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Multiple events such as heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, floods estimated to impact 36% land animals by 2085

Multiple extreme weather events to impact 36% land animal habitats by 2085: Study

Himanshu Nitnaware

11 minutes ago

5 min read

International Seed Day: In Bengal’s fragile landscapes, traditional seeds are holding the line against climate stress

International Seed Day 2026: In Bengal’s fragile landscapes, traditional seeds are holding the line against climate stress

Shubhadeep Mondal

23 Apr 2026

5 min read

Edible orchids are being overharvested in the Mediterranean — how to protect these astonishing blooms

Edible orchids are being overharvested in the Mediterranean — how to protect these astonishing blooms

Susanne Masters

23 Apr 2026

4 min read

News

Multiple events such as heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, floods estimated to impact 36% land animals by 2085

Multiple extreme weather events to impact 36% land animal habitats by 2085: Study

Himanshu Nitnaware

11 minutes ago

5 min read

Pollinators feel the climate sting: Warmer temperatures are forcing bees and wasps to emerge earlier, but at a cost to their survival

Pollinators feel the climate sting: Warmer temperatures are forcing bees and wasps to emerge earlier, but at a cost to their survival

Himanshu Nitnaware

22 Apr 2026

3 min read

When bonds break: Chimpanzee ‘civil war’ challenges assumptions about how wars begin, researchers say

When bonds break: Chimpanzee ‘civil war’ challenges assumptions about how wars begin, researchers say

Himanshu Nitnaware

18 Apr 2026

4 min read

Perfect stranger

Perfect stranger

P Gowri Shankar

18 Apr 2026

3 min read

Great White Shark, tunas face ‘double jeopardy’ as oceans warm, warns study

Great White Shark, tunas face ‘double jeopardy’ as oceans warm, warns study

17 Apr 2026

3 min read

Pangolins are the world's most trafficked wild mammal.

Wildlife trade is driving disease outbreaks globally — raising risk of pathogens reaching humans by 50%, finds study

Himanshu Nitnaware

15 Apr 2026

3 min read

Colombia to cull descendants of hippos brought by drug lord Pablo Escobar

Colombia to cull descendants of hippos brought by drug lord Pablo Escobar

15 Apr 2026

2 min read

As the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway is opened tomorrow, new study documents 18 wildlife species using key underpass near Haridwar

As the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway is opened tomorrow, new study documents 18 wildlife species using key underpass near Haridwar

13 Apr 2026

2 min read

Gurg: The wolf’s negative image in Iran has its roots in Zoroastrianism

Gurg: The wolf’s negative image in Iran has its roots in Zoroastrianism

11 Apr 2026

5 min read

Angel of the Beas

Angel of the Beas

Gitanjali Kanwar

11 Apr 2026

3 min read

Wildlife damage to crops not monitored: ASHA calls for data systems, specific action plans

Wildlife damage to crops not monitored: Experts call for data systems, specific action plans

10 Apr 2026

3 min read

Caribou survival depends on lichen and snow: Study

Caribou survival depends on lichen and snow: Study

10 Apr 2026

1 min read

Blogs

International Seed Day: In Bengal’s fragile landscapes, traditional seeds are holding the line against climate stress

International Seed Day 2026: In Bengal’s fragile landscapes, traditional seeds are holding the line against climate stress