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White-bellied heron spotted in Arunachal Pradesh. Photo by Dekbin Yonggam.

Elusive white-bellied heron spotted in the high Himalayas

Ranju Dodum 6 May 2021

Not two, only one species of hoolock gibbon in India: study

Roopak Goswami 30 Apr 2021

Exotic animal trade carries risks of disease outbreak and introduction of invasive species

Nabarun Guha 20 Apr 2021
Mosundori xaak. Photo by Azera Rahman.

Bihu is here, but where are the 101 varieties of herbs and greens?

Azera Parveen Rahman 13 Apr 2021
The Mandarin duck in northeast India. Photo by Ranjan Kumar Das.

Mandarin duck sighting raises awareness on lesser-known wetlands

Rini Barman 25 Mar 2021
A home that flooded in Kerala in 2018. Photo by Dilshad Roshan/Wikimedia Commons.

Floods, cyclones caused maximum deaths by extreme weather events in past 50 years

Sahana Ghosh 9 Mar 2021

When tigers, elephants, rhinos visit an expanding Indian town

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Nabarun Guha 26 Feb 2021

Grassland burning, clearing imperils birds of Brahmaputra’s river islands

Chandrani Sinha 22 Feb 2021
Melting glaciers of Nanda Devi mountains, Chamoli, India. Photo by Naresh Chandra/Wikimedia Commons.

Scientists analysing Uttarakhand floods highlight need to improve monitoring of glaciers

Sahana Ghosh 12 Feb 2021

The missing chapter in wildlife rescue: crowd control

Sahana Ghosh and Kartik Chandramouli 29 Jan 2021
Baya weaver with nest male and female birds. Photo by Fareedz/Wikimedia Commons.

Precarious lives of the wild inside home gardens in northeast India

Rini Barman, Sahana Ghosh 25 Jan 2021
Aerial views of Brahmaputra river. Photo by Ashwin Kumar/Wikimedia commons.

Ancient tree rings shed light on Brahmaputra’s flood risk

Sahana Ghosh 14 Jan 2021

Ignored Barak Valley grappling with wildlife conservation issues

Nabarun Guha 7 Jan 2021
Leopard in BR_Hills

India records increase in leopard population but real number could be much more

Manish Chandra Mishra, Mayank Aggarwal 30 Dec 2020

Golden jackals make airports their homes

Gurvinder Singh 9 Dec 2020
The speeding traffic on NH 37, expansion of human activities including settlements, stone quarries in the hill slopes of Ruthe Pahar, and agricultural practices including monoculture plantation in and around the Mongkrakjuri – Kanchanjuri Corridor are major threats. Photo by Amit Sharma.

Fragmented Kaziranga corridors lead to unusual concentration of animals

Roopak Goswami 26 Nov 2020

Latest Kaziranga expansion brings back fear of evictions among residents

Anupam Chakravartty 25 Nov 2020

How wildlife outside protected areas responds to climate extremes

Sahana Ghosh 11 Nov 2020

The elongated tortoise battles habitat loss and fire in its leaf litter home

Roopak Goswami 14 Oct 2020

Leopards in Guwahati’s hills jostle for space

Nabarun Guha 10 Aug 2020