Shreya Dasgupta

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Shreya Dasgupta is a Newswire editor at Mongabay. She's a writer, editor and podcast producer, focusing on science and the environment.

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Volunteers find bones of new species of extinct heron at Florida fossil site

Mongabay.com 20 May 2019

At 2,624 years, a bald cypress is oldest known living tree in eastern North America

Mongabay.com 16 May 2019

Penguin and seal poop powers life in Antarctica, study finds

Mongabay.com 14 May 2019

Hunting for rare plants in inaccessible spots: Q&A with drone pilot Ben Nyberg

Shreya Dasgupta 13 May 2019

Meet the new species of venomous pit viper described from India

Shreya Dasgupta 9 May 2019

New map shows warming waters where coral reefs could be under threat

Shreya Dasgupta 8 May 2019

Hippos poop a lot of silica, and that’s critical for Africa’s rivers and lakes

Shreya Dasgupta 2 May 2019

Drone rediscovers Hawaiian flower thought to be extinct

Mongabay.com 1 May 2019

Meet the winners of the 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Apr 2019

Large emperor penguin colony suffers ‘catastrophic’ breeding failure

Mongabay.com 26 Apr 2019

Killer whale vs. great white? No contest — the shark always flees

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2019

Virus may have caused mysterious foot disease in Chile’s rare huemul deer

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Apr 2019

New ancient, giant carnivore described from bones in museum drawer

Mongabay.com 19 Apr 2019

China seizes over 2,700 elephant tusks in massive bust

Mongabay.com 17 Apr 2019

Last known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle dies in China

Mongabay.com 16 Apr 2019

Waters off Galápagos have way more alien species than previously known

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Apr 2019

New species of ancient human found in a Philippine cave

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Apr 2019

Russia plans to release nearly 100 belugas, orcas from icy ‘whale jail’

Mongabay.com 10 Apr 2019

Belize to nearly triple area under strict marine protected areas

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Apr 2019

Unusual lizard lays eggs, then births a live baby — in the same pregnancy

Mongabay.com 5 Apr 2019

New species of skink from Angola has waited over 70 years to be described

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Apr 2019

Environmental issues among top priorities of urban Indian voters: Report

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Apr 2019

Deadly fungal disease has devastated more than 500 amphibian species

Mongabay.com 1 Apr 2019

Meet Mini mum, Mini ature, Mini scule: Tiny new frogs from Madagascar

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2019

Sergio Rojas Ortiz, leader of Costa Rica’s indigenous Bribri, slain by gunmen

Mongabay.com 26 Mar 2019

Study maps where tunas, sharks and fishing ships meet

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Mar 2019

World’s fastest shark, and many others, edge toward extinction

Mongabay.com 23 Mar 2019

Sea otters leave behind unique archaeological traces, study finds

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2019

Super variable California salamander is ‘an evolutionist’s dream’

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Mar 2019

‘Like seeing a dinosaur’: Scientists locate mystery killer whales

Mongabay.com 14 Mar 2019

Wikipedia searches reveal how people’s interests in wildlife change

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Mar 2019

Study uncovers 135 species of land snails in Belize, including 17 new ones

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Mar 2019

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