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A moth camouflaged against L. pertusa lichen. Image by Sanjay Kumar Unniyal.

Study identifies rare case of moth and lichen association

Arathi Menon 8 Oct 2026
Concretising tree bases weakens them makes trees more vulnerable to falling during extreme weather events. A single week in July saw 902 trees being uprooted as rains fell. Image courtesy of Mumbai Citizen for Trees.

As city trees fall, experts point to poor planning and civic apathy

Esha Lohia 23 Sep 2026
A woman waters saplings planted as part of a government tree planting campaign in Uttar Pradesh, against the backdrop of thermal power plants. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Audit exposes fundamental flaws in Green India Mission’s execution

Simrin Sirur 24 Aug 2026
An aerial view of an early plantation site in Jhabua Forest Division, Madhya Pradesh, showcasing large-scale ecological restoration. Image by Pushpendra Vidya.

India’s afforestation needs a species lens [Commentary]

Pradeep Mishra 21 Jul 2026
Conocarpus erectus saplings. Representative image by TreeWorld Wholesale via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Why is Conocarpus being banned across states? [Explainer]

Nikhil Sreekandan 20 Jul 2026
A blackbuck at the Bagepalli plantation. Image courtesy of ATREE.

Cities need tailored restoration, not mass tree planting

Arathi Menon 17 Jul 2026
Saplings being carried for plantation. Image by Pushpendra Rana.

A machine learning-powered chatbot to guide tree plantation in the Himalayas

Nikhil Sreekandan 16 Jul 2026
A man sells neem sticks and leaves in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

The neem patent case and India’s next battle over traditional knowledge [Commentary]

Deepanjana Saha, Sarvesh J.P., G. Ravikanth 14 Jul 2026
A hill myna. Image by Bernard Dupont via Flickr (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why looking at trees is a type of rebellion [Book Review]

Aarushi Agrawal 13 Jul 2026
People rest under the shade of trees in New Delhi as the city is gripped by a heat wave in June 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Cooling cities needs climate-smart design, not just more trees

Deepa Padmanabhan 9 Jul 2026
A carbon garden at Delhi University. Image by Dinabandhu Sahoo.

A carbon garden reimagines urban greenery

Shweta Thakur Nanda 26 Jun 2026
Labourers plant saplings as part of an tree plantation project. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Rethinking forest restoration beyond tree cover [Commentary]

Dhanapal Govindarajulu, Johan Oldekop 8 Jun 2026

Why India’s tree-planting programmes are falling short

Aisiri Amin 3 Jun 2026
Women wade into the East Kolkata Wetlands to forage for small crabs and fish, a practice that is often done before the working day begins. Image by Sukanya Basu.

The slow exit of foraging in urban blue spaces

Jyotsnika Tiwari 22 May 2026
A chandrakaran mango tree filled with fruit from Niranam village, Pathanamthitta district. Image by Amritha Jaiprakash Kurup.

Vanishing mango landraces reflect the loss of shared landscapes [Commentary]

Femi E. Benny 20 May 2026
Trees at a park in Kochi, Kerala. Image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

New database captures urban tree diversity

Simrin Sirur 27 Apr 2026
Flowers bloom on a palash tree. For generations, Dalit communities in Palamu have gauged the weather by the palash blooms. Image by Ashwini Kumar Shukla.

The flame of the forest is fading; can it return?

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 24 Apr 2026

Plugging data gaps in global plant diversity using citizen science

Anusha Krishnan 22 Apr 2026
A pair of grey hornbills rest on a flowering tree. Image by Neha Sinha.

The wilderness story of a bustling, expanding capital [Book Review]

Usha Rai 20 Apr 2026
Farmers collect foliage from a betta land. Image by Sharmila Vaidyanathan.

Betta lands await revival as areca nut cultivation undergoes change

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 20 Mar 2026