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Amblyceps vayavy, a new species of freshwater fish discovered from the Western Ghats. Image by Abhishek Shirke.

New-to-science catfish sheds light on west-flowing rivers of the Western Ghats

Lisann Dias 18 May 2026
The drying Tunga River in Karnataka during summer. Representative image by Lenin Moorthy via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Riverine heatwaves are on the rise

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 4 May 2026
The house of a Sahariya Adivasi from Nainagarh village. Image by Stuti Singh.

Sahariya Adivasis face the risk of double displacement [Commentary]

Stuti Singh and Shaurabh Anand 23 Mar 2026
Lamps being lit during Diwali on the banks of the Ganga in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh in 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Human activity is causing the Ganga to dry at levels never seen before

Simrin Sirur 21 Oct 2025
An elderly farmer shows fallen fruit and flood damage in his submerged orchard in Pulwama. Image by Abid Bhat.

Old wounds reopened by new floods

Mudassir Kuloo 12 Sep 2025

Lives, homes and crops lost as Punjab faces the worst flood in decades

Manu Moudgil 9 Sep 2025
My Otter Diary shows the daily life of Maya and her family, who survive on the declining fish in the river. Image by Sugandhi Gadadhar and Raghunath Belur.

Filming the elusive and vulnerable smooth-coated otters

Aisiri Amin 8 Jul 2025

How data deficiency is hindering hydro-diplomacy between China and India [Commentary]

Nilanjan Ghosh, Sayanangshu Modak 17 Feb 2025

[Commentary] India needs a dedicated national wetland inventory programme

Ritesh Kumar 31 Jan 2025

Silt, a major reason for Kosi river’s flooding

Rahul Singh 25 Nov 2024

With local support, a tributary comes to life 

Nikhil Sreekandan 13 Nov 2024

Island villages between Kosi embankments neglected after Bihar floods

Rahul Singh 7 Nov 2024
Narmada river flowing through the tribal villages in Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh. Image by Rachit Tiwari.

[Commentary] A cruise on the Narmada river: Is it legal, just or justified?

Rachit Tiwari 29 Aug 2024

[Commentary] Living territory of Lachung

Shrishtee Bajpai 16 Jul 2024

Named after their habitats, three new frogs add to Arunachal’s biodiversity

Arathi Menon 1 Jan 2024

Environmentalists raise concerns as work on J&K’s Tawi riverfront continues

Irshad Hussain, Mubashir Naik 7 Jul 2023
The reflection of the bird.

The planet has lost 83% of its freshwater aquatic life in 50 years, finds report

Manish Chandra Mishra 27 Oct 2022

[Commentary] Scope for more nuanced reporting by media on the Brahmaputra river basin

Sumit Vij 9 Aug 2022

As Kosi river keeps changing, ownership of land on its embankments under question

Umesh Kumar Ray 31 May 2022

Sand mining a threat to the mahseer and other aquatic species in the Narmada

Rohit Shivhare 28 Apr 2022