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An artist working on a Ganesha idol in Goa. Representative image. Photo by Nijgoykar/ Wikimedia Commons.

Pune citizens recycle clay from Ganesha idols to minimise impacts of clay mining

Manish Kumar 7 Oct 2022

Drones, thermal cameras track animal movement to reduce conflict with humans in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli

Saurabh Katkurwar 30 Sep 2022
Image shows an aerial shot of a boat in a mangrove

How ecotourism in Konkan promotes climate-friendly tourism

Vinaya Kurtkoti 28 Sep 2022
A tiger using an underpass on NH44.

Monitoring crossing structures in tiger reserves offers insights into species movement, behaviour

Gana Kedlaya 25 Jul 2022

Converging heat action plans, climate goals and environmental health for healthier communities

Sahana Ghosh 8 Jul 2022

[Illustrations] Why are temperatures within a city’s neighbourhoods different?

Alisha Vasudev 6 Jul 2022

Dimming the glow of firefly festivals in Maharashtra

Abhijeet Gurjar 1 Jul 2022

[Photos] Maharashtra’s female farm workforce struggles in the shadows of floods

Sanket Jain 23 Jun 2022
Image shows the bank of the Mula Mutha river in Pune with underconstructed buildings in the background

Pune’s proposed river rejuvenation project does not consider ecology, hydrogeology, and climate change, say experts

Vinaya Kurtkoti 27 May 2022

Can carbon-positive villages pave the way for climate resilience?

Sahana Ghosh 21 Apr 2022

As the climate crisis deepens, Indian scientists call for the conservation of caves

Catherine Gilon 4 Apr 2022

Mahatma hill’s avian diversity shows the importance of conserving the ‘tekdis’ of Pune

Vinaya Kurtkoti 31 Mar 2022

[Photos] Lessons from a 74-year-old farmer who switched to organic sugarcane farming

Sanket Jain 18 Mar 2022
Image shows a pack of Indian grey wolves in a grassland habitat in Nandurbar, Maharashtra, India

Counting India’s wolves, one howl at a time

Siddhant Pusdekar 7 Mar 2022

A call for help from the Western Ghats

Sneha Mahale 21 Feb 2022

Clean energy startups innovate on products to aid farmers, rural areas

Manish Kumar 20 Jan 2022
Sea snakes caught as bycatch. Photo by Chetan Rao.

Sea snakes along Konkan coast imperilled by bycatch, lack of enforcement of fishery regulations

Rupsy Khurana 14 Jan 2022

Gadchiroli’s new jumbo visitors could make the forests their permanent home

Saurabh Katkurwar 30 Nov 2021

[Commentary] Keeping wildlife wild: Learnings from rehabilitating the world’s smallest wild cat

Neha Panchamia 22 Nov 2021
Forest staff before search operation to track tigers begin. Photo by Saurabh Katkurwar.

Tigers return to Gadchiroli forests after 30 years, human-animal conflict spikes

Saurabh Katkurwar 27 Oct 2021