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A Shompen man at 35km in Great Nicobar Island in 1997. The Shompen are the original forest dwellers of the island. Images courtesy of Mandish Chandi.

‘They should choose their own destinies’: Manish Chandi on India’s isolated tribes

Latoya Abulu 15 Sep 2026
A tiger in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, from where tigers move to Kawal Tiger Reserve but do not live there. Representative image by A.J.T Johnsingh, WWF-India & NCF via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Roads, infrastructure prevent tigers from settling in Indian tiger reserve

Mongabay.com 15 Sep 2026
A woman cleans a blanket in algae-filled water on the banks of Wular Lake in Kashmir.

Kashmir’s water bodies have declined for decades. Is conservation keeping pace?

Hashim Quraishi 9 Sep 2026
Donald Trump Jr. poses for photos following a morning of pheasant hunting at Hole in the Wall Lodge near Akron, Iowa, Saturday, October 27, 2017. Image by Jim Lee ©Sioux City Journal.

Vantara works with lobbyist tied to Trump Jr. and pro-hunting groups

Spoorthy Raman 9 Sep 2026
The western tragopan depends on undisturbed mountain forests for survival. Image courtesy of Jainy Maria.

Colorful Himalayan pheasants face a less rosy future under human pressure

Mongabay.com 9 Sep 2026
Lila Devi uses a traditional sickle to demonstrate how locals craft a jhapa.

Sickles, sarees and smoke: Women on the frontlines of Uttarakhand forest fires

Swati Thapa 8 Sep 2026

DNA analysis of Asiatic wild dogs scat in India reveals wild prey preference

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2026

Sloth bears help shape India’s dry forests as unlikely seed dispersers

Mongabay.com 20 Aug 2026

Safeguarding passageways is the next step for India’s growing tiger populations

Mongabay.com 17 Aug 2026

Infrastructure and land use behind devastating India monsoon floods

Naina Rao 14 Aug 2026

In India, sacred groves serve as vital nurseries for future forests

Mongabay.com 12 Aug 2026
Stranded whale calf in Mumbai. Image courtesy of Shaunak Modi.

What happens after a whale strands on a Mumbai beach?

Stephin Thomas 6 Aug 2026
Vinod Rishi

Vinod Rishi helped give India’s elephants room to roam

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Aug 2026

‘My Wild City’ reminds us why cities need nature

Mike DiGirolamo 4 Aug 2026
Krishansar Lake sits at more than 3,700 meters in the Ganderbal district of the Kashmir Valley. Image by Rohit Sharma via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Introduced fish thrive amid Kashmir’s freshwater habitat degradation

Hashim Quraishi 3 Aug 2026

World Ranger Day: Justice for the protectors of the wild

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Jul 2026

Listening offers a clearer picture of India’s hidden finless porpoises

Mongabay.com 31 Jul 2026
Tigers are territorial and must strike out to find their own territory when they leave their mothers at 18 months-two years of age and adult cats require large home ranges, making safe pathways between protected areas critical for their survival. Image © Steve Winter/Big Cat Voices.

India’s tiger numbers are rising. Protecting their pathways is next

Nirmal Ghosh 28 Jul 2026
Father Robert Athickal

Father Robert Athickal asked children to protect the living world

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Jul 2026

At least 50 people killed and 700,000 displaced by India floods after monsoon rains

Associated Press 24 Jul 2026
Cyananthus hookeri in flower in Chuna Valley, Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Image courtesy of Lahiri, S. et al. (2026) via Oryx (CC BY 4.0).

Rare alpine herb confirmed in India after 158 years

Naina Rao 24 Jul 2026

In southern India, beekeeping helps Indigenous women earn more

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2026

Tourism and infrastructure threaten habitat of India’s Himalayan salamanders

Mongabay.com 20 Jul 2026

Scientific & traditional knowledge are key for effective & community-centered conservation (commentary)

Charudutt Mishra 20 Jul 2026

India launches first hydrogen-powered train built in the country to expand clean energy on railways

Associated Press 17 Jul 2026
A fisher casts a net in the Mahanadi River in Odisha. Image by Sujit kumar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Rivers are not just water bodies: Interview with the Waterman of Odisha

Stephin Thomas 17 Jul 2026

In India’s Western Ghats, sacred groves are better at growing future forests

Liz Kimbrough 15 Jul 2026
Manzoor Ahmad Wangnoo rows a shikara across the Khushalsar-Gilsar wetland system in Srinagar

Restoring Kashmir’s lakes one community at a time: Interview with Manzoor Ahmad Wangnoo

Hashim Quraishi 10 Jul 2026

Heat and pests are making it hard to grow a gourd that’s critical for Indian music

Mongabay.com 2 Jul 2026
Mel Sunquist

Mel Sunquist, field biologist and mentor to generations of conservationists

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Jun 2026
A fisher at Saude Beach in Kochi. Image by Robert Bociaga for Mongabay.

India’s fishers confront homegrown ‘ghost gear’ problem

Robert Bociaga 26 Jun 2026
A marbled cat captured on camera trap in Nagaland. Image by Giridhar Malla.

Community-led initiatives safeguard marbled cats in northeast India

Mongabay.com 17 Jun 2026

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