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Three years after an oil well blowout, this Assam wetland is slowly coping

How the loss of a natural dye-producing plant initiated the idea of a village sanctuary

Saving India’s only ape, the hoolock gibbon

Assam’s Dehing Patkai plans extensive camera-trap study of five small wild cats in the region

Clouded leopards develop ways to survive competition

Assam study shows bats are crucial for natural pest control in paddy fields

Farmers grow paddy for wild elephants in Assam to reduce conflicts

Tiger poaching network, that spread from west to east India, busted

Venomous snakebites, an occupational hazard for women tea workers

Orchids are blooming earlier than usual in the northeast — and it’s not good news

Assam’s North Lakhimpur treats 40 years of legacy waste in just nine months

[Interview] Conservation scientist Joli Rumi Borah on integrating traditional knowledge in research

Abrupt floods and drought-like situations in Assam disrupt farming practices

Farmers in Kaziranga demand timely, sufficient compensation for the crop raids by wildlife

[Commentary] A safe passage for the jumbos to the islands on the Brahmaputra

[Commentary] A story of two mothers from a human-elephant conflict zone in Assam

Shielding hijol, a floodplain tree, from climate impacts

How Assam’s Mising community is coping with floods through architectural design

Assam loco pilots on the need for effective communication to prevent elephant-rail collision

Climate change threatens the habitat of the endangered white-winged wood duck, finds study