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Coenobita brevimanus or Indo hermit crab, residing in a shell of the Giant African snail at a waterfall on Little Andaman. Representative image by Vandana K.

Marine litter traps thousands of hermit crabs

Vandana K. 10 Mar 2026
A Great Nicobar serpent eagle. Image by Shreeram M.V. via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Green tribunal rules in favour of Great Nicobar Island project, citing ‘adequate safeguards’

Simrin Sirur 17 Feb 2026
A saltwater crocodile. An island’s size not only affects the intensity of competition among species for limiting resources, but also the activity level and rate of metabolism in its dominant predators. Reptilian predators such as saltwater crocodile in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is an example. Representative image by Richard.Fisher via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Development projects in small and micro islands need careful planning [Commentary]

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 2 Feb 2026
A catch of squaretail groupers (Plectropomus areolatus). Image by Rucha Karkarey.

A Lakshadweep island’s strategic value worries conservationists and fishers

Max Martin 27 Jan 2026
An aerial view of North Sentinel island. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh, File)

Tribal leaders allege pressure to surrender land for the Great Nicobar project

Simrin Sirur 23 Jan 2026
Lateral views of D. grayi, D. deshayesi and D. strangulata. Images by Shah et al.

Researchers identify four species of sea butterflies new to India

Vandana K. 27 Nov 2025
Partially bleached coral reefs in the waters near Elephant beach in the Andaman islands. Image by Harvinder Chandigarh via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India needs a marine litter policy as plastic waste chokes corals

T. V. Padma 19 Sep 2025

Court submission challenges ‘confidential’ report on the Great Nicobar Island plan

Simrin Sirur 27 Aug 2025
The Tungabhadra river in Hampi, Karnataka. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

A fascinating book on India’s rivers and their travails [Book Review]

Usha Rai 18 Jun 2025
Fishermen from Kavaratti at work, performing pole-and-line fishing in the deep-sea area. Image by K.A. Shaji.

Pole-and-line fishing face new challenges with push for tuna fish exports

K.A. Shaji 17 Jun 2025
An aerial view of Rameshwaram island at the tip of Tamil Nadu, beyond which lies the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere. Image by Tracy Hunter via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Reef islands in need of restoration

Simrin Sirur 14 Mar 2025
Nicobar megapode, one of the many species affected by nicobar development

With Rs. 800 million sanctioned, committees begin monitoring Great Nicobar development project

Simrin Sirur 4 Feb 2025

Almost 20 years after the tsunami, Andaman’s mangroves are still changing

Divya Kilikar 3 Oct 2024

National coastal body says Great Nicobar project no longer in prohibited zone, making way for a port

Simrin Sirur 22 Aug 2024

[Book review] Chronicle of an ‘ecocide’ foretold

T. R. Shankar Raman 19 Aug 2024

The feral elephants of the Andaman Islands

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 10 Jul 2024
View of Lakshadweep taken during ISS Expedition 38. Image ISS038-E-45155 courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center.

[Commentary] Complexities of freshwater availability and tourism growth in Lakshadweep

Salahudheen 6 May 2024

The protected Andaman wild pig gets a new lease on life with captive breeding programme

Rachna Verma 17 Jan 2024

[Commentary] Challenges of conservation, cyclones and COVID-19 in the lives of Sundarban residents

Kalpita Bhar Paul 16 Jul 2021

[Commentary] The unspoken crises of Lakshadweep

Rohan Arthur 3 Jun 2021