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[Commentary] Responding to ecological imbalance: Tokugha’s journey in conservation

Chitra Sangtani 28 Jan 2022
The Himalayan monal is illegally trafficked from the Himalayas. Photo by Koshy Koshy/Wikimedia Commons.

Using citizen science to track illegal wildlife trade in the Himalayas

T. V. Padma 21 Jan 2022
Zamil Ahmed dresses in a black fur costume in absence of bear. Photo by Madhav Sharma

Two sides of the wildlife law: Animals protected but Kalandar tribe trying to make ends meet

Madhav Sharma 17 Jan 2022

Return of the tiger at West Bengal’s Buxa tiger reserve

Nabarun Guha 13 Jan 2022

Artificial nests for barn owls help farmers befriend these natural rodent killers

Kasturi Das 7 Jan 2022
Pokkudan's children revived the defunct Kallen Pokkudan Mangrove Trust in recent months, formed by their father in 2013 to impart mangrove conservation literacy to society. Photo by Bhavapriya JU.

Editor’s review 2021: Energy transitions, biodiversity-climate change links

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 31 Dec 2021

Smugglers using government amnesty scheme as a new tool for exotic wildlife trade

Nabarun Guha 8 Dec 2021

Scientists describe a new Himalayan snake species found via Instagram

Liz Kimbrough 29 Nov 2021

[Commentary] Keeping wildlife wild: Learnings from rehabilitating the world’s smallest wild cat

Neha Panchamia 22 Nov 2021

High-flying dragons: how the globe skimmer migrates across the Indian Ocean

Neha Jain 10 Nov 2021
A herd of hangul. Photo by Tahirshawl/ Wikimedia Commons

Hangul population increases marginally in latest census

Sneha Mahale 18 Oct 2021
Psedomelanistic tigers develop broader than average black stripes that look like they have spread or leaked onto the surrounding tawny background. All the black tigers of Similipal carry a single mutation in the gene Transmembrane Aminopeptidase Q (Taqpep) which seems to be the cause of this odd patterning. Photo by Rajesh Kumar Mohapatra/Nandankanan Biological Park.

Why tiger conservation efforts need genetic data

Anusha Krishnan 1 Oct 2021
Camp elephants carrying forest staff in tourism zone of Kanha Tiger Reserve. Photo by T. R. Shankar Raman/Wikimedia commons 

The absence of captive elephants in Madhya Pradesh is impacting tiger conservation

Manish Chandra Mishra 28 Sep 2021

Assam’s wild water buffalo is treading troubled waters

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 20 Sep 2021

Will Odisha notify 14 proposed elephant corridors?

Manish Kumar 16 Sep 2021
Road construction in progress in tea plantations in Annamalai hills, southern Western Ghats. Photo by P. Jeganathan/Wikimedia Commons.

Lower species richness in deforested landscapes tied to high Kyasanur forest disease risk: study

Sahana Ghosh 10 Sep 2021

Misfired shot: Law to protect camel is contributing to its decline in Rajasthan

Azera Parveen Rahman 6 Sep 2021

Study examines wildlife-friendly land use for conservation beyond Nagarahole and Bandipur national parks

Rishika Pardikar 31 Aug 2021

All three tiger reserves of Chhattisgarh now in Maoist territory

Alok Prakash Putul 17 Aug 2021

Sustainable strategies needed to manage human-wild boar conflict in Goa, experts say

Sneha Mahale 16 Aug 2021