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An aerial view of Paring village along the Siang river in western Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Hagen Desa.

Caught between a dam and a hard place

Simrin Sirur 18 Apr 2025
teesta III Sikkim

Political stir follows expert panel’s approval to rebuild Teesta dam in Sikkim

Simrin Sirur 6 Feb 2025

[Commentary] India needs a dedicated national wetland inventory programme

Ritesh Kumar 31 Jan 2025

1 in 4 freshwater species around the globe at risk of extinction

Kristine Sabillo 22 Jan 2025
taxonomist jini jacob documents meiofauna nematodes

Indian taxonomist forays into the uncharted waters of meiofauna

Nikhil Sreekandan 16 Jan 2025

Your Environment This Week: Dung beetles, City dwelling urban jackals and Frogs in fields

Team Mongabay India 20 Dec 2024

Silt, a major reason for Kosi river’s flooding

Rahul Singh 25 Nov 2024

With local support, a tributary comes to life 

Nikhil Sreekandan 13 Nov 2024

Island villages between Kosi embankments neglected after Bihar floods

Rahul Singh 7 Nov 2024

Changing rainfall patterns impact agriculture in the Indo-Gangetic Plain

Sneha Mahale 16 Oct 2024
Narmada river flowing through the tribal villages in Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh. Image by Rachit Tiwari.

[Commentary] A cruise on the Narmada river: Is it legal, just or justified?

Rachit Tiwari 29 Aug 2024

Deficient monsoon rainfall hits paddy farmers in parts of north India

Nidhi Jamwal 16 Aug 2024

Indus river dolphins in troubled waters

Sneha Mahale 15 Aug 2024

Mugger crocodiles may be physiologically stressed in disturbed habitats

Sneha Mahale 12 Aug 2024

India’s polluted rivers are becoming a global pollution problem

Simrin Sirur 25 Jul 2024

Endangered Gangetic dolphins found in most tributaries of Ganges, prompting urgent conservation

T. V. Padma 20 May 2024

Majuli’s shrinking wetlands and their fight for survival

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 15 Apr 2024

Gharial conservation should extend to unprotected rivers

Arathi Menon 21 Feb 2024

[Commentary] India needs to step up its fight against invasive fishes

Gopi Krishnan, Somdatta Karak 5 Feb 2024
Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis).

India one of the nine countries to sign global pact to protect endangered river dolphins

Astrid Arellano 23 Jan 2024