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Assam to destroy nearly 2500 seized rhino horns in anti-poaching message

Nabarun Guha 17 Sep 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
Bonnet macaque at Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Sanctuary, Karnataka, India. Photo by Ullasa Kodandaramaiah/Wikimedia Commons.

Quick solutions for human-monkey conflicts could lead to dangerous results

Mohit M. Rao 7 Sep 2021
Dhriti Banerjee, a forensic entomologist, on the field. Photo from ZSI.

[Interview] The glass ceiling has been shattered, says ZSI’s first woman director

Sahana Ghosh 3 Sep 2021
A plantation of Eucalyptus sp. in a protected area in Kerala, India. Photo by Anand Osuri/Wikimedia Commons.

Soil in Kerala’s monoculture plantations less healthy, productive than natural forests: study

Arathi Menon 2 Sep 2021

Moth biodiversity assessment finds nearly 500 moth species in Tale Wildlife Sanctuary

Roopak Goswami 1 Sep 2021
Croton gibsonianus male flowers. Photo by Maniruddin Dhabak.

Maharashtra’s first endemic tree rediscovered after 180 years at Harishchandragad hill

Vinaya Kurtkoti 31 Aug 2021

Kerala’s homegardens are a natural solution for climate change mitigation

Arathi Menon 27 Aug 2021

To escape floodwaters, Kaziranga’s large herbivores risk moving through human-dominated spaces: study

Sahana Ghosh 27 Aug 2021
Teak plantations in Kerala. Photo by Anand.osuri/Wikimedia Commons.

Compensatory afforestation unlikely to make up for the loss of carbon stocks

Supriya Vohra 23 Aug 2021

Blue whale songs recorded off Lakshadweep coast

Sahana Ghosh 20 Aug 2021

Coral transplantation helps, but not the only solution

Supriya Vohra 18 Aug 2021
Girls at Science Park in Kolkata. Photo by Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons.

Soils from city parks are important hotspots of microbial diversity: study

Sahana Ghosh 17 Aug 2021

All three tiger reserves of Chhattisgarh now in Maoist territory

Alok Prakash Putul 17 Aug 2021
An invasive alien plant species (Mikania micrantha) growing along the roads to Thalassery, Kerala. Roads often function as corridors of long-distance spread and establishment of IAPS. Photo by A. K. Banerjee

[Commentary] We know the problem of alien invasive species, but are we doing enough to solve it?

Achyut Kumar Banerjee 4 Aug 2021

Large-scale removal of Banni’s invasive ‘mad tree’ Prosopis is not the solution: study

Sahana Ghosh 3 Aug 2021

Incentivising landowners around Pench to engage in agroforestry for conservation

Priyanka Shankar 2 Aug 2021

[Commentary] Nature-based solutions hold the key to transform our cities into resilient spaces

Suchismita Mukhopadhyay, Saurav Chowdhury 30 Jul 2021

Impact of armed conflicts on wildlife underestimated: study

Sahana Ghosh 28 Jul 2021

Neglect shrouds Behali Reserve Forest’s biodiversity along Assam-Arunachal border

Nabarun Guha 23 Jul 2021