into city lakes

T. V. Padma 30 Oct 2025
Workers assemble a car at an electric vehicle plant in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. (AP Photo/ Rafiq Maqbool)

China challenges India’s domestic manufacturing incentives, alleging unfair trade practices

Kundan Pandey 29 Oct 2025
Salim Ali's first scientific paper was on the nesting of the baya or common weaverbird. His work is a testament to the fact that good science can rise from unexpected beginnings. Image by B. Vinoth.

A lifetime of watching birds with a pencil, paper and patience [Commentary]

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 28 Oct 2025

India is well positioned to advance biobased climate tech, says Sara Trærup [Interview]

Manish Chandra Mishra 28 Oct 2025

DNA-based elephant census sets new baseline

Arathi Menon 24 Oct 2025

The Green Credits Programme needs to move beyond its tree-centric approach [Commentary]

Gautam Aredath 23 Oct 2025
An aerial view of the Adyar river in Chennai, parts of which are blocked by sewage and garbage. However, on the Chennai beach where the Adyar and other rivers meet the Indian ocean, newborn olive Ridley turtles are seen making their way to the water. Image by Timothy A. Gonsalves via Wikmedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Giving forests and rivers the right to live [Book Review]

Usha Rai 22 Oct 2025