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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

The search for climate-resilient coffee: Diversifying beyond Arabica and Robusta

Mongabay.com 11 Jun 2026
A Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in India. Image by Charles J. Sharp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Cambodia wants its tigers back. So it plans to import Bengal tigers from India

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Jun 2026
A rhino mother and calf in Manas National Park. Image courtesy of Deba Kumar Dutta.

Rhinos reintroduced to Indian park are breeding, but still need support

Mongabay.com 10 Jun 2026
Sok Pheap climbs a tree to tap resin.

Bengal tigers in Cambodia? Reintroduction plan raises questions

Arathi Menon, Andy Ball 4 Jun 2026

The global trafficking ring preying on a rare golden monkey from Brazil

Fernanda Wenzel, Marco Mantovani 1 Jun 2026

Sri Lanka flamingo deaths raise concerns over power infrastructure in wetlands

Malaka Rodrigo 29 May 2026
The Sangtam Naga community recently passed a resolution banning pangolin hunting. Image by Thingtsali Sangtam via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

In India’s Nagaland, communities turn to Indigenous law to protect pangolins

Mongabay.com 25 May 2026
Two hoolock gibbon in Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, India. Image by কুমুদ ঘোষ via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

What drives the trafficking of gibbons? Conservationists shed light on demand

Mongabay.com 22 May 2026

Climate change triples chance of deadly 2026 South Asia pre-monsoon heatwave: Report

Naina Rao 21 May 2026
Representative image of a sacred rainforest grove surrounded by paddy fields in Coorg district, Karnataka. Image by Anand Osuri via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Communities say sacred groves are shrinking in India’s eastern ghats

David Brown 20 May 2026

Who controls Indian Ocean tuna?

Mongabay.com 18 May 2026

At world’s largest shark conference, scientists warn of a grim outlook across the board

Philip Jacobson 14 May 2026
Hard-ground swamp deer in their new habitat in Satpura Tiger Reserve. Image courtesy of L. Krishnamoorthy.

Rare swamp deer subspecies thriving in new home in India

Mongabay.com 12 May 2026
A European roller (Coracias garrulus) at B'stonliq, Uzbekistan. Image by bereskletic via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

From Africa to Central Asia, the European roller’s migration builds relationships

Terna Gyuse 9 May 2026
The Lear’s macaw had been at the center of two recent wildlife trafficking cases.

Brazil police seize devices from bird expert in trafficking probe linked to Vantara zoo

Fernanda Wenzel 7 May 2026
The Indian pitta is vulnerable to collisions with glass surfaces in India. Image by Sinijose Jose via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).

In India, few are tracking birds colliding with glass in buildings

Mongabay.com 5 May 2026
Raw and cooked orb-weaver spiders

‘Creamy, nutty’ spiders are protein source for Indigenous Indian tribe

Megan Strauss 30 Apr 2026
The critically endangered Kolar leaf-nosed bat. Image by Rajesh Puttaswamaiah via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India has a wealth of bats, but our knowledge of them is poor: Report

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Apr 2026
Schaller with a peccary. Courtesy of the George B. Schaller Archive.

George Schaller: The field biologist who helped redefine conservation

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Apr 2026
Visitors report seeing kalij pheasants (Lophura leucomelanos), a forest-dependent native species, around the reforestation site. Image by Mprasannak via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

30-year Himalayan project shows power of community-led forest restoration

Shradha Triveni 13 Apr 2026
Cattle forage through plastic and household waste at an open dumping site in Jaigaon. Image by Chandrani Sinha.

Indian border town adjacent to Bhutan is reeling from riverbed pollution

Mongabay.com 10 Apr 2026
An Indochinese tiger. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

The Wild League aims to turn sports mascots into conservation champions

Liz Kimbrough 11 Mar 2026
Satellite image of the eastern part of the Cape York Peninsula in Australia. Courtesy of Earthstar Geographics SIO / Microsoft maps

Scientists can’t agree on where the world’s forests are

Rhett Ayers Butler 17 Feb 2026

Snakes on a train: King cobras are hitching rides in India

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2026
A whale shark (Rhincodon typus).

Whale sharks released from nets along India’s coast as fishers turn rescuers

K.A. Shaji 4 Feb 2026
Fishermen and birds coexist in harmony on almost all mudflats of coastal Bangladesh.

Is South Asia becoming inhospitable for migratory birds?

Sadiqur Rahman 21 Jan 2026

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