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An aerial view of the Adyar river in Chennai, parts of which are blocked by sewage and garbage. However, on the Chennai beach where the Adyar and other rivers meet the Indian ocean, newborn olive Ridley turtles are seen making their way to the water. Image by Timothy A. Gonsalves via Wikmedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Giving forests and rivers the right to live [Book Review]

Usha Rai 22 Oct 2025
Sonam Wangchuk addresses a gathering at a protest demanding statehood and other democratic rights for Ladakh in New Delhi on February 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Protests for Indigenous land rights turn deadly

Simrin Sirur 2 Oct 2025

Primatologist Jane Goodall dies at 91 [Obituary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 2 Oct 2025
A man makes chapatis in Mara village, Morena district, Madhya Pradesh. The SDG on affordable and clean energy shows moderate improvement. Image by Yann Forget via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

India improves performance on SDGs but lags on environment

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 4 Jul 2025
Gopi Warrier in Kerala in May 2025. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler.

How Gopi Warrier helped build Mongabay India’s newsroom [Interview]

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jun 2025
Migratory birds at the DPS Flamingo lake that is half covered with algae. Image by Esha Lohia/Mongabay

Citizens continue a decade-long fight to conserve an urban lake

Esha Lohia 2 Apr 2025

A veteran environmental journalist on 40 years of writing on wildlife: Bittu Sahgal [Interview]

Divya Kilikar 25 Mar 2025

An ode to joy: remembering Ajith Kumar [Obituary]

Divya Karnad 10 Mar 2025
Ajith Kumar

Wildlife biologist Ajith Kumar dies at 72

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Mar 2025
A donkey looking for food at a dumping site. Donkeys often turn to such sites after being abandoned during winters. Image by Waseem Dar for Mongabay.

A harsh winter reality for Kashmir’s donkeys

Farzana Nisar, Waseem Dar 5 Mar 2025

In the fare-play business, Namma Metro has misplaced its priorities

Shailesh Shrivastava 19 Feb 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
women in buxa tiger reserve coexist with wildlife

Social sciences shape effective conservation strategies

Arathi Menon 9 Jan 2025

Matsyanyaya: A journey through India’s landscapes swallowed by urbanisation

Rashi Goel 12 Nov 2024

Island villages between Kosi embankments neglected after Bihar floods

Rahul Singh 7 Nov 2024
At a football match in Ladakh's Climate Cup 2024. Image by Phachuks.

A football tournament kicks off conversations about sports and climate

Priyanka Shankar, Saumitra Shinde 14 Oct 2024

[Book Review] A compelling memoir of a mountaineer-geologist

Vandana K. 2 Oct 2024
Namdeo Sahebrao Kakode, secretary of Borgaon Math’s village development committee, says applying silt has transformed their crops from short to healthy. Image by Nidhi Jamwal.

Desilting tanks for improving water security and soil health

Nidhi Jamwal 25 Sep 2024
A landscape view of Champawat town, Uttarakhand. Urbanisation is a major driver of environmental change in the Himalayas. Image by WhiteRaven335 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Urban expansion drives forest loss in India’s biodiversity hotspots

T. V. Padma 23 Sep 2024