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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
The speeding traffic on NH 37, expansion of human activities including settlements, stone quarries in the hill slopes of Ruthe Pahar, and agricultural practices including monoculture plantation in and around the Mongkrakjuri – Kanchanjuri Corridor are major threats. Photo by Amit Sharma.

Fragmented Kaziranga corridors lead to unusual concentration of animals

Roopak Goswami 26 Nov 2020

Conservation is the buzzword in Tamenglong district in Manipur

Nabarun Guha 24 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
NCF field staff collecting seeds for their nursery that is part of their restoration work that has been ongoing since 2014. Photo by Aparajita Datta.

COVID-19 cripples long-term ecological monitoring research in India

Aathira Perinchery 3 Nov 2020
Gwasinlo Thong, chairperson of the reserve committee in front of the Nsonji Lake, Sendenyu Community Biodiversity Reserve. Photo from Sendenyu Community Biodiversity and Wildlife Reserve.

A community in Nagaland strives to sustain wildlife protection amid fresh challenges

Sahana Ghosh 27 Oct 2020

Cultural beliefs protect snakes in the dwindling sacred groves of southwestern India

Neha Jain 26 Oct 2020
SHG members tending to the Herbal garden

A traditional healer combines ancient wisdom and training for healing and livelihood

Azera Parveen Rahman 19 Oct 2020

Understanding frog diversity with the highs and lows of the Teesta river valley

Sahana Ghosh 13 Oct 2020

Beekeeping empowers women, brings in honey and lush kitchen gardens

Monica Pelliccia 9 Oct 2020

How dams affect the gene flow of golden mahseer in the Himalayas

Neha Jain 1 Oct 2020

A budding botanist’s quest for plant-indigenous community relations

Sahana Ghosh 1 Oct 2020

Nilgiris district collector says, environment before development

Arathi Menon 23 Sep 2020

One of the world’s most trafficked animals needs focus outside India’s protected areas

Sahana Ghosh 18 Sep 2020

Sundarbans endangered as per IUCN’s Red List of Ecosystems framework, cautious optimism advised

Sahana Ghosh 17 Sep 2020

Bat call library for the western Himalayas takes wing

Sahana Ghosh 14 Sep 2020

Tamil Nadu probes mysterious elephant deaths

George Rajasekaran 7 Sep 2020

Bera’s free-roaming leopards walk on thin ice as tourism grows

Azera Parveen Rahman 1 Sep 2020

How Rhizophora mangroves on Car Nicobar islands fought back a rapid sea-level rise in 2004 tsunami

Sahana Ghosh 27 Aug 2020

The wild side of India’s educational campuses

Sahana Ghosh 25 Aug 2020