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Cattle graze on the Hesaraghatta Grassland Conservation Reserve. Grasslands endure and regenerate—no matter how much they’re grazed or nibbled by animals. Image by Ishwarappa

A grassland gets a lifeline, offers a lesson

Max Martin 15 Oct 2025

Asia’s largest grassland is a surprisingly effective carbon sink, study finds

Simrin Sirur 8 Aug 2025

A new remote sensing study spotlights Indian savannas

Nikhil Sreekandan 12 Sep 2024

An Indian wolf in a grassland in Gujarat. Green Credit Rules permit tree planting on degraded lands, including open forests and scrublands. Image by Vadyarupal via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-2.0).

[Commentary] Green Credit Rules: Death by trees?

Pia Sethi 15 Jul 2024

The hispid hare’s habitat in Himalayan grasslands is shrinking fast

Sneha Mahale 21 Jun 2024

Where are the birds of the shrinking grasslands of Maharashtra?

Divya Kilikar 27 May 2024

Banni’s edible local grasses threatened by the spread of Prosopis

Azera Parveen Rahman 3 Apr 2024

Saving India’s wild ‘unicorns’

Arathi Menon 26 Mar 2024

While Banni readies for cheetah, native pastoralists demand land rights

Dhairya Gajara 30 Jan 2024

Declining bird populations are a ‘grim’ reminder of rapid biodiversity loss, says new report

Simrin Sirur 29 Aug 2023

[Interview] Conservationist MK Ranjitsinh Jhala on the need for a grassland policy in India

Sahana Ghosh, Kartik Chandramouli 24 Mar 2023

[Commentary] What students and citizens can do about forest fires in Kodaikanal

Nikil Sankar Narayanan 28 Jun 2022

The neelakurinji bloom is wilting with time

Arathi Menon 27 Sep 2021

Saving the last remaining grassland habitat in Bengaluru region

Arathi Menon 6 Jan 2021

[Commentary] The flight of a bustard

Shaurya Rahul Narlanka 25 Mar 2019

Kaziranga facing twin threats of rampant mining, erosion: NTCA

Sahana Ghosh 23 May 2018

Fan-throated lizards fanned out when the monsoons took hold

Richa Malhotra 19 Jan 2018