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A leopard seen on the road to Sukhia Pokhri. Image by Prabin Subba.

How a hill town’s narrative is changing from “the coldest place” to “a leopard’s trail” [Commentary]

Avantika Thapa 27 Oct 2025
Part of the bike rally taken out by fishers dependent on the Panchet dam on September 7. Image courtesy of Rajen Tudu.

Floating solar projects test India’s just transition promise

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 9 Oct 2025
Elephants raid paddy fields at night in Jhargham district as farmers watch. Image by Human & Environment Alliance League.

Fragmented forests and human disturbances create stress in Asian elephants

Shweta Yogi 1 Oct 2025

Intense rainfall spotlights the fault in Kolkata’s aging, clogged drainage systems

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 30 Sep 2025
A fishing cat in Sajnekhali Wildlife Sanctuary in the Sundarbans preys on a monitor lizard. Image by Soumyadip Santra.

Rare natural history moment of a fishing cat captured on camera

Nabarun Guha 17 Sep 2025

World’s smallest wild cat recorded in West Bengal

Nabarun Guha 19 Aug 2025

Fish DNA barcoding reveals ambiguities in species classification

Nandhini Somasundaram 30 Jun 2025
A community awareness event in Khatra, Bankura, about wildlife and the laws related to hunting. Image by HEAL.

Efforts to end ritualistic hunting results in reduced kills

Nabarun Guha 7 May 2025
Mangroves restored by women in Tridibnagar. The solution to socioeconomic challenges to mangrove restoration may lie in decision science, which advocates for consideration of local knowledge and enhanced public awareness. Image by Mukut Biswas.

Decision science could lead action in mangrove restoration

Barasha Das 30 Apr 2025
An island in the Sundarbans where the first anti-erosion structure is being installed. Image by Saifis.

One ring to save them all: terracotta rings for mangrove regeneration

Anusha Krishnan 29 Apr 2025
A camera trap image of a fishing cat with a kill in Bongaon. Image by Samrat Chakraborty.

Conserving fishing cats outside protected areas

Nabarun Guha 31 Mar 2025
improved cooking stove in a Lepcha house

Bridging tradition and conservation with improved cooking stoves in Lepcha homes [Commentary]

Abishek Pradhan 3 Mar 2025
traditional khoti fishing west bengal

Policy gaps are failing traditional fishing communities

Kundan Pandey 23 Jan 2025

[Explainer] What is blue carbon?

Phalguni Ranjan 20 Jan 2025
A tea estate in Darjeeling. Image by Thunderbolt Tea via Flickr [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0].

[Commentary] Tea gardens in Darjeeling and Kalimpong can aid in landscape conservation

Barkha Subba, Anirban Datta-Roy 5 Sep 2024

The hispid hare’s habitat in Himalayan grasslands is shrinking fast

Sneha Mahale 21 Jun 2024
One of the rare aquaculture sites in Sundarbans where scientific methods are being followed. Image by Niladry Sarkar for Mongabay.

Unchecked shrimp farming transforms land use in the Sundarbans

Niladry Sarkar 19 Jun 2024

[Video] Flowers of worship sow seeds of sustainability

Pratik Chakraborty 18 Jun 2024

Kolkata’s overlooked air pollution crisis

Niladry Sarkar 12 Jun 2024
Migratory beekeepers from Bihar, at Barpeta in Assam.

Migratory beekeepers sweeten Assam’s honey production

Barasha Das 6 May 2024