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Capturing the secret lives of small cats

Nabarun Guha 11 Sep 2024
A tea estate in Darjeeling. Image by Thunderbolt Tea via Flickr [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0].

[Commentary] Tea gardens in Darjeeling and Kalimpong can aid in landscape conservation

Barkha Subba and Anirban Datta-Roy 5 Sep 2024
sunnyjosef, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

New study puts spotlight on neglected mammal, bird pollinators 

T. V. Padma 8 Jul 2024
Dr. Mohsin Ali Gazi (incharge veterinary officer) along with staff treating a leopard in Kashmir: Image- Arranged from Dr Mohsin Ali Gazi

Wildlife rescue operations in Kashmir face an uphill battle with rising human-wildife conflict

Mudassir Kuloo 26 Apr 2024

Waterbirds adapt to nest and roost in the urban oases of Udaipur

Sneha Mahale 12 Apr 2024

A village protects a flock, round the clock

Arathi Menon 19 Feb 2024

With more than 700 snow leopards, next step in conservation is long term monitoring, say experts

Simrin Sirur 16 Feb 2024

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

Meena Menon 13 Feb 2024

[Commentary] Pressures on the Thanpattan pastureland threaten biodiversity, pastoral livelihoods

Nidhi Singh 19 Jan 2024
Concrete porcupine screens installed on the river bank to stop erosion on a river island near Daying Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo: Jyotirmoy Saharia

Grassland loss threatens endemic birds in Arunachal sanctuary

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 30 Nov 2023

Rusty-spotted cat conservation hinges on dedicated research and management plans

Saurabh Katkurwar 15 Nov 2023
A lynx in a sea buckthorn shrub. Chamba spotted the Eurasian lynx on eight different occasions and captured several photographs. Photo by Stanzin Chamba.

A citizen-led initiative contributes to wildlife conservation in Ladakh

Manish Chandra Mishra 14 Nov 2023

[Interview] Wildlife biologist Sumit Dookia on researching the understudied Asiatic wildcat

Shuchita Jha 9 Nov 2023
Farmer Mhobatsinh Sindhal stands beside the C. wightii (Guggul) fence in his farm.

From abundance to endangerment to revival, Kachchh’s guggal comes a full circle

Azera Parveen Rahman 26 Sep 2023
Image of a man with a gun captured by a camera trap.

Privacy concerns rise as wildlife surveillance tech ‘watches’ people

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Aug 2023
Photo shows tiger cubs

Improved tiger numbers come with hidden messages on invasives, habitat connectivity

Simrin Sirur 4 Aug 2023

Kerala needs long-term plans, not quick fixes, for human-elephant conflict

Asha Prakash 14 Jul 2023
Bar headed geese at the Pangong lake, part of Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary in Ladakh. Photo by Samriti Paul/Wikimedia Commons.

Scientists develop a toolkit to identify high conservation-value areas

Anusha Krishnan 1 Jun 2023
Feeding an elephant calf. Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa.

The hidden side of human-elephant conflicts: orphaned calves

Arathi Menon 24 May 2023
A female cheetah from Namibia. As part of Project Cheetah, aimed at reintroducing cheetahs in India, 20 cheetahs were brought from Namibia and South Africa. Image- CCF

Questions arise about Project Cheetah as three cheetahs die in 45 days

Manish Chandra Mishra 17 May 2023