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Mahananda river survey records 190 dolphins, warns of fishing threats to Red List species

Seema Sharma 17 Feb 2022

Debate over Mullaperiyar dam’s safety continues with opposing views in Kerala and Tamil Nadu

K.A. Shaji 9 Feb 2022
Pokkudan's children revived the defunct Kallen Pokkudan Mangrove Trust in recent months, formed by their father in 2013 to impart mangrove conservation literacy to society. Photo by Bhavapriya JU.

Editor’s review 2021: Energy transitions, biodiversity-climate change links

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 31 Dec 2021

Polluted Yamuna, not industrial emission, main reason behind Taj Mahal decay: study

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 25 Nov 2021

[Explainer] The life of plastic: born a hero, dying an outcast, resurrected a monster

Anusha Krishnan 10 Nov 2021

[Photos] A Kashmir spring is protected by a local festival

Waseem Dar 5 Nov 2021
Forest staff before search operation to track tigers begin. Photo by Saurabh Katkurwar.

Tigers return to Gadchiroli forests after 30 years, human-animal conflict spikes

Saurabh Katkurwar 27 Oct 2021

India’s ancient underground fish species under threat due to poor water governance

T. V. Padma 12 Oct 2021

[Commentary] Public perceptions matter in the conservation of rivers

Ranjan K. Panda 5 Oct 2021

Stone mining in Brahmagiri mountains chips away at the Godavari River ecosystem

Vinaya Kurtkoti 29 Sep 2021

Yes, No or Maybe: Fate of Hasdeo Arand forest back in limbo

Mayank Aggarwal 23 Sep 2021

Rethinking tourism could save Udaipur from its pressures

Archana Singh 14 Sep 2021
Damodar river flows across some of the most mineral rich regions of India which could be a boon for states like Jharkhand and West Bengal. Image by Rahul Singh

The ‘sorrow’ of Damodar river continues for millions of people

Rahul Singh, Kundan Pandey 9 Sep 2021

Illegal sand mining a threat to the shrinking Chandubi lake

Anuraag Baruah 24 Aug 2021

With water-saving sugarcane cultivation, conserved water goes to river

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 9 Aug 2021

Can Odisha, Chhattisgarh move beyond conventional approaches to save Mahanadi?

Pragati Prava 9 Aug 2021

With poor regulation of floodplains, India is more vulnerable to flood damage

Manish Kumar 13 Jul 2021

148 zebra loaches exported per day from Western Ghats to feed global pet trade

Sahana Ghosh 1 Jul 2021

What’s dangerous about these cute turtles which are popular pets in India?

K.A. Shaji 30 Jun 2021

Reviving the critically endangered gharials in Odisha

Tazeen Qureshy 22 Jun 2021