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Discoveries and rediscoveries: Stoneflowers in northeast India

Aathira Perinchery 30 Jul 2020

Greens grown in urban kitchen gardens beat the lockdown blues

Mayank Aggarwal 17 Apr 2020

Mapping the ability of tea gardens to sequester carbon dioxide

Sahana Ghosh 12 Mar 2020

All forest fires may not be bad fires

Arathi Menon 25 Feb 2020

[Video] The barefoot ecologist who brought forests to life

Arathi Menon, Abhishek N. Chinnappa 24 Feb 2020

Forests that heal: Medicinal plants as an ecosystem service

Aathira Perinchery 24 Feb 2020

Faith and healing in the sacred groves of Madhya Pradesh

Sahana Ghosh 31 Jan 2020
A view of the tree canopy inside Myristica swamps. Photo by Pradeep Hegde.

Why the ancient Myristica swamps need more protection

Neha Jain 5 Nov 2019

New species remain hidden in the myristica swamps of the Western Ghats

Neha Jain 4 Nov 2019

Artificial intelligence-powered app for banana disease detection, control

Sahana Ghosh 13 Sep 2019

Sacred sites in Bengaluru: Where heritage helps conserve biodiversity

Sahana Ghosh 28 Aug 2019

[Book review] A much-needed voice for the Nilgiris

Aathira Perinchery 30 Jul 2019

She guards Mumbai’s defence against climate change

Kartik Chandramouli 25 Jul 2019

What are invasive plants?

Aathira Perinchery 27 Jun 2019

Parthenium could take over large parts of India under current climate change

Aathira Perinchery 27 Jun 2019

When and from where did black pepper come to India?

T. V. Padma 20 Jun 2019

What is seagrass?

Sandhya Sekar 4 Jun 2019

Female seagrass flowers uncoil to reach pollen in undersea saga

Sandhya Sekar 4 Jun 2019
A two-tailed spider perfectly blending with the bark of a tree. Photo by Jency Samuel.

[Photos] City dwellers…now you see me?

Jency Samuel 28 May 2019

Scientists seek help from wheat’s wild cousins to sustain high yields

Manupriya 14 May 2019