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Meet one of the filmmakers behind Planet Earth 2

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Jan 2017

Police clash with protesters marching against power plant in Bangladesh

Morgan Erickson-Davis 26 Jan 2017

Poaching gang of wealthy software engineers, coffee planters arrested in India

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Jan 2017

Thousands hold ‘Global Protest Day’ to support world’s largest mangrove forest

Morgan Erickson-Davis 11 Jan 2017

Trouble in India’s rhino paradise

Moushumi Basu 10 Jan 2017

Top 10 HAPPY environmental stories of 2016

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Dec 2016

This new spider looks like the sorting hat from Harry Potter

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Dec 2016

Nepal’s extraordinary devotion to preserving its rhinos

William H. Funk 12 Dec 2016

Protests against Bangladesh power plant begin in Dhaka and Cambridge

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Nov 2016

Tigers face ‘unprecedented’ threat from transport projects: WWF

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Nov 2016

Rhinos to get new homes in India

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Nov 2016

UNESCO urges Bangladesh to cancel or relocate Sundarbans coal plant

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Oct 2016

Rhino killed in India’s Kaziranga Park, highlighting the ever-present threat of poachers

Isabel Esterman 24 Oct 2016

World Bank money is helping to finance Asia’s coal boom: report

Isabel Esterman 19 Oct 2016

Asian elephant herds lack clear matriarchs, strict hierarchies: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Oct 2016
The binturong or bearcat (Arctictis binturong). Photographed in Cambodia by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

What is a binturong?

Carly Nairn 13 Oct 2016

New species of rabbit-like pika discovered in India

Shreya Dasgupta 5 Oct 2016

Efforts to conserve Asia’s rhinos meet successes, setbacks

Isabel Esterman 22 Sep 2016

Indian rhino horns being smuggled to China via Myanmar

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Sep 2016

Leopards and landmines: Post-war carnivore research in Sri Lanka

Sanjiv Fernando 14 Sep 2016

Deforestation reducing monsoon rainfall in India: new study

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Sep 2016

‘All they need is a head start’: reforesting India’s Western Ghats

Sibi Arasu 16 Aug 2016

India floods kill more than 200 animals, including rare rhinos

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Aug 2016

Sri Lanka set to become first nation to protect all mangroves

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Jul 2016

Amazon, eBay involved in illegal wildlife trade: Indian government

Shreya Dasgupta 20 Jul 2016

India at heart of illegal otter trade

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Jul 2016

Can nature thrive in cities? New book looks at changing face of nature in Bangalore

Shreya Dasgupta 11 Jul 2016

5,000 wild animals killed in West Bengal, India, on World Environment Day

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jul 2016

New ‘froggy-style’ mating position discovered in Bombay night frogs

Shreya Dasgupta 16 Jun 2016

Hard labor in India’s fisheries: an interview with researcher Divya Karnad

Shreya Dasgupta 19 May 2016

From Soup to Superstar: the story of sea turtle conservation along the Indian coast – book review

Shreya Dasgupta 19 May 2016

‘Heart wrenching’: India’s coral reefs experiencing widespread bleaching, scientist says

Shreya Dasgupta 11 May 2016

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