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Baby Titus inside a neighbour's house that has been wrecked by floods. Image by Arathi M.R.

The emotional cost of displacement

Arathi M.R. 9 Oct 2026

Deep Sea Dreams

Supriya Vohra 8 Oct 2026
Fishermen at work in Kochi, Kerala. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

El Niño, the monsoon, and the confusion of Kerala’s fishers [Commentary]

John Kurien 25 Sep 2026
A sacred grove in Kasargod, and a plasticine caterpillar displaying bite marks from predators. Images by Bhavya Lakshmi.

Sacred groves show that size isn’t everything when it comes to ecological benefits

Sneha Mahale 1 Sep 2026
A 24-year-old well in Ambalappuzha left contaminated with plastic waste. Image by Anjana V.

Groundwater study flags localised heavy metal concerns in a coastal district

Anjana V. 31 Aug 2026
Vinu A. Muthukuzhi, inspects his plantain farm that suffered massive loss in the recent heavy rainfall and flooding in Kalliyoor, Thiruvananthapuram.

Kerala’s Onam festival marred by a weaker monsoon and subsequent crop loss

K. Rajendran 25 Aug 2026

Scientists identify new deep-sea shark species from India’s southwest coast

Ananya Singh 4 Aug 2026
Fishers at work in Vembanad Lake, Kerala. Image courtesy of India Water Portal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

A fertile landscape at the crossroads of ecology and development [Commentary]

C.P. Rajendran 3 Aug 2026
Fishers tend their gear at Saude Beach in Kochi. Image by Robert Bociaga/Mongabay.

West coast fishers confront ‘ghost gear’ problem

Robert Bociaga 23 Jul 2026
Antaram idukki, discovered in Kerala’s Idukki district. Image by Md. Jafer Palot.

A lone moth leads the discovery of a new genus

Arathi Menon 22 Jul 2026
Excavators clear mud and debris from the Kalladi landslide site as search and recovery operations continue along the Meenakshi river. Image by Ajay Ghosh S.

Tunnel landslide raises fresh questions over mountain development

K.A. Shaji 14 Jul 2026

Major mugger habitats lie outside protected areas

Sneha Mahale 6 Jul 2026
A Russel's viper in a human habitation. Image by Sandeep Das.

Snake sightings rise even when snakebite deaths fall

Arathi M.R. 22 Jun 2026
A construction labourer at work at the rehabilitation township. Image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

Landslide survivors wait for a place to call home

Simrin Sirur 17 Jun 2026
A Brahminy kite. Representative image by Hari K. Patibanda via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Artificial light at night alters foraging behaviour in kites

Nikhil Sreekandan 2 Jun 2026
Cows feed on biomedical waste dumped near Tirunelveli. Image by Thinakaran Rajamani.

Biomedical waste crosses borders, polluting farmlands

Prasanth Shanmugasundaram 28 May 2026
A chandrakaran mango tree filled with fruit from Niranam village, Pathanamthitta district. Image by Amritha Jaiprakash Kurup.

Vanishing mango landraces reflect the loss of shared landscapes [Commentary]

Femi E. Benny 20 May 2026
A sarpa kaavu in Kannur district, Kerala. Image by Manoj Karingamadathil via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

The changing fate of Kerala’s sacred groves [Commentary]

Nibha Namboodiri 11 May 2026
The mobile Bandhu clinic at the Pathalam Junction in Kerala’s Ernakulam district. In 2024, the World Health Organisation recognised the Bandhu Clinics as one of the 140 global experiences promoting refugee and migrant health. Image by Mahima Jain.

Making services move with migrants facing climate risks

Mahima Jain 1 May 2026

Dung beetles find an unlikely refuge on an urbanising barrier island system

Sneha Mahale 1 May 2026