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As tigers spill beyond reserves, India rethinks conservation

Arathi Menon 18 Sep 2026
A snow leopard in the Himalayas. Image by Prasenjeet Yadav.

Snow leopards and their survival in changing times [Book Review]

Usha Rai 8 Sep 2026
A tiger in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, from where tigers disperse to Kawal Tiger Reserve. Image by A.J.T Johnsingh, WWF-India & NCF via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The tiger reserve with abundant prey but no resident tigers

Nivedhika Krishnan 8 Sep 2026
A greater hog badger caught on camera trap after dusk. Image courtesy of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.

A hidden population of greater hog badgers spotted on camera traps

Deekshita Baruah 19 Aug 2026
A tiger walks past a vehicle carrying tourists in Ranthambore National Park in 2010. (AP Photo/ Mustafa Quraishi, File)

Tourism, human disturbance linked to higher stress in tigers

Sneha Mahale 11 Aug 2026
Dasharam Thakre, a grazer from Borghundi village in Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh. Thakre plays an important role in locating dead cattle and facilitating relief. Image by Ravin Mahle.

As herders quit, the skills that helped human-tiger coexistence, disappear [Commentary]

Varun Sharma 10 Aug 2026
A rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus). Image by Davidvraju via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Roads a risk to the world’s smallest wild cat

Nikhil Sreekandan 27 Jul 2026
A caracal caught on camera trap. Image courtesy of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve.

Scrublands and ravines offer key habitat for the elusive caracal

Sneha Mahale 9 Jul 2026
A herd of elephants captured by camera traps at an altitude of over 3,200 metres, the highest known record of elephant presence. Image courtesy of WWF-India/Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department.

As elephants venture to higher altitudes researchers track possibilities of conflict

Manish Chandra Mishra 3 Jul 2026
A caracal photographed by a camera trap at night in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh. Image courtesy of Kuno National Park.

New camera-trap record confirms caracal presence in Kuno

Manish Chandra Mishra 1 Jul 2026
An iron ore mine in Chhattisgarh. Representative image by India Water Portal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Mining project overlaps wildlife corridor, ignites debate

Arathi Menon 15 Jun 2026
The dhole (Cuon alpinus) is one of India's most adaptable apex predators. Image by David V. Raju via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The whistling pack hunter

Team Mongabay-India 3 Jun 2026
A jackal and a tiger in Panna. Image by Supratim Dutta.

Predator-prey relationships and habitat quality shape a tiger reserve

Sneha Mahale 27 May 2026
A male tiger at a stream in Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh. Image by Yajuvendraupadhyaya via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Shrinking forest corridors in central India could disrupt tiger dispersal

Manjeera Gowravaram 18 May 2026
A rhino mother and calf in Manas National Park. Between 2012 and 2021, researchers recorded 35 rhino births in Manas. Image by Deba Kumar Dutta.

Reintroduced rhinos breed, but recovery remains fragile

Sneha Mahale 8 May 2026
A camera trap catches an image of a fishing cat with its kitten in Kaziranga. Image courtesy of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.

Kaziranga hosts a healthy population of fishing cats, finds survey

Nabarun Guha 5 May 2026
Hard-ground swamp deer in their new habitat in Satpura Tiger Reserve. Image by L. Krishnamoorthy.

India’s rare swamp deer establishes a second home

Sneha Mahale 28 Apr 2026
Striped hyenas face threats like habitat loss and degradation, prey depletion, human-wildlife conflict, direct persecution and illegal trade. Image by Manish Kumar Chattopadhyay.

Striped hyena gets stronger global protection

Manish Chandra Mishra 22 Apr 2026
Forest officials in Assam patrol forests on the outskirts of Guwahati in 2017. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

No poll duty for forest staff, orders green tribunal

Nabarun Guha 6 Apr 2026
Recently, the first camera trap image of a tiger in Dibru Saikhowa was captured by the forest department. Image courtesy of Dibru Saikhowa National Park.

Photographic evidence provides clues about tiger presence

Nabarun Guha 6 Apr 2026