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India releases report on access-benefit sharing from biological resources
Tuskers form all-male groups in the wild, finds study
Both daytime and nighttime temperatures have risen: IMD chief [Interview]
Biomedical waste crosses borders, polluting farmlands
Western Ghats has high odonate endemism, reveals survey
A scientist’s search for dragons and damsels [Interview]
A low flyer of the grasslands
The importance and exploitation of Indian forests down the ages [Book Review]
Predator-prey relationships and habitat quality shape a tiger reserve
How are degraded coral reefs restored in India? [Explainer]
Urban Challenge Fund’s promise rests on implementation capacity [Commentary]
Indian students win The Earth Prize for microplastics solution
A bird call that signals rains [Commentary]
How NGOs are bringing India’s informal waste collectors into the system
Coal for cooking during LPG crisis raises questions over health risks
The slow exit of foraging in urban blue spaces
Local land-atmosphere processes influence heatwaves
Project Cheetah takes new turns as young males explore the wild
The search for climate resilient coffee in a warming world
Vanishing mango landraces reflect the loss of shared landscapes [Commentary]
What a warming Pacific could mean for India’s monsoon and farming
The mammal wrapped in a shield of scales
What a coastal zoning map leaves out, explained in visuals
How map scales impact coastal communities
As temperatures rise, cattle industry feels the strain
Expressway underpasses see early wildlife movement
New-to-science catfish sheds light on west-flowing rivers of the Western Ghats
Storms and lightning kill over 100 in Uttar Pradesh
Shrinking forest corridors in central India could disrupt tiger dispersal
New night frog comes to light in the Western Ghats
Assured paddy prices reshape farms
Telemetry helps track vulture routes, threats
A salt marsh through time [Commentary]
Rare peacock tarantula gets dedicated conservation survey
Climate change and tourism are reshaping farming in the Himalayas
Workers groups are pushing for legal protections against deadly heat
Scientists report plastic-rock formation from India’s western coast
The monkey with a lion’s tail
High Court bench to hear PILs challenging Great Nicobar clearance
India bets on data centres even as water, energy-use concerns mount
While the world hesitates, India must continue leading on climate [Commentary]
The changing fate of Kerala’s sacred groves [Commentary]
LPG shortage leads to increased demand for clean-cooking solutions
Overlooked urban springs can strengthen water security in Himalayan cities [Commentary]
Pollution and poor infrastructure remain barriers to cyclists in India
Reintroduced rhinos breed, but recovery remains fragile
Climate shocks strain the microfinance sector, says a policy brief
A community leads protection of the pangolin in a critical illegal trade corridor
System failures, not just climate stress, push people to migrate
Tar ball pollution draft rules notified
States hold the key to India’s energy transition [Commentary]
A pollinator vital to food and farming
Kaziranga hosts a healthy population of fishing cats, finds survey
The fading climate shields
India’s heat crisis is a labour, health and finance challenge, says white paper
Better urban services require citizen participation [Commentary]
Riverine heatwaves are on the rise
Spiny-tailed lizards add insects to the menu
Could wildfires in Canada have affected India’s monsoon? New research suggests it’s possible
Making services move with migrants facing climate risks
Dung beetles find an unlikely refuge on an urbanising barrier island system
Rules for forest conservation may facilitate diversions [Analysis]
Himalayan salamander conservationist wins award for grassroots protection of the amphibian
Indian skimmer conservationist wins award for community conservation model
India’s farms do ecological work that no policy has accounted [Commentary]
The bird of prey that crosses continents
Rising illegal wildlife trade across Himalayan countries threatens the mountain ecosystem
Better preparedness and warning systems needed to deal with ice-rock avalanches
India’s rare swamp deer establishes a second home
New database captures urban tree diversity
Environmental issues underrepresented in West Bengal polls
Plastic litter and ghost nets threaten olive ridley hatchlings
The flame of the forest is fading; can it return?
Ramsar wetland tag needs to be followed up with sustained management, say experts
The ‘correction’ clause rewriting Goa’s landscape
Birds are colliding with glass. Few in India are counting.
