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Aerial views of Brahmaputra river. Photo by Ashwin Kumar/Wikimedia commons.

Ancient tree rings shed light on Brahmaputra’s flood risk

Sahana Ghosh 14 Jan 2021

Understanding frog diversity with the highs and lows of the Teesta river valley

Sahana Ghosh 13 Oct 2020
A female otter in river Kolhu, Uttarakhand. Photo by Sayanti Basak.

Protecting rivers and involving communities to conserve Himalayas’ shy otters

Sahana Ghosh 31 Jul 2020

Assam reels under flood as pandemic wears on

Nabarun Guha 29 Jul 2020

Hope for healthy yak rides on Druk, the yak bull from Bhutan raised in Sikkim

Sahana Ghosh 1 Jul 2020

Indian scientists building DNA database to protect the elusive red panda

Sahana Ghosh 24 Mar 2020

Sikkim braces for climate extremes

Sahana Ghosh 12 Feb 2020

[Commentary] Shifting cultivation landscapes in transition

Kamal Aryal, Samuel Thomas, Dhrupad Choudhury 28 Nov 2019

Sikkim rail project: Is it development or disaster waiting to happen?

Gurvinder Singh 3 Sep 2019

How two indigenous communities in north Sikkim united in their anti-dam movement

Sahana Ghosh 17 Jun 2019

As fall armyworm invades northeast India, scientists scratch the surface of a tree-killing beetle

Sahana Ghosh 27 May 2019

Conservation of Sikkim biodiversity needs re-strategising: study

T. V. Padma 6 May 2019

Tracing boundaries of Kangchenjunga landscape in sync with cross-border human-wildlife conflicts

Sahana Ghosh 17 Apr 2019

As forest lines invade mountains globally, Sikkim stays immune so far

Sahana Ghosh 11 Dec 2018

Darjeeling Himalayas gets a people-centric early warning system for landslides

Sahana Ghosh 19 Sep 2018

Sikkim’s Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve braids nature with culture as tourism expands

Sahana Ghosh 9 Aug 2018

Food drives bear-human conflict in Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve

Sahana Ghosh 31 May 2018

Geodiversity map of Sikkim Himalayas to aid conservation

Sahana Ghosh 28 May 2018

Reports say forest cover decreasing, contrary to government claims

T. V. Padma 15 May 2018

Frogs in Sikkim Himalayas threatened by extraction for meat, allegedly of medicinal value

Sahana Ghosh 27 Mar 2018