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A yellow-throated fulvetta, a common species at middle elevations in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary. This bird forms large flocks that co-operatively glean insects off shrubbery. Because leaf-dwelling insects remain seasonally stable, leaf-gleaners like the fulvetta are largely non-migratory. Image by Tarun Menon.

Insects may be guiding seasonal bird movements in the eastern Himalayas, study finds

Manjeera Gowravaram 28 Jul 2026
Saplings being carried for plantation. Image by Pushpendra Rana.

A machine learning-powered chatbot to guide tree plantation in the Himalayas

Nikhil Sreekandan 16 Jul 2026
A forest fire rages during the summer in Dharmshala, Himachal Pradesh in 2022. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, file)

Rising temperatures, not just human activity, drives Himalayan forest fires

Simrin Sirur 25 Jun 2026
A herd of Mishmi takin in Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh. Image by T.R. Shankar Raman via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

The goat-antelope of the high Himalayas

Team Mongabay-India 24 Jun 2026
Nomadic shepherds guide their flock across the rugged Himalayan terrain along the Mughal Road near Pir Panjal Pass. Image by Faisal Bashir.

Unseasonal snowfall blocks the path for migratory pastoralists

Farzana Nisar 4 Jun 2026
Rhinos bathe in a river at Chitwan National Park in Nepal. Image by Jitendra Raj Bajracharya/ICIMOD.

Rising illegal wildlife trade across Himalayan countries threatens the mountain ecosystem

Vandana K. 29 Apr 2026
The Thar desert in Rajasthan. Image by Aiwok via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Thar desert dust carries bacteria to the Himalayas, a study finds

T. V. Padma 24 Mar 2026
The Hindu Kush mountains seen from Pakistan. Image by Ninara via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Review sheds light on how global warming is destabilising the Himalayas

Simrin Sirur 13 Mar 2026

A zoonotic disease in the Himalayas that needs a closer look [Commentary]

Saurabh Gurung, Sunita Pradhan 23 Feb 2026
A red fox with a prey. Red foxes were common in areas used by other carnivores, likely because they offered scavenging opportunities. Image by WII Camera Trap.

Carnivores alter behaviour to coexist in a high-altitude Himalayan valley

Sneha Mahale 12 Feb 2026
A man attempts to recover a vehicle submerged in mud following floods along the Teesta River in 2023. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Eastern Himalayan hydropower risks locking in climate maladaptation [Commentary]

Sharon Sarah Thawaney 11 Feb 2026

New research makes a case for Chinese glacial flood management system

Simrin Sirur 3 Dec 2025
Snow leopard captured in a camera trap during the state-wide survey. Image by Nature Conservation Foundation and Himachal Pradesh Forest Department.

83 snow leopards recorded in Himachal, up from 51

Manish Chandra Mishra 3 Oct 2025
Situated at altitudes ranging from 3,300 to 6,600 meters, the Reserve falls within the Trans-Himalaya biogeographic province of the Indian Himalaya. Image courtesy- Department of Information and Public Relations, Himachal Pradesh 

Spiti Valley becomes India’s first cold desert biosphere reserve under UNESCO programme

Manish Chandra Mishra 29 Sep 2025
The East Asian free-tailed bat (Tadarida insignia) was recently recorded for the first time in India. Image by Rohit Chakravarty.

New bat species and first records uncovered in the Western Himalayas

Nikhil Sreekandan 22 Aug 2025
Himalayan pine. Representative image by Wendy Cutler via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Fallen pine needles could help India cut carbon emissions

Vandana K. 21 Aug 2025
Nyenchen Tanglha peak in central Tibet. Image by McKay Savage via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

The tectonic journey of the roof of the world [Commentary]

C.P. Rajendran 18 Aug 2025
Brown Dipper, a specialist Himalayan riverine bird. Dippers are the most studied riverine birds around the world. They are excellent indicators of water quality and riparian conditions. Image by Nilanjan Chatterjee.

A decline in riverine birds signals deeper problems in the Himalayan rivers [Commentary]

Ankita Sinha 14 Jul 2025
A herd of musk deer, which are endangered, cross a road near Gangotri National Park in Uttarakhand. The state reported 93% of all restoration interventions in the Western Himalayan region. Image by Surajit Das via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Unpacking three decades of restoration in the Western Himalayas

Nikhil Sreekandan 16 May 2025
Drilling equipment is lowered onto a site that was part of the research from 2016-19, which found that ice temperatures in Khumbu Glacier were warmer than expected. Image by University of Leeds Press Office.

Digging into icy depths to understand glacial melt

Meena Menon 24 Apr 2025