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Almost 20 years after the tsunami, Andaman’s mangroves are still changing

Divya Kilikar 3 Oct 2024

National coastal body says Great Nicobar project no longer in prohibited zone, making way for a port

Simrin Sirur 22 Aug 2024

[Book review] Chronicle of an ‘ecocide’ foretold

T R Shankar Raman 19 Aug 2024

[Explainer] How does habitat fragmentation impact India’s biodiversity hotspots?

Divya Kilikar 15 Jul 2024

The feral elephants of the Andaman Islands

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 10 Jul 2024

The protected Andaman wild pig gets a new lease on life with captive breeding programme

Rachna Verma 17 Jan 2024
Image shows a dugong in the sea

Researchers study the elusive dugongs of the Andamans with help from community stakeholders

Zackery Shearin 12 Jul 2023

Plastic-rock hybrids found on the Andaman Islands

Vinaya Kurtkoti 27 Jun 2023

[Maps] Environmental path cleared for Great Nicobar mega project

T. Ramachandran 10 Oct 2022
The Nicobar crab-eating macaque is one of the major fauna of the Great Nicobar Island. Photo by Prasun Goswami/Wikimedia Commons.

The container terminal that could sink the Great Nicobar Island

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Jul 2022

As the climate crisis deepens, Indian scientists call for the conservation of caves

Catherine Gilon 4 Apr 2022
Mangrove re-establishment in the previous terrestrial zones like human habitation, coconut groves, and the terrestrial forest is commonly seen across the Nicobar Islands. The above image from the Trinket islands shows mangrove colonization at the previous coconut grove. Photo by Nehru Prabakaran.

Remnant mangrove tree sites show faster recovery post 2004 tsunami in the Nicobar Islands

Neha Jain 26 Jan 2022

Coral transplantation helps, but not the only solution

Supriya Vohra 18 Aug 2021
Pineapple agroforestry system in southern Assam. Photo by Animekh Hazarika.

Harnessing the unrealised potential of agroforestry in curbing climate change in India

Neha Jain 6 Jul 2021

Andaman forests need longer intervals between repeat logging for recovery: study

Sahana Ghosh 1 Jun 2021

Citizens file RTI applications on Niti Aayog plans for the Andaman & Nicobar islands

Pankaj Sekhsaria 12 Apr 2021

Leatherback turtles under threat as government considers ‘development’ in Little Andaman

Rosamma Thomas 12 Apr 2021

Great Nicobar’s protected areas to get near-zero eco-sensitive zones for “holistic development”

Mayank Aggarwal 8 Mar 2021
IFS Vanjulavalli Sridhar has often ruffled feathers with authorities for her actions against violations of forests and wildlife laws. As a mother to two boys, she has learnt to identify and stand her ground against gender-based discrimination, especially towards working mothers. Photo from Vanjulavalli Sridhar.

[Interview] ‘There is so much you can do in the forest service’, says IFS Vanjulavalli Sridhar

Sahana Ghosh 3 Feb 2021

The Indian dragons we know so little about

Aathira Perinchery 30 Jun 2020