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Human disturbance alters parasite communities, increases infectious disease: study

Divya Khatter 19 Oct 2021
Road construction in progress in tea plantations in Annamalai hills, southern Western Ghats. Photo by P. Jeganathan/Wikimedia Commons.

Lower species richness in deforested landscapes tied to high Kyasanur forest disease risk: study

Sahana Ghosh 10 Sep 2021

148 zebra loaches exported per day from Western Ghats to feed global pet trade

Sahana Ghosh 1 Jul 2021
Seedlings of Pterygoplichthys sp. Photo by Ajmal Hussan.

Checking spread of invasive alien fish as India faces climate extremes

Sahana Ghosh 19 May 2021

How India’s third longest road tunnel project could destabilise a crucial portion of Western Ghats

K.A. Shaji 28 Dec 2020
Golden jackal in an agricultural landscape. Photo by Abi Vanak.

Small and lesser studied mammals of the Western Ghats need more attention

Rishika Pardikar 30 Nov 2020
Youth from the Kadar community in Athirapilly fishing in a tributary. Photo credit by Aathira Perinchery.

Over 1,800 rainforest trees to be axed for hydropower project near proposed Athirapilly dam

Aathira Perinchery 12 Nov 2020

[Commentary] Life of chow: a lockdown story

Siddhartha Krishnan 5 Nov 2020
Bembatty village where the upper reservoir of the Sillahalla hydroelectric project is expected to be located. Photo by Mathimaran.

Concerns over Sillahalla hydroelectric project coming up in the ecosensitive Nilgiris

K.A. Shaji 3 Nov 2020

Frog discovered in the Eastern Ghats also found in the Western Ghats, more than 1000 km away

Aathira Perinchery 27 Oct 2020

Nilgiris district collector says, environment before development

Arathi Menon 23 Sep 2020

Present versus past: Environmental threats can destroy Edakkal caves and their Stone Age carvings

K.A. Shaji 16 Sep 2020
Nilgiri Pipit_Prasenjeet Yadav

Conserving high elevation shola-grasslands crucial for the endemic Nilgiri pipit

Aathira Perinchery 15 Sep 2020

Mapping human-elephant conflict hotspots from compensation records

Sahana Ghosh 21 Jul 2020

Linear infrastructure severely affects large forest patches in India, finds study

Neha Jain 30 Jun 2020

Controversy returns to Athirappilly as Kerala government reactivates the hydel project proposal

K.A. Shaji 16 Jun 2020

Conserving the Toda buffalo before it is too late

Catherine Gilon 26 May 2020

Natural, biodiverse forests more reliable at fighting climate change than plantations

Neha Jain 25 May 2020

Logging poses a threat to the arboreal Travancore flying squirrel

Visvajit Sriramrajan 12 May 2020

Karnataka government okays rail line in the Western Ghats

Kapil Kajal 6 May 2020