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A donkey looking for food at a dumping site. Donkeys often turn to such sites after being abandoned during winters. Image by Waseem Dar for Mongabay.

A harsh winter reality for Kashmir’s donkeys

Farzana Nisar, Waseem Dar 5 Mar 2025
Madhya Pradesh, known as the Tiger State, has the highest number of tigers among all states in the country. Image by Vikas Sulya.

Teething troubles or conservation challenges at India’s latest tiger reserve?

Deshdeep Saxena 2 Jan 2025

[Book review] Bringing alive the magnificent mountain mammals of the world

Usha Rai 16 Oct 2024

Uniting traditional wisdom with modern science, barefoot ecologists record climate impacts

Gowthami Subramaniam 14 Aug 2024

The feral elephants of the Andaman Islands

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 10 Jul 2024
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

Experts call for coexistence, sustainable development as tiger population is close to saturation

Saurabh Katkurwar 14 Apr 2023
A Himalayan ibex in the Spiti Valley. Photo by Madhumita Das/ Wikimedia Commons.

Livestock and wild herbivores impact soil carbon differently

T. V. Padma 23 Mar 2023

Habitat preservation in the Western Ghats can help enhance biodiversity in the hotspot

Archita Bhatta 17 Mar 2023

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

Azera Parveen Rahman 21 Oct 2022

[Interview] A photographer on his long-term effort to document human-wildlife interactions

Arathi Menon 13 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

Concerns over increased whale shark stranding along Andhra Pradesh’s coast

Almaas Masood 15 Jul 2022
Image shows a tiger on a dusty forest track in India

[Commentary] Connecting corridors for tigers in Central India

Anurag Mishra 13 May 2022

Trafficked kangaroos rescued in north Bengal en route to Indore turn the spotlight on Indian zoos

Nabarun Guha 10 May 2022
Elephant herd crossing roads at Bandipur. Photo by Lokeshlakshmipathy/Wikimedia Commons.

Corridors with high human activities may not ease elephant connectivity: study

Rupsy Khurana 9 May 2022
Aedes aegypti in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo by Muhammad Mahdi Karim/Wikimedia Commons.

The cost of invasive species bears heavy on Indian economy, finds study

Sahana Ghosh 3 May 2022
More than 500 fire blowers have been supplied to the field staff for immediate tackling of fire points. Photo by the Forest Department.

One year of Similipal forest fire: The hits and misses

Tazeen Qureshy 7 Apr 2022
The habitat of golden langurs in Assam is severely fragmented and patchy. Photo by Udayan Borthakur.

Golden langur threatened by lack of suitable habitat

Roopak Goswami 4 Apr 2022
A view of Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo by Sanskrita Bharadwaj.

Saving elephants from train hits near Deepor beel in Assam

Sanskrita Bharadwaj 17 Mar 2022