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A dung beetle in the Thar desert. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

What wild poop can teach children about ecology [Book review]

Kasturi Das 25 Feb 2026
National Disaster Response Force personnel conduct a rescue operation at the site of the explosion at Baghjan, Tinsukia district, Assam on June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Partha Sarathi Das)

A new book documents voices from the Baghjan disaster

Nabarun Guha 19 Feb 2026
A paper wasp. Nomadic tribes once used its toxins for poisoning arrows to hunt animals. Image by Satish Nikam via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

The insect muses that have shaped our world [Book Review]

Usha Rai 12 Feb 2026
An aerial view of the Adyar river in Chennai, parts of which are blocked by sewage and garbage. However, on the Chennai beach where the Adyar and other rivers meet the Indian ocean, newborn olive Ridley turtles are seen making their way to the water. Image by Timothy A. Gonsalves via Wikmedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Giving forests and rivers the right to live [Book Review]

Usha Rai 22 Oct 2025
Women of the Bishnoi community have been associated with environment protection since as far back as 1604, when two women gave their lives to protect trees. Image by Harsh Vardhan.

How the Bishnoi made environmental protection central to their identity [Book Review]

Vandana K. 6 Aug 2025

Growing pains accompanied by a growing love of the wild [Book Review]

Nandhini Somasundaram 22 Jul 2025
Nandita da Cunha reading The Miracle on Sunderbaag Syreet at a school in Mumbai. Image courtesy of Nandita da Cunha.

Children’s literature joins the climate conversation

Sohel Sarkar 16 Jun 2025
Thanks to captive breeding programme and penalties for killings, the Mrs Humes pheasant can now be easily spotted at night at Jessami and Razai Khullen on the Naga Hills. Image by Dhritiman Mukherjee.

The highs and lows of looking for India’s rare birds [Book Review]

Usha Rai 9 Jun 2025
Volunteers working to restore the Aravalli Biodiversity Park, Gurgaon. Image by Vijay Dhasmana via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Understanding the challenges of this bountiful planet [Book Review]

K. Jayanthi 12 May 2025

[Book Review] A compelling memoir of a mountaineer-geologist

Vandana K. 2 Oct 2024

[Book review] Unravelling India’s seismic mysteries and our preparedness for the future

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 2 Sep 2024

[Book review] Chronicle of an ‘ecocide’ foretold

T. R. Shankar Raman 19 Aug 2024

[Book Review] Who are the true stewards of the forests? Decoding forest laws and community rights

Vandana K. 3 Jul 2024

[Book Review] A spotlight on India’s vanishing wildlife

Usha Rai 6 Mar 2024

[Book review] A frank and fearless autobiography of India’s snakeman

Meena Menon 13 Feb 2024

[Book review] Environment and economics: linkages that could make or break our post-pandemic world

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 2 Jan 2024

[Book review] Women biologists take centre stage saving forests and wildlife

Usha Rai 20 Nov 2023

Book on endemic birds says three species almost extinct

Arathi Menon 9 Oct 2023

[Book Review] A walk down the Nilgiri hills

Arathi Menon 6 Oct 2023
Birdwatchers

[Book Review] An introduction to birding can build a lifelong interest in the natural world

Arti Das 27 Jan 2022