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Dussumier's mudskipper. Boleophthalmus dussumieri. Photo by Vaithianathan Kannan.

The fish that skips and crawls on land

Vaithianathan Kannan and Kapilkumar Nivrutti Ingle 15 Mar 2024

Varying levels of microplastics detected in sea salt produced across India

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 5 Apr 2023
Malvan’s fisherwomen are mainly involved in ancillary processes. Once their husbands return with the catch, the fisherwomen set out to cut, clean, market and even bargain with customers and agents or middlemen, known as dalals who help them sell their fish in the wholesale market. Photo by Manjula Nair/Mongabay.

Artisanal fishers struggle in Malvan

Manjula Nair 27 Dec 2022
Image shows an aerial shot of a boat in a mangrove

How ecotourism in Konkan promotes climate-friendly tourism

Vinaya Kurtkoti 28 Sep 2022
The Indian Sundarbans in West Bengal. Mangrove saplings planted this year, alongside dead mangrove plants, at Mousuni Island. Photo by Subhrajit Sen/Mongabay.

The reality of saving young mangroves in the Sundarbans

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Sen 6 Sep 2022

An upcoming port in Karnataka is shrinking space for olive ridley turtles

Supriya Vohra 15 Jul 2022

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

Almaas Masood 15 Jul 2022

Karnataka’s port-development spree ignores coastal communities’ concerns

Supriya Vohra 13 Jul 2022
40% of the Sundarbans support short-statured mangroves which were widely affected by cyclone Amphan.

Recording mangrove damage from cyclones in the Sundarbans

Sahana Ghosh 27 Jun 2022

Hard constructions continue to erode Kerala’s coastline, leaving communities stranded

Supriya Vohra 5 May 2022

Fish famine, livelihood loss because of upcoming Vizhinjam port, say fishers of south Kerala

Supriya Vohra 4 May 2022
Image shows aquaculture farms in Sundarbans

[Commentary] Is expansion of aquaculture in the Indian Sundarbans an ecological threat or a pathway to sustainable development?

Shaberi Das, Sugata Hazra 20 Apr 2022
Fishing in the Bay of Bengal. Photo by Nayeem Siddiquee/Wikimedia Commons.

Broaden understanding of marine heatwaves in the Indian Ocean: Experts

Sahana Ghosh 23 Feb 2022

Goa’s pilot seaweed farm explores viability of this climate-smart algae

Cordelia B. Francis 28 Oct 2021

India’s tidal power potential hampered by high costs and environmental risks

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Aug 2021

Coral transplantation helps, but not the only solution

Supriya Vohra 18 Aug 2021

How climate change is taking a toll on livelihoods of small-scale fishers in Kerala

KVA Khadar 16 Aug 2021
A month after cyclone Yaas hit Bhadrak in Odisha, people are struggling to cope with its aftermath. Photo by Naresh Rout, Pragati Jubak Sangha.

The cyclone has passed but the storm of destruction continues

Azera Parveen Rahman 8 Jul 2021
Embankments demolished in the Mousuni island in the Sundarbans. Photo by West Bengal Radio Club.

Cyclone Yaas imperils communities in low-lying coastal areas of Bay of Bengal

Gurvinder Singh 1 Jun 2021
Local MLA visits damaged site at Madh Island. Photo by Kiran Kohli.

Cyclone Tauktae exposes vulnerabilities along India’s west coast

Supriya Vohra 26 May 2021