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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

Assam reels under flood as pandemic wears on

Nabarun Guha 29 Jul 2020

Human presence disturbs prey activity, shows study comparing Kaziranga and Manas

Roopak Goswami 6 Jul 2020

Fire at oil well after gas leak threatens life, livelihood and biodiversity in Assam

Nabarun Guha 10 Jun 2020

African Swine Fever kills thousands of pigs in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh

Nabarun Guha 8 Jun 2020

With floods and COVID-19, Assam faces a dual threat

Azera Parveen Rahman 3 Jun 2020

Moved from temple ponds to the wild, black softshell turtles walk towards revival

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 14 May 2020

Conservation biologists navigate the new normal

Sahana Ghosh 29 Apr 2020

Caught between floods, protests and a pandemic, ecotourism operators bat for resilience

Sahana Ghosh 25 Mar 2020

Mapping the ability of tea gardens to sequester carbon dioxide

Sahana Ghosh 12 Mar 2020

Looking beyond protected areas to conserve species in tea-garden terrains

Sahana Ghosh 14 Feb 2020

[Interview] Politics over population worsening man-animal conflict in Assam: The Elephant Doctor

Nabarun Guha 6 Feb 2020