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Kesang Bhutia, the study’s lead author, conducts field work in nurseries. Image courtesy of Kesang Bhutia.

Online ornamental plant trade may be an overlooked pathway for invasive species

Ananya Singh 17 Aug 2026
Invasive giant African snails spotted in Kerala. Image by Drajay1976 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Invasives impact in Global South needs more attention

Arathi Menon 14 Aug 2026

The carbon market bets on an invasive tree

Yash Sadhak Shrivastava 12 Aug 2026
An aerial view of an early plantation site in Jhabua Forest Division, Madhya Pradesh, showcasing large-scale ecological restoration. Image by Pushpendra Vidya.

India’s afforestation needs a species lens [Commentary]

Pradeep Mishra 21 Jul 2026
Conocarpus erectus saplings. Representative image by TreeWorld Wholesale via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Why is Conocarpus being banned across states? [Explainer]

Nikhil Sreekandan 20 Jul 2026
A blackbuck at the Bagepalli plantation. Image courtesy of ATREE.

Cities need tailored restoration, not mass tree planting

Arathi Menon 17 Jul 2026
Saplings being carried for plantation. Image by Pushpendra Rana.

A machine learning-powered chatbot to guide tree plantation in the Himalayas

Nikhil Sreekandan 16 Jul 2026
The World Cup cicada (Chremistica ribhoi). Image by Nabarun Guha.

The insect that syncs up with the football World Cup

Nabarun Guha 14 Jul 2026
A hill myna. Image by Bernard Dupont via Flickr (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why looking at trees is a type of rebellion [Book Review]

Aarushi Agrawal 13 Jul 2026
Aquatic plants dominate the water surface of Dal Lake. Image by Akhil Paul.

Scientists test turning aquatic weeds into liquid fertilisers

Hirra Azmat 7 Jul 2026
A tawny pipit, one of the grassland specialist bird species whose habitat is adversely impacted by afforestation in Maharashtra. Image by Siddhant Mhetre.

When trees replace grasslands, specialist birds lose their habitat

Simrin Sirur 2 Jul 2026
Earth-moving equipment clears vegetation along the Central Ridge in Delhi. Image by Pradip Krishen.

Delhi witnesses a travesty of ecological restoration [Commentary]

Ankila Hiremath, Vikram Iyer 1 Jul 2026
A carbon garden at Delhi University. Image by Dinabandhu Sahoo.

A carbon garden reimagines urban greenery

Shweta Thakur Nanda 26 Jun 2026
A dwarf honey bee colony built on bushes and branches in Bengaluru. Image by Bharath Kumar A.K.

India’s native dwarf honey bee faces a quiet urban crisis

Nivedhika Krishnan 19 Jun 2026
A farmer cleans maize seeds near a paddy field on the outskirts of Guwahati, Assam. Representative image. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Valuing the diversity that feeds us [Commentary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 12 Jun 2026
Labourers plant saplings as part of an tree plantation project. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Rethinking forest restoration beyond tree cover [Commentary]

Dhanapal Govindarajulu, Johan Oldekop 8 Jun 2026

Why India’s tree-planting programmes are falling short

Aisiri Amin 3 Jun 2026
Women wade into the East Kolkata Wetlands to forage for small crabs and fish, a practice that is often done before the working day begins. Image by Sukanya Basu.

The slow exit of foraging in urban blue spaces

Jyotsnika Tiwari 22 May 2026
Excelsa coffee fruits at an estate in Kodagu district, Karnataka. Image courtesy of South India Coffee Company (SICC).

The search for climate resilient coffee in a warming world

Meena Menon 21 May 2026
Trees at a park in Kochi, Kerala. Image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

New database captures urban tree diversity

Simrin Sirur 27 Apr 2026