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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
A man fishes from the flood waters at Ghatal, west of Kolkata in 2015. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Environmental issues underrepresented in West Bengal polls

Nabarun Guha 27 Apr 2026
Olive ridley hatchlings at Rushikulya. They are especially vulnerable due to their size and limited strength, and face a myriad of threats on their seaward journey. Image by Aliva Sahoo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Plastic litter and ghost nets threaten olive ridley hatchlings

Phalguni Ranjan 27 Apr 2026
A sarus crane feeds its offspring. It is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN Red List, and Shekha jheel is a critical stronghold for the species. Representative image by Drsssuresh1961 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Ramsar wetland tag needs to be followed up with sustained management, say experts

Manish Chandra Mishra 24 Apr 2026

Birds are colliding with glass. Few in India are counting.

Kartik Chandramouli 23 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
Günther's Indian gecko. Image by Vengolis via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Small creatures, big adaptations

Team Mongabay-India 22 Apr 2026
A greater yellow house bat in Dehradun. Image by Rohit Chakravarty.

Wind power’s ecological costs on bats

Aisiri Amin 20 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

Nature’s clean-up crew

Team Mongabay-India 15 Apr 2026
Image by Vardhanjp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The ocean grazer tending seagrass fields

Team Mongabay-India 8 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

The long-snouted river specialist

Team Mongabay-India 1 Apr 2026
Sambar deer in Maharashtra. The recent paper highlights an increase in herbivore populations, better nutrition from crop foraging, and a waning fear of humans as pull factors of crop damage by herbivores in the state. Image by Revati Sarnaik via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Fear may deter wild animals from damaging crops, study suggests

Arathi Menon 27 Mar 2026
A leopard cub sits on a tree in Aarey colony, which borders the south end of Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Leopard contraception trials aim at managing conflict

Nikhil Sreekandan 26 Mar 2026

The last surviving population of a red deer rises

Team Mongabay-India 25 Mar 2026
A sloth bear mother and cub. Caves on rocky hillocks provide hidden shelters that offer shade, safety and a place for mothers to raise cubs. Image by L. Shyamal via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Sloth bears den between a rock and a safe place

Sneha Mahale 25 Mar 2026
A goonch catfish. Image by Zeb Hogan.

New global report flags risks to migratory freshwater fish in India’s rivers

Manish Chandra Mishra 24 Mar 2026
A lesser flamingo in Mumbai. Image by Sujai.rajapaul via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

A vibrant pink wetland visitor

Team Mongabay-India 18 Mar 2026
Jhumri with her cub. Since arriving at Achanakmar Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh, she has had three litters. Image courtesy of Achanakmar Tiger Reserve.

A recovering tiger population powered by forest corridors

Ayushi Sharma 12 Mar 2026