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A grassland in Dhule district, Maharashtra. Image by Yuvraj Shingate via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What traditional Marathi literature reveals about savannahs

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 4 Feb 2026
New shoots emerging from pruned alder trees. Image by Tarini Manchanda.

A combined agroforestry model shows sustainable ways to mitigate climate change

Tarini Manchanda 29 Jan 2026
The surveys revealed that low-elevation forests in the northern Western Ghats harbour unique biodiversity, with higher diversity of birds and reptiles than higher elevations. Image by Irvin Calicut via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Can climate change and human pressure favour deciduous forests?

Arathi Menon 9 Jan 2026
A tree plantation near Hanley showing flood irrigation of a willow-poplar mixed plantation in an otherwise dry steppe habitat. Image by Mayank Kohli.

Ladakh needs ecology-focused policy, not mass tree planting [Commentary]

Dawa Dolma 26 Nov 2025
Saalumarada Thimakka. Image by Arun4speed via Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0).

Saalumarada Thimmakka, mother of trees, has died, aged 114 [Obituary]

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Nov 2025
Trees thriving around flyovers in Hyderabad. Insufficient policy protection, incentives, and funding often undermine conservation efforts and sustainable management of trees outside forests. Image by Mohan Chandra Pargaien.

The expansion and conservation of trees outside forests has multi-fold benefits [Commentary]

Mohan Chandra Pargaien 6 Oct 2025
Bridgeoporus kanadii growing on a fir tree. Species in this genus are vital in the housekeeping of forests, by decomposing forest litter, particularly dead wood.

A new fungi species that’s larger than life

Divya Kilikar 24 Sep 2025
Khejri trees are declining in the Thar desert. Image by Nirmal Verma/Mongabay.

A beloved ‘tree of life’ is vanishing from an already scarce desert

Vishal Kumar Jain 11 Sep 2025
An aerial view of the Sundarbans, showing the species-wise zonation. Image by Touhid Biplob via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What is ecological succession? [Explainer]

Phalguni Ranjan 1 Sep 2025

Tracking seasons through changing tree behaviour [Commentary]

Geetha Ramaswami 15 Aug 2025

Satellite data and AI identify deforestation drivers

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 7 Aug 2025

A new biopark to expand urban green cover

Arathi Menon 9 Jul 2025
The aim of BHGY is to increase the income of marginal farmers. The scheme is linked to carbon finance so that farmers can take proper care of their orchards. Image by TRIF.

Carbon markets fund plantations and livelihoods

Vishal Kumar Jain 8 Jul 2025

Urban green spaces can save more lives if placed right

Nikhil Sreekandan 25 Jun 2025
Plantation work by local people in a forest near Thala village in Kangra district. Image by Pushpendra Rana.

Studies question effectiveness of forest plantations

Seema Sharma 10 Jun 2025
Coffee and tea agroforests in the Anamalai Hills, with the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in the background. Image by Pooja Choksi.

How trees outside forests impact human well-being

Aisiri Amin 5 Jun 2025
Saplings of the genus Beilschmiedia. As many nurseries still struggle to supply adequate stocks of native plants, this database can help plan large-scale ecological restoration. Image by Vaishnavi Suresh.

Native plant germination database sows seeds of change

Sneha Mahale 21 May 2025
Study authors conducting field work at the Makum coalfield in Assam. Image courtesy of Harshita Bhatia.

Fossil study takes a leaf out of climate history to predict ecological changes

Arathi Menon 5 May 2025
Former President Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Daripalli Ramaiah at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on March 30, 2017

Telangana green crusader Daripalli Ramaiah dies at 87 [Obituary]

Kundan Pandey 14 Apr 2025
Slopes in Vishalgad in the northern Western Ghats. Image by Ankur P via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0). 

Tree cover may depend on which way the slope faces

Nikhil Sreekandan 8 Apr 2025