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The Sikkole river. Image by Shawn J. Stephen/Keystone Foundation.

The Irulas mourn a fading river

B. Vijayarani 26 Nov 2025

Unreliable snow threatens winter tourism

Hirra Azmat 30 Jun 2025

Protected on paper, forgotten by people, humpback dolphins struggle for survival

Priyamvada Kowshik 9 May 2025

Unsustainable tourism, habitat changes eclipse the dazzling world of fireflies

Rushikesh More, Sanjana Khandare 29 Oct 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

Proposed luxury hotels in and around Kaziranga threaten wildlife conservation, livelihood

Nabarun Guha 31 Jul 2024
View of Lakshadweep taken during ISS Expedition 38. Image ISS038-E-45155 courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center.

[Commentary] Complexities of freshwater availability and tourism growth in Lakshadweep

Salahudheen 6 May 2024

Joshimath’s economy wanes as tourists dwindle

Kuldeep Singh 1 Mar 2024

More tourists, more garbage in Leh

Shailesh Shrivastava 20 Nov 2023
Pilgrims take blessings from a priest at the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the Western Ghats. Photo by David

Green pilgrimage model balances faith and conservation

Arathi Menon 5 Sep 2023
Image shows a woman sitting in the driver's seat of a jeep

Women take the wheel for safer tourism in Satpura Tiger Reserve

Prashant Kumar Dubey 21 Mar 2023
The new development plan of Shimla was meant to address the expansion needs of the city as well as growing ecological challenges besides ensuring the city’s sustainable growth. Photo by Priyanka Shankar/Mongabay.

Is Shimla’s first major development plan in 43 years a lost opportunity?

Vivek Gupta 24 Jun 2022
Traffic jam at Saribal. Photo by Mike Prince/ Wikimedia Commons.

North India’s hills are feeling the heat too, but differently

Archana Singh 27 May 2022

The neelakurinji bloom is wilting with time

Arathi Menon 27 Sep 2021

Rethinking tourism could save Udaipur from its pressures

Archana Singh 14 Sep 2021

[Commentary] Bactrian camels in Nubra Valley provide lessons for conservation of animal genetic resource

Ilse Köhler-Rollefson 13 Aug 2021
The Mandarin duck in northeast India. Photo by Ranjan Kumar Das.

Mandarin duck sighting raises awareness on lesser-known wetlands

Rini Barman 25 Mar 2021
Biofilm formation on Pangong Tso sediment (a large pebble). Photo by Praveen Rahi.

Bacterial communities point to human influence on Pangong Tso water

Sahana Ghosh 23 Nov 2020

“Ladies First!”: Women fight against solid waste dumping in this Himachal Pradesh village

Vaishnavi Rathore 13 Apr 2020

Leopards in a spot in Rajasthan

Sneha Mahale 8 Apr 2020