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Scientists leap beyond Latin to give local flair to species names

Laasya Shekhar 7 Mar 2024

India adds five more wetlands to its list of Ramsar sites

Simrin Sirur 2 Feb 2024
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[Explainer] What can lichens tell us about atmospheric pollution?

Arathi Menon 31 Jan 2024

Restaurants fuelling demand for shark meat in India, finds study

Simrin Sirur 24 Jan 2024

Marine fisheries policy moving against the current of scientific recommendations

Kundan Pandey 22 Jan 2024

Why south Tamil Nadu received record-breaking rain during the northeast monsoon

Laasya Shekhar 10 Jan 2024

A village nurtures traditional food systems in response to climate change

Catherine Gilon 10 Jan 2024

Oil spill in Ennore brings fishing to a standstill

Laasya Shekhar 29 Dec 2023

Pythons return home, slowly but surely, finds a new study

Arathi Menon 6 Dec 2023
A spinning mill in Tamil Nadu. Spinning mills that manufacture yarn/thread for weaving the fabric, constitute one of the most power-intensive stages in textile manufacturing. Photo by Gowthami Subramaniam.

Harnessing clean energy for Tamil Nadu’s spinning mills is not as easy as it seems

Gowthami Subramaniam 16 Nov 2023

Six years on, cyclone Ockhi survivors battle lingering mental health impacts

Gowthami Subramaniam 30 Oct 2023

India’s clean energy goals may widen regional disparities, predicts working paper

Kundan Pandey 20 Oct 2023
Barnacles on a plastic bottle found on the beach. Photo by Gunasekaran Kannan

Marine debris transporting invasive species along the southeastern coast

Max Martin 11 Oct 2023

Women seaweed farmers seek other jobs while India plans industry expansion

Almaas Masood 10 Oct 2023

Darkness-loving bats are being nudged out of the shadows

Vasudevan Sridharan 22 Sep 2023

Bioinvasions are a global threat to ecosystems, says IPBES report

Arathi Menon 21 Sep 2023
Mist clad Poombarai, a village in Kodaikanal. Photo by Arathi Menon/Mongabay

Hill station waste needs better plan, not just plastic ban

Arathi Menon 13 Sep 2023

First tender for offshore wind energy expected end of this year, but sector wants more time to study sites

Simrin Sirur 12 Sep 2023
Pilgrims take blessings from a priest at the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the Western Ghats. Photo by David

Green pilgrimage model balances faith and conservation

Arathi Menon 5 Sep 2023
Image shows windmills with a mountain in the background

Odanthurai’s windmill experiment, a pioneering move that had its wind knocked out

Gowthami Subramaniam 11 Aug 2023