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An elephant with a radio collar walks through a coffee estate on May 18, 2023, near Sakleshpur, Hassan district, Karnataka. Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa

There is more to radio collaring than cheetah deaths

Arathi Menon 6 Oct 2023
Tiger T101 with the leopard kill in Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan. Photo by Harsha Narasimhamurthy

How animals negotiate shared resources in the wild

Arathi Menon 23 Aug 2023
Rupa, the rescued elephant. Photo from the Rajasthan Forest Department.

An elephant rescued in 2021 still awaits a suitable shelter, even as its condition deteriorates

Parul Kulshrestha 16 Jun 2023

A hill town in Nilgiris district pays the price for poor waste management

Arathi Menon 8 May 2023

Experts call for coexistence, sustainable development as tiger population is close to saturation

Saurabh Katkurwar 14 Apr 2023
Sandra Diaz, Argentine ecologist and co-chair of the IPBES Global Assessment, says that the indirect drivers of change such as the way we consume, eat, use energy, trade, and the ideas we have of what is a fulfilling life, impact nature. Photo by Casa Rosada (Argentina Presidency of the Nation)/Wikimedia Commons.

[Interview] IPBES scientist Sandra Diaz on the need for bold targets to tackle biodiversity loss

Sahana Ghosh 15 Dec 2022
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
Amit Kumar Bal setting camera traps

[Interview] Researcher Amit Kumar Bal on studying carnivores in the thick of Mizoram forests

Nabarun Guha 3 Oct 2022

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

Arathi Menon 13 Sep 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

Human-animal conflict in Kashmir leaves a trail of deaths and psychological impacts

Farzana Nisar, Waseem Dar 27 Jul 2022

[Commentary] SC judgement on eco-sensitive zone is the icing on the cake for biodiversity

Dipak Anand, G.V Gopi and Anjani Rawat 25 Jul 2022
The Nicobar crab-eating macaque is one of the major fauna of the Great Nicobar Island. Photo by Prasun Goswami/Wikimedia Commons.

The container terminal that could sink the Great Nicobar Island

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Jul 2022

Himachal’s ecology under pressure; around 31 forest fires per day in April-June this year

Vivek Gupta 8 Jul 2022

Dimming the glow of firefly festivals in Maharashtra

Abhijeet Gurjar 1 Jul 2022
Image shows three Sarus cranes foraging at sunset

Habitat changes may be causing sarus cranes to form breeding trios

Kasturi Das 29 Jun 2022
BaA herd of elephants foraging amidsts a pile of plastic waste in Sri Lanka.

Plastic, glass and other waste materials found in elephant dung in Uttarakhand

Anusha Krishnan 27 Jun 2022
Image shows a herd of elephants walking through a paddy field in India

Fences of lemon trees keep elephants away from Assam farmers’ crops and homes

Kasturi Das 15 Jun 2022

Farmer unions demand vermin status for wild boars, Centre highlights their role in forest habitat

K.A. Shaji 9 Jun 2022
A Great Indian Bustard which allegedly died due to collision with power lines. Photo by Devesh Gadahvi.

Are power lines turning Kutch into a bird graveyard from a bird paradise?

Ronak Gajjar 19 May 2022