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A sub-adult Indian grey wolf photographed at Madhaigunj in May 2024. Image by Manish Kumar Chattopadhyay

A rare wolf pack offers new insights [Commentary]

Manish Kumar Chattopadhyay 9 Dec 2025
A tiger in the Western Ghats. A Wildlife Institute of India study recorded five large to medium-sized carnivores, including tigers, along the track corridor. Image by Kalyan Varma via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Rail expansion plans spark clash between coal and tiger conservation

Pamela D'Mello 17 Oct 2025

The search for the Jerdon’s courser needs to be deepened [Commentary]

Ronith Urs 8 Sep 2025
A caracal was captured on a trap camera in July at Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh. Image courtesy: MP Forest Department.

Caracal sighting offers a clue, not a sign of recovery, say conservation biologists

Manish Chandra Mishra 4 Aug 2025
Radheshyam Bishnoi examines a spiny-tailed lizard burrow in Pokhran, Rajasthan. The burrow has been dug out by poachers. Image by Sneha Richhariya.

Radheshyam Bishnoi, defender of wildlife in Thar, ‘gone too soon’ [Obituary]

Azera Parveen Rahman 26 May 2025

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

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 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, Anirban Datta-Roy 5 Sep 2024