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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

Citizens file RTI applications on Niti Aayog plans for the Andaman & Nicobar islands

Pankaj Sekhsaria 12 Apr 2021

Leatherback turtles under threat as government considers ‘development’ in Little Andaman

Rosamma Thomas 12 Apr 2021

Newly described chameleon from Madagascar may be world’s smallest reptile

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Mar 2021
NCF field staff collecting seeds for their nursery that is part of their restoration work that has been ongoing since 2014. Photo by Aparajita Datta.

COVID-19 cripples long-term ecological monitoring research in India

Aathira Perinchery 3 Nov 2020

The Indian dragons we know so little about

Aathira Perinchery 30 Jun 2020

The Sundarbans: frontlines of climate change for tigers and people

Johan Augustin 13 Jan 2020

Invasive bullfrog tadpoles devour native ones in the Andamans

Neha Jain 13 Dec 2019

Seabird poop may enhance coral reef recovery after bleaching

Sahana Ghosh 11 Jul 2019

The mysterious karstland forests of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Neha Jain 12 Apr 2019

[Video] Climate-resilient agricultural methods help Andaman’s farmers

Sharada Balasubramanian 4 Apr 2019