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Extreme heat and erratic rain affect flower production and livelihood of vendors

Dimple Behal 26 Jun 2024

Civet latrines in the shade puzzle researchers

Arathi Menon 25 Jun 2024

Kancha Sherpa, a member of the first successful expedition to Everest, is worried. Here’s why.

Nidhi Jamwal 25 Jun 2024

How droughts and worsening soil health can increase carbon emissions

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 24 Jun 2024

[Commentary] Unified action needed to tackle extreme heat and air pollution

Annanya Mahajan, Tamanna Dalal 24 Jun 2024

The hispid hare’s habitat in Himalayan grasslands is shrinking fast

Sneha Mahale 21 Jun 2024

India experiments with parametric insurance to mitigate costs of disasters

Simrin Sirur 20 Jun 2024

To save the vulnerable fishing cat, protect its threatened wetland habitat

Sean Mowbray 20 Jun 2024

Storing carbon in the form of gas hydrates deep under water

T. V. Padma 19 Jun 2024
One of the rare aquaculture sites in Sundarbans where scientific methods are being followed. Image by Niladry Sarkar for Mongabay.

Unchecked shrimp farming transforms land use in the Sundarbans

Niladry Sarkar 19 Jun 2024

[Video] Flowers of worship sow seeds of sustainability

Pratik Chakraborty 18 Jun 2024

Small cats’ ecology review flags declining conservation status

Arathi Menon 17 Jun 2024

Modelling study finds rural employment scheme plays an important role in forest cover

Simrin Sirur 17 Jun 2024

Assam has more renewable potential than the government estimates, says study

Barasha Das 14 Jun 2024

[Commentary] Unusual sheep flock in Goa raises concerns over climate-driven disease spread

Aaron Savio Lobo 13 Jun 2024
Azolla has thrived even in the hottest summer on Maruthachalam's farm, growing robustly under the shade of coconut trees thanks to the natural sand and fresh water available on his four-acre organic farm. Photo by Gowthami Subramaniam/Mongabay.

Farmers embrace Azolla, a fern, as low-cost livestock feed amid fodder shortage

Gowthami Subramaniam 13 Jun 2024

Kolkata’s overlooked air pollution crisis

Niladry Sarkar 12 Jun 2024

Clouded leopard and leopard cat occupy same habitat but differently, shows study

Shuchita Jha 11 Jun 2024

[Obituary] A ‘giant’ in conservation is no more

Bahar Dutt 11 Jun 2024
A Basai wetland in Gurugram

Urban growth fuels warming in Indian cities, finds a study

Kundan Pandey 10 Jun 2024