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The rusty-spotted cat known as the hummingbird of cats falls in the ‘Near Threatened’ category in the IUCN Red List . Photo by Radheshyam Bishnoi

A 100 camera traps to monitor rusty-spotted cats in Keoladeo National Park

Shuchita Jha 3 Nov 2023

India’s clean energy goals may widen regional disparities, predicts working paper

Kundan Pandey 20 Oct 2023

As caracals inch towards extinction, path to conserving the wild cat remains unclear

Shuchita Jha 11 Oct 2023

Scavenging hyenas save carcass disposal costs

Neha Jain 4 Oct 2023
Bichhri residents fill water from the tanker. Photo by Shiva Singh.

A village contaminated by industrial waste has been waiting for justice for over three decades

Sneha Richhariya, Tej Prakash Bhardwaj 15 Sep 2023
Pilgrims take blessings from a priest at the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the Western Ghats. Photo by David

Green pilgrimage model balances faith and conservation

Arathi Menon 5 Sep 2023
Om Prakash from Indali village in Rajasthan had installed a solar pump for irrigation under the PM Kusum scheme. The solar pump stopped working in 2015. Photo by Parul Kulshrestha/Mongabay.

Depleting groundwater makes it difficult for Rajasthan farmers to use solar pumps

Parul Kulshrestha 25 Jul 2023

[Commentary] ‘Rescuing’ camels not a solution; Rajasthan needs sanctuaries for its state animal

Ilse Köhler-Rollefson 20 Jun 2023
Rupa, the rescued elephant. Photo from the Rajasthan Forest Department.

An elephant rescued in 2021 still awaits a suitable shelter, even as its condition deteriorates

Parul Kulshrestha 16 Jun 2023
Women of Rupaheli Kala village trying to show the impact of pollution due to the factory nearby. Photo by Parul Kulshrestha.

A Rajasthan village claims factory emissions are impacting health; factory has clean chit from pollution board

Parul Kulshrestha 17 Mar 2023
A farmer tilling his sugarcane field at Karad in Maharashtra. Photo by Manish Kumar/Mongabay

Energy transition offers a ray of hope to farmers struggling in chilly winter

Manish Kumar, Kundan Pandey 28 Dec 2022

Rajasthan is getting wetter and it’s not good news for the desert ecology

Azera Parveen Rahman 21 Oct 2022
Folk songs inspired by nature has become an integral part of Rajasthan. Photo by Swastik Arora/Pexels

Clouds, droughts and other elements of nature recur in Rajasthan’s folk songs

Madhav Sharma 18 Oct 2022
An artifical water harvesting pond in Rajasthan.

[Commentary] Traditional water harvesting structures in the Thar desert are vanishing

Rohit Jindal 17 Oct 2022
Barasingha stags in Kanha National Park. Photo by Kandukuru Nagarjun/ Wikimedia Commons.

[Commentary] India’s wildlife conservation journey has had great strides and many hurdles

Usha Rai 28 Sep 2022
Image shows an open green space with buildings in the background

With NCR Draft Plan 2041, the sensitive Aravalis remain vulnerable

Aayush Goel 31 Aug 2022
During summer months, MGNREGS workers start work before dawn, and try to wrap up before noon. However, such measures aren’t sustainable, say experts. India’s economy is highly dependent on heat-exposed labour with an overwhelming 75% of the labour force, close to 380 million people. Photo by Mahima Jain.

Can MGNREGS work as a social protection scheme for women in heat-stressed areas?

Mahima Jain 2 Aug 2022

Protecting the critical Chambal landscape, one of last viable habitats for red-crowned roofed turtle

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 31 May 2022
Image shows an Asiatic caracal camouflaged in an Indian forest

From a life among royals, to fighting for survival

Apekshita Varshney 18 May 2022

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

Sahana Ghosh 21 Apr 2022