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A sloth bear in the Aravallis. Image by Utkarsh Prajapati.

Sloth bears are unlikely seed dispersers shaping forests

Sneha Mahale 6 Aug 2026
A caracal caught on camera trap. Image courtesy of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve.

Scrublands and ravines offer key habitat for the elusive caracal

Sneha Mahale 9 Jul 2026
A Sistan sand boa. Image by Vivek Sharma.

New sand boa species calls for attention

Arathi Menon 24 Jun 2026
A caracal in Ramgarh area of Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan. Image by Sumer Singh Bhati and Pankaj Bishnoi.

Crime against caracal sparks a census project for the cat

Madhav Sharma 10 Jun 2026
A male cheetah at a zoo in Hyderabad, India. Representative image. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Project Cheetah takes new turns as young males explore the wild

Arathi Menon 21 May 2026
During the Raikas' long migrations in search for pastureland, they take breaks at areas with water resources. Image by Aishwarya Mohanty.

Shrinking commons, broken routes strain nomadic pastoralists

Aishwarya Mohanty 30 Mar 2026
The Thar desert in Rajasthan. Image by Aiwok via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Thar desert dust carries bacteria to the Himalayas, a study finds

T. V. Padma 24 Mar 2026
A herder with a flock of sheep at Raghwa village in Jaisalmer district, where a 2700 MW solar park has been earmarked. Image by Manu Moudgil.

A 700 km-long foot march to save sacred groves from solar projects

Manu Moudgil 19 Mar 2026
A tiger in Ranthambore. Image by Anupal31 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

New DNA analysis reveals tigers feeding on more diverse prey

Sneha Mahale 2 Feb 2026

Supreme Court stays order on Aravalli definition

Simrin Sirur 30 Dec 2025

The Aravalli mountains, an ecological asset under threat [Commentary]

C.P. Rajendran 29 Dec 2025
Ana Sagar lake in Ajmer, Rajasthan, flanked by the Aravalli hills. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

With a new identity, the Aravalli hills stare at an uncertain future

Simrin Sirur 26 Dec 2025

Walking against the heat: How rising temperatures affect the nomadic Raikas

Aishwarya Mohanty, Divya Vilvaraj 15 Dec 2025
Blackbuck population in Tal Chhapar has resurged over the years, with some even being translocated to Jaswanthgarh Wildlife Sanctuary, where the grassland has similarly been restored. Image by Umesh Bagotia.

A grassland’s comeback is now a conservation blueprint

Azera Parveen Rahman 10 Dec 2025
A camera trap image captures a pack of golden jackals feeding on a crowned river turtle. Image by Gourav Sonawane.

Golden jackals are a growing threat to endangered crowned river turtles

Shweta Yogi 6 Nov 2025

Caracal’s comeback sparks hope in conservation

Arathi Menon 17 Sep 2025
Khejri trees are declining in the Thar desert. Image by Nirmal Verma/Mongabay.

A beloved ‘tree of life’ is vanishing from an already scarce desert

Vishal Kumar Jain 11 Sep 2025

A hardy desert fruit faces threats, putting women’s incomes at risk

Vishal Kumar Jain 10 Sep 2025
Great Indian Bustards feed on termites in the soil. Image by Late Radheshyam Bishnoi.

The state of the great Indian bustard leaves no room for bad eggs [Commentary]

Sumit Dookia, Mamta Rawat 28 Aug 2025
Women of the Bishnoi community have been associated with environment protection since as far back as 1604, when two women gave their lives to protect trees. Image by Harsh Vardhan.

How the Bishnoi made environmental protection central to their identity [Book Review]

Vandana K. 6 Aug 2025