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Indigenous traditions shape wolf survival

Sneha Mahale 16 Apr 2025
Taira Malaney, director of the film Turtle Walker. Image by Krish Makhija.

How one researcher walked thousands of miles along India’s shores to conserve sea turtles

Priyanka Shankar 7 Mar 2025

Leopards are adapting to central India’s urban jungle

Sneha Mahale 18 Feb 2025

Drones take wildlife conservation to new heights

Arathi Menon 3 Feb 2025
Cilantica agasthyaensis is one of the new species included in a new genus of trantulas from the Western Ghats. Image courtesy of Zeeshan Mirza.

New tarantulas described from the Western Ghats

Liz Kimbrough 8 Jan 2025

Government eyes recognising non-protected conservation areas to meet biodiversity goals

Simrin Sirur 6 Jan 2025
Madhya Pradesh, known as the Tiger State, has the highest number of tigers among all states in the country. Image by Vikas Sulya.

Teething troubles or conservation challenges at India’s latest tiger reserve?

Deshdeep Saxena 2 Jan 2025

Must-watch videos from 2024: Mongabay India staff picks

Kartik Chandramouli 23 Dec 2024

Tracking an elusive turtle with genetic clues from nature

Laasya Shekhar 12 Dec 2024

Unlocking the secrets of the grooving gibbons

Carolyn Cowan 26 Nov 2024

[Book review] Bringing alive the magnificent mountain mammals of the world

Usha Rai 16 Oct 2024

Mongabay India honoured with Greenaccord International Media Award

12 Oct 2024

A fishing cat survey indicates robust population density

Arathi Menon 8 Oct 2024

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

A Ladakhi podcast spurs conversations about wildlife and conservation

Kasturi Das 17 Jul 2024
sunnyjosef, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

New study puts spotlight on neglected mammal, bird pollinators 

T. V. Padma 8 Jul 2024

Population rise a bittersweet win for greater adjutant storks, as poison enters their diet

Mohd Imran Khan 24 May 2024

Endangered Gangetic dolphins found in most tributaries of Ganges, prompting urgent conservation

T. V. Padma 20 May 2024
One of the four saltwater crocodiles in Bangladesh with a newly installed satellite transmitter, released into the wild. Image by Md Mofizur Rahaman Chowdury.

Tagging crocodiles with satellite transmitters

Rafiqul Islam 14 May 2024