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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 Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor). Representative image from a zoo by Hans de Bisschop via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

The elusive Mishmi takin faces new challenges in its changing habitat

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 28 Nov 2025
A field team member consults with a local landowner while demarcating the boundaries of a potential restoration site in the hills. Image by Aditya Pradhan.

In search of degraded forests for restoration [Commentary]

Aditya Pradhan 29 Sep 2025
An aerial view of the Sundarbans, showing the species-wise zonation. Image by Touhid Biplob via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

What is ecological succession? [Explainer]

Phalguni Ranjan 1 Sep 2025
Nicobar megapode, one of the many species affected by nicobar development

With Rs. 800 million sanctioned, committees begin monitoring Great Nicobar development project

Simrin Sirur 4 Feb 2025

Decline in white-bellied sea eagle nests in coastal areas raises concerns

Navya P.K. 2 Jan 2025

Studies gain pace while the identity of Kashmir’s langurs remains gray

Arathi Menon 13 Dec 2024

Lion-tailed macaques navigate twin hurdles

Arathi Menon 11 Dec 2024

No-fuss approach to food helps golden jackals thrive

Arathi Menon 29 Nov 2024

New king cobra study makes hisss…tory

Arathi Menon 20 Nov 2024
wild elephants kerala

Climate change, habitat loss drive elephants to look for newer pastures 

Laasya Shekhar 14 Oct 2024

Study finds leopard cats and red foxes cohabit regions in the Western Himalayas

Simrin Sirur 27 Jun 2024

Where are the birds of the shrinking grasslands of Maharashtra?

Divya Kilikar 27 May 2024

Problems maximise for Elephas maximus in Karnataka

Arathi Menon 29 Dec 2023

Dachigam National Park at risk as forest cover, natural habitat reduces, reveals study

Hirra Azmat 24 Nov 2023
Farmer Ghulam Hassan examines the feathery shell of the damaged saffron corms and a quill that is left behind by the porcupines following a nocturnal attack on his field.

Loss of forest cover in Kashmir is pitting a protected animal against the world’s costliest spice

Abrar Mattoo 23 Nov 2023
A snow leopard photographed at Himalayan Zoological Park Bulbuley near Gangtok. Photo by Nanda Ramesh/ Wikimedia Commons

Study finds climate change causing snow leopards to scale altitudes

Arathi Menon 12 Oct 2023

Book on endemic birds says three species almost extinct

Arathi Menon 9 Oct 2023
Image shows woody stem of Rubus ellipticus with fruiting

Himalayan medicinal plants under threat due to climate change

T. V. Padma 19 Apr 2022
Sangnara depends mainly on agriculture and pastoralism for livelihood. Photo by Ravleen Kaur/ Mongabay.

Expansion of windmills in Kachchh impact unique thorn forest and wildlife

Ravleen Kaur 8 Apr 2022