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Most famines in south India under British rule due to minor rainfall fluctuations, rather than extreme events

Sahana Ghosh 15 Sep 2021

Coral transplantation helps, but not the only solution

Supriya Vohra 18 Aug 2021

Large-scale removal of Banni’s invasive ‘mad tree’ Prosopis is not the solution: study

Sahana Ghosh 3 Aug 2021

[Commentary] Nature-based solutions hold the key to transform our cities into resilient spaces

Suchismita Mukhopadhyay and Saurav Chowdhury 30 Jul 2021

Millions of seahorses caught as bycatch in Indian shores

Neha Jain 26 Jul 2021

Environmental activism in the Nilgiris: too early to rejoice?

Nina Varghese 15 Jul 2021
Murugan, one of the protest leaders of Kumarettiyapuram village, showing the compound wall of Sterlite at his village where work for a second smelting unit was happening in 2018. Photo by M. Kalyanaraman.

Has Sterlite Copper been able to generate the promised oxygen supply?

M. Kalyanaraman 13 Jul 2021

Are we overlooking the role of grasslands in mitigating climate change?

Aathira Perinchery 29 Jun 2021

[Commentary] Elephants and humans coexist in Pandanallur

Shobha Menon 21 Jun 2021
Uma Mani, Chennai-based homemaker who learned diving at 49. Through her paintings, she has been trying to draw public attention to the devastating effects of climate change on marine life

Chennai artist and deep-sea diver creates awareness about coral health

Anjana Parikh 9 Jun 2021

A new tiger reserve holds hope for revival of Vaigai river in Madurai

K.A. Shaji 2 Jun 2021

Southern India’s 2016-2018 drought was the worst in 150 years

Neha Jain 20 May 2021
Seedlings of Pterygoplichthys sp. Photo by Ajmal Hussan.

Checking spread of invasive alien fish as India faces climate extremes

Sahana Ghosh 19 May 2021

[Video] A wagtail on shared space, birdwatching and hope

Kartik Chandramouli, Taarini Ravjit 12 Mar 2021

Industries violating coastal zone law can now get away with paying compensation

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Mar 2021

When an army of women came together to revive a river

Arathi Menon 23 Feb 2021

As threats increase, community’s effort to save Pulicat lake continues

C.G. Salamander 4 Feb 2021
IFS Vanjulavalli Sridhar has often ruffled feathers with authorities for her actions against violations of forests and wildlife laws. As a mother to two boys, she has learnt to identify and stand her ground against gender-based discrimination, especially towards working mothers. Photo from Vanjulavalli Sridhar.

[Interview] ‘There is so much you can do in the forest service’, says IFS Vanjulavalli Sridhar

Sahana Ghosh 3 Feb 2021

An elephant corridor raises conflict in the Nilgiris

K.A. Shaji 2 Feb 2021

The missing chapter in wildlife rescue: crowd control

Sahana Ghosh and Kartik Chandramouli 29 Jan 2021