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A marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus). Image by Thejavikho Gwizantsu Chase.

How hoverflies quietly sustain ecosystems [Commentary]

Amritha Jaiprekash Kurup 21 Jan 2026
India’s pesticide sector has expanded steadily since production began in 1952. Image by Pradnyaalimakar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Modernising pesticide regulation misses protecting people

Kundan Pandey 20 Jan 2026
Cyclone Alia submerges settlements in West Bengal in 2009. Image by Anil Gulati/India Water Portal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

How global warming-induced intense cyclones could cause ecosystem changes

T. V. Padma 19 Jan 2026

India’s coconut belt battles whitefly crisis

Prasanth Shanmugasundaram 19 Jan 2026

Behind the green transition is a race for rare earth minerals

Asha Jyothi 16 Jan 2026

New research calls for sustained mental health support post disasters

Arathi Menon 16 Jan 2026
Mangrove saplings being planted at a nursery in Kochi, Kerala. (AP Photo/Shawn Sebastian).

Mangrove restoration needs more than planting; it needs monitoring and data

Barasha Das 15 Jan 2026
A government vehicle sprinkles water to control air pollution in New Delhi. Representative image. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Monitoring India’s clean air programme needs reimagining, suggests analysis

Simrin Sirur 14 Jan 2026
Citizens protest for action against air pollution in New Delhi in November 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

What India can learn from China’s approach to improving air quality [Commentary]

Tanushree Ganguly 14 Jan 2026

Celebrating the life and work of Madhav Gadgil

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 13 Jan 2026
A blood sample is collected from a diabetic patient a health camp in Kolkata, West Bengal. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

Older diabetics at risk of developing cardiovascular disease from air pollution

Simrin Sirur 13 Jan 2026
A highway being constructed on the outskirts of Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Ministry changes land acquisition requirements for select projects seeking clearance

Simrin Sirur 12 Jan 2026

A rural jobs law without a guarantee

Kundan Pandey 9 Jan 2026

Disease-carrying microplastics in the air we breathe

Ravleen Kaur 6 Jan 2026

New Seeds Bill draft promises quality reform, critics question its farmer focus

Nikhil Sreekandan 6 Jan 2026

India’s long search for a fair seed law remains unfinished [Commentary]

Sridhar Radhakrishnan 5 Jan 2026
P.V. Shivaprasad. Image by Sharmila Vaidyanathan.

P.V. Shivaprasad talks about rice, food security and his fascination with plants [Interview]

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 1 Jan 2026

New species from the deep oceans and high mountains

Team Mongabay-India 31 Dec 2025

Tracing the evolving landscape of green jobs in 2025

Aditi Tandon 30 Dec 2025
A woman looks at a coal plant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

The climate finance numbers did not add up in 2025

Kundan Pandey 29 Dec 2025