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Madhav Gadgil at a school in Kasargod. Image by Harish Vasudevan via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Madhav Gadgil: the hub of a wheel, the voice of the Ghats [Commentary]

John Kurien 18 Feb 2026

Celebrating the life and work of Madhav Gadgil

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 13 Jan 2026
Gadgil visits Yashawantrao Chavan Institute of Science, Satara, Maharashtra, in 2017. Image by Subodh Kulkarni via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Madhav Gadgil – a scientist, mentor and an institution builder [Obituary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 8 Jan 2026
Image courtesy of Navara Eco Farm.

Custodian of Kerala’s medicinal rice heritage no more [Obituary]

Arathi Menon 12 Dec 2025

The bull lady of Kathasamipalayam dies at 59 [Obituary]

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Dec 2025
Saalumarada Thimakka. Image by Arun4speed via Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0).

Saalumarada Thimmakka, mother of trees, has died, aged 114 [Obituary]

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Nov 2025

Primatologist Jane Goodall dies at 91 [Obituary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 2 Oct 2025
Sulochana Gadgil by Ministry of Earth Sciences via Facebook. Monsoon in the Western Ghats by KV 192 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Sulochana Gadgil: The woman who chased clouds [Obituary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 28 Jul 2025
Radheshyam Bishnoi examines a spiny-tailed lizard burrow in Pokhran, Rajasthan. The burrow has been dug out by poachers. Image by Sneha Richhariya.

Radheshyam Bishnoi, defender of wildlife in Thar, ‘gone too soon’ [Obituary]

Azera Parveen Rahman 26 May 2025
Vimla Bahuguna with Sunderlal Bahuguna in 1972.

Steadfast in struggle: The environmental legacy of Vimla Bahuguna [Obituary]

Rhett Ayers Butler, S. Gopikrishna Warrier 17 Feb 2025
Kallur Balan: The Man Who Planted a Forest

[Obituary] Kallur Balan: The man who planted a forest

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2025