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Himalayan brown bears are elusive, largely nocturnal and occur at very low densities, making direct sightings rare. Image by Niazul Khan.

Study identifies prime brown bear habitats beyond protected areas

Sneha Mahale 9 Jan 2026
Journalists Aishwarya Mohanty and Divya Vilvaraj on the set of Walking Against the Heat, a film produced as part of the Video Reporting Opportunity by All Living Things Environment Film Festival and Mongabay-India. Image courtesy of Aishwarya Mohanty and Divya Vilvaraj.

Taking environmental storytelling beyond the screen in 2025

Sandhya Sekar 26 Dec 2025
An exhibit depicts saline intrusion into homes along Kochi’s backwaters. Image by K.A. Shaji.

Art as a tool to enable resilience against tidal flooding

K.A. Shaji 10 Dec 2025
An Asiatic lion in Gir National Park. While the WLPA has created a legal framework for protectionist conservation, its effectiveness in ensuring species recovery beyond the iconic mega-fauna like the tiger, lion, leopard and elephant has been limited. Image by Tanmay Haldar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The case for a new legal framework to protect India’s wildlife and livelihoods [Commentary]

Mathen Rajeev Mathew 3 Dec 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
Wadha Koli labourers set up mounds of Prosopis juliflora wood to be used for charcoal production. Image by Divyajyoti Ganguly/Sahjeevan.

Looking at invasives beyond the ecological lens [Commentary]

Divyajyoti Ganguly 23 Jun 2025

New regulations define access-benefit sharing from biological resources

Simrin Sirur 12 Jun 2025

Pathogens find new pathways as agriculture, deforestation intensify

Arathi Menon 25 Apr 2024

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

Supriya Vohra 5 May 2022

Manipur’s push for dams threatens local ecology and communities

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 1 Apr 2022

Debate over Mullaperiyar dam’s safety continues with opposing views in Kerala and Tamil Nadu

K.A. Shaji 9 Feb 2022

[Commentary] Responding to ecological imbalance: Tokugha’s journey in conservation

Chitra Sangtani 28 Jan 2022

Hope in the time of a pandemic: Positive news from 2021

Aditi Tandon 3 Jan 2022

[Commentary] Forests, ecosystem services and humans

Urbashi Pradhan 2 Sep 2021