Striped hyena gets stronger global protection
Small creatures, big adaptations
Plugging data gaps in global plant diversity using citizen science
Urban finance reforms gather pace, but key gaps persist [Commentary]
Experiments with natural dyes and coloured cocoons for Pashmina and silk
Ancient glaciers reveal the roots of antimicrobial resistance
Wind power’s ecological costs on bats
The wilderness story of a bustling, expanding capital [Book Review]
Rare assassin bug rediscovered after a century
India signals shift in climate priorities amid global uncertainty
When recycling plastic creates more problems than it solves
A generation strives to revive traditional healing
Nature’s clean-up crew
Ecological debate over iron ore halts mining bid in tiger landscape
Invasive species and waste are redrawing an estuary’s food web
Study finds microplastics in small cats’ scat
Hopes for inland waterways transport fall short as operational challenges rise
India withdraws bid to host UN climate conference in 2028
From diversity to monotony, ecological communities are homogenising
The ocean grazer tending seagrass fields
Why environmental policy must integrate behavioural change [Commentary]
Global sea surface temperatures are reaching record highs [Commentary]
No poll duty for forest staff, orders green tribunal
Photographic evidence provides clues about tiger presence
Rewilding rhinos as part of a long-term conservation plan
After decade long wait, great Indian bustard hatches in Gujarat
Climate variability in a floodprone region is worsening impacts on agriculture
Humid heat rises on the coasts of India impacting health
Adivasi medicinal plant collection faces uncertain economics [Commentary]
The long-snouted river specialist
Winter forest fires signal a shift in fire season
Solar energy supports healthcare in outage-prone hilly districts
How banks continue to ignore climate disaster-induced debt [Commentary]
Shrinking commons, broken routes strain nomadic pastoralists
The unaccounted ecological costs of a conflict [Commentary]
Fear may deter wild animals from damaging crops, study suggests
West Asia conflict raises concerns over urea supply in India
Leopard contraception trials aim at managing conflict
India’s updated climate plan targets 47% emissions cut and 60% clean power capacity by 2035
Water costs in Pune may rise by 2050, study warns
The last Indian town before Bhutan is reeling under waste dumped on its river banks
The last surviving population of a red deer rises
Sloth bears den between a rock and a safe place
New global report flags risks to migratory freshwater fish in India’s rivers
Thar desert dust carries bacteria to the Himalayas, a study finds
Indoor plants may improve comfort indoors, but not replace ventilation
Sahariya Adivasis face the risk of double displacement [Commentary]
Centre could take charge when state environmental authorities are non-functional
Betta lands await revival as areca nut cultivation undergoes change
LPG supply shock exposes fragility of India’s clean cooking strategy
The desperate battle of Mizoram’s farmers with rats
Rodents boom when bamboo blooms with no solution in sight
A 700 km-long foot march to save sacred groves from solar projects
Ward-level plans bring climate action closer to communities
A vibrant pink wetland visitor
Chronic exposure to air pollution can influence dengue severity, study finds
Traditional boatmen washed out by waterways infrastructure and tourism
Study suggests air pollution may harbour drug-resistant bacteria
The driest spring in four centuries in the Western Himalayas
Oleum leak puts spotlight on safety and pollution in a chemical hub
Decades of warming and shifting rains are reshaping India’s central forests
Review sheds light on how global warming is destabilising the Himalayas
A recovering tiger population powered by forest corridors
India’s first firefly checklist records 92 species, reveals high endemism
Municipal bonds need more than incentives to fund India’s cities [Commentary]
A predator in the grasslands
Roadsides, farms may shelter native bees in the northwestern Himalayas
Artists trace the journey of food, environment and livelihoods
Marine litter traps thousands of hermit crabs
Why India’s ₹561 billion drainage push must consider a street-nallah-lake network [Commentary]
Invasive trees, roaming dogs, and the fragile balance of Thar’s desert predators
India’s new waste management rules face old implementation gaps
A series of disruptions hit tourism in this high altitude desert
Adivasi women protect private forests as land conversions threaten livelihoods and culture [Commentary]
Farmers revive tung plantations amid market hopes and ecological concerns
New report flags sulphur dioxide emissions from Bokaro Steel Plant
Study finds counterintuitive rise in elephant deaths after organised monitoring
Pollution concentrations soar higher above ground during haze
Sacred groves anchor traditional healing: study
The world’s longest venomous snake
Study finds urban nature-based solutions overlook biodiversity
Data-driven visitor management is vital for protected areas [Commentary]
Community-led water conservation revives groundwater
The environmental price of India’s new trade push [Commentary]
Agropastoral landscapes as refuge for wildlife
Climate stress, market gap weaken traditional bamboo craft [Commentary]
Old kilns, new blocks, uncertain futures
What wild poop can teach children about ecology [Book review]
Kumaon lakes have become sinks for microplastic pollution
Cottony coats and comebacks
Pre-monsoon storms intensify with thunder and flash floods
A zoonotic disease in the Himalayas that needs a closer look [Commentary]
How frequent forest fires can lead to ecosystem changes
Climate change adds 30 extreme-heat days a year to India’s coffee farms
Science delights in discovery of two new ant species
Cities may heat up disproportionately faster than rural neighbours, even at 2°C warming
A new book documents voices from the Baghjan disaster
What are colour aberrations in mammals? [Explainer]
Prioritise turtle conservation over tourism say experts after budget announcement
Madhav Gadgil: the hub of a wheel, the voice of the Ghats [Commentary]
India’s secretive salamanders are losing their breeding grounds
Erratic snowfall and shrinking pastures threaten Changpa pastoralism
Green tribunal rules in favour of Great Nicobar Island project, citing ‘adequate safeguards’
Living with small mammals [Commentary]
Artificial nesting structures may act as ecological traps for white-bellied sea eagles
Land acquired for strengthening elephant corridors, pressurises farmer livelihoods [Commentary]
Urban penalty leaves mother sparrows working more, raising less
Migrant harriers emerge as unlikely gardeners of grasslands
Policy shifts test Bihar’s ethanol-led industrial revival
The insect muses that have shaped our world [Book Review]
Carnivores alter behaviour to coexist in a high-altitude Himalayan valley
Air pollution can both fuel and suppress lightning in India, study finds
Eastern Himalayan hydropower risks locking in climate maladaptation [Commentary]
A community-managed goat bank supports farmers for livestock losses
Incident at illegal coal mine resurfaces concerns about banned rat hole mining
Urban climate risks push migrant workers to sweat without safety
Reading the Aravallis through maps and law [Analysis]
India-U.S. interim trade deal triggers farmer concern
Climate change could shrink habitat of Himalayan marsh orchid, study warns
Birds are declining even in undisturbed grasslands, raising climate concerns
India-E.U. agreement promises trade growth but could face green regulatory barriers
Government launches new fund for environmental levies
Hilly villages trap runoff to tackle water scarcity amid plenty
Why wolf psychology matters for community-based conservation [Commentary]