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Grazing and invasive species impact food availability for wild herbivores in MM Hills, finds study

Nobin Raja M. 12 Dec 2022
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India is pitching for a 30 by 30 vision at the Montreal biodiversity COP

Sahana Ghosh 7 Dec 2022
There are only four tiger reserves in India where tigers and rhinos can coexist. Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is one such place. Photo by Sanjay Pathak.

Uttar Pradesh reports an increase in rhino population since reintroduction over three decades ago

Azeem Mirza 5 Dec 2022

Adivasi honey harvesters demand forest control and criticise ‘unfriendly’ conservation measures

Max Martin 29 Nov 2022

Identifying individual mugger crocodiles using drone technology to minimise conflicts

Anusha Krishnan 24 Nov 2022
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Tinkering with saffron’s genetic makeup to develop climate resilience

Saniya Zahoor 23 Nov 2022
Dahisar in north Mumbai. Photo by Saumitra Shinde/Mongabay.

Mumbai activists demand that the tree geo-tagging information be made public

Hepzi Anthony 20 Oct 2022
The habitat of the WWWD in the eastern part of the Indian Eastern Himalayan region, is likely to shift westward.

Climate change threatens the habitat of the endangered white-winged wood duck, finds study

Roopak Goswami 18 Oct 2022

[Interview] A photographer on his long-term effort to document human-wildlife interactions

Arathi Menon 13 Sep 2022
A dolphin in Kulsi river. Photo from Prasanna Kalita.

Gangetic river dolphins in Assam decline in the wake of anthropogenic pressures

Nabarun Guha 24 Aug 2022
Community members of Chug CCA discuss on the issues of human-animal negative interactions. Photo by Manisha Kumari.

[Commentary] Solar fencing to combat human-animal negative interaction in Arunachal

Manisha Kumari 23 Aug 2022

[Interview] Just representation in climate policies empowers women, says Saudamini Das

Sahana Ghosh 18 Aug 2022
A brown bear in Sechu-Tuan Nullah Wildlife Sanctuary

[Commentary] Wild garlic extraction disturbs wildlife around the Sechu-Tuan Nullah Wildlife Sanctuary

Narendra Patil 1 Aug 2022
Sharavathi river bordered by forests on both sides. Photo by Sarangib/Pixabay.

Karnataka sets green goals but denotifies two-thirds of its forest land in plot twist

Arathi Menon 28 Jul 2022

Saffron, biodiversity and glaciers: Kashmir’s women scientists lead climate action

Hirra Azmat 26 Jul 2022

Poachers saw off horn, but leave rhino alive in a unique case in Assam

Nabarun Guha, Sahana Ghosh 3 Jun 2022

Protecting the critical Chambal landscape, one of last viable habitats for red-crowned roofed turtle

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 31 May 2022
An adult male blackbuck in the IIT Madras campus. Photo by B Vinoth, Care Earth Trust.

[Commentary] The shrinking habitats of blackbucks in Chennai

R.J. Ranjit Daniels, Anjana Vencatesan 26 May 2022
Shorea leprosula, a common dipterocarp that can be found throughout Southeast Asia. Photo by Jun Ying Lim.

Tracing an ancient voyage of tropical African trees that travelled to Southeast Asia via India

Neha Jain 19 May 2022
Image shows a tiger on a dusty forest track in India

[Commentary] Connecting corridors for tigers in Central India

Anurag Mishra 13 May 2022