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[Commentary] On the trail of the Wayanad landslide

C.P. Rajendran 9 Aug 2024

Does size matter? How leopards on forest fringes choose livestock kill

Divya Kilikar 26 Jul 2024
Seema Lokhandwala records elephant calls. Image by Vijay Bedi.

Wild Frequencies: Know Them

Shreya Dasgupta and Kartik Chandramouli 25 Jul 2024

Wild Frequencies: Find Them

Shreya Dasgupta and Kartik Chandramouli 18 Jul 2024

[Interview] Neeraj Mahar on the rarely seen and poorly researched Pallas’s cat

Shailesh Shrivastava 17 Jul 2024
sunnyjosef, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

New study puts spotlight on neglected mammal, bird pollinators 

T. V. Padma 8 Jul 2024

From fear to fascination: More research and awareness to protect India’s misunderstood spiders

Laasya Shekhar 5 Jul 2024

Climate models could be underestimating the impacts of future rainfall in India

Simrin Sirur 4 Jul 2024
Mukerjee, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Eastern Ghats debuts in new landslide susceptibility map

Divya Kilikar 26 Jun 2024

Civet latrines in the shade puzzle researchers

Arathi Menon 25 Jun 2024
A Basai wetland in Gurugram

Urban growth fuels warming in Indian cities, finds a study

Kundan Pandey 10 Jun 2024

Eurasian lynx recorded in Kargil, better conservation steps needed

Shailesh Shrivastava 7 Jun 2024

[Explainer] How are species named?

Anusha Krishnan 4 Jun 2024

Algorithm identifies landslide movements making them easier to predict

Harvin Bhathal 3 Jun 2024

What’s on the menu? Understanding the diverse diet of fishing cats

Sneha Mahale 31 May 2024

Asiatic wildcat with classic tabby pattern spotted in Rajasthan, experts say genetic study needed to confirm

Shuchita Jha 29 May 2024

Genes connect, geography separates red pandas

Arathi Menon 21 May 2024
Becquartina bicolor sitting on a leaf in Balpakram National Park in South Garo Hills in Meghalaya. This was the first individual of the species sighted by Sarkar in 2017. The cicada’s wings were damaged when it was caught by a bat. Image by Vivek Sarkar.

Researchers describe a new cicada species, bicolor butterfly, from Meghalaya

Vandana K. 16 May 2024
One of the four saltwater crocodiles in Bangladesh with a newly installed satellite transmitter, released into the wild. Image by Md Mofizur Rahaman Chowdury.

Tagging crocodiles with satellite transmitters

Rafiqul Islam 14 May 2024

Understanding roosting habits of the Indian flying fox to improve conservation

Sneha Mahale 13 May 2024