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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

World Wetlands Day: Celebrating the champions who protect our wetlands

Aditi Tandon 29 Jan 2021
Marine debris entangled in branching coral in the waters of the Gulf of Mannar. Photo courtesy SDMRI.

Ghosts of the gulf: Marine debris a threat to corals in the Gulf of Mannar

Aathira Perinchery 18 Jan 2021
Spot-billed pelican nesting sighted at the Pallikaranai marshland in this season. Photo by KVRK Thirunaranan.

Cyclones brought relief to migratory birds in parched Tamil Nadu but more action is needed

Nalini Ravichandran 4 Jan 2021

Oh My Gaur! Living alongside the Indian bison that’s moving out of forests

Arathi Menon 11 Dec 2020

[Commentary] The disappearing grasslands of southern Tamil Nadu

T.Ganesh; A.Saravanan and M.Mathivanan 4 Dec 2020
Over 2.7 lakh residents were in shelters and camps, and personnel from the Fire, Police and Disaster Management Response Forces were active in several districts. Rescue workers at a residential area in Mudichur, Chennai. Photo by Adaleru Ramamoorthi.

Though Cyclone Nivar had a soft landing, floods hit coastal districts

Mahima Jain 1 Dec 2020

[Commentary] Life of chow: a lockdown story

Siddhartha Krishnan 5 Nov 2020
The Sandynallah valley where the team did its sampling. Photo by Sarath Kavil.

The Todas may have moved up the Nilgiris 3500 years ago: study

Sahana Ghosh 4 Nov 2020
Bembatty village where the upper reservoir of the Sillahalla hydroelectric project is expected to be located. Photo by Mathimaran.

Concerns over Sillahalla hydroelectric project coming up in the ecosensitive Nilgiris

K.A. Shaji 3 Nov 2020
Heaps of masks were found along with other biomedical waste on Rushikonda beach seabed. Photo courtesy- Platypus Escapes, Visakhapatnam.

Discarded single-use plastic masks and gloves are choking ocean beds

Nalini Ravichandran 29 Oct 2020

Sankar and his community dig canals to save Muthupet’s mangroves

Ankita Sengupta 21 Oct 2020

Nilgiris district collector says, environment before development

Arathi Menon 23 Sep 2020

[Commentary] Of ants and antelopes – the ecological history of Chennai was not what one would imagine

R.J. Ranjit Daniels; N. Muthu Karthick; Anjana Vencatesan and Jayshree Vencatesan 22 Sep 2020

Splintered habitats may imperil egg-carrying butterflies

Sahana Ghosh 9 Sep 2020

Tamil Nadu probes mysterious elephant deaths

George Rajasekaran 7 Sep 2020

Cyclones made coral recovery quicker in Gulf of Mannar this year

Ankita Sengupta 31 Aug 2020

Chennai’s Adyar river shows signs of recovery after years of government investment

Nina Varghese 22 Aug 2020

With boiler blast, the Neyveli power station becomes a fiery grave

Sibi Arasu 8 Jul 2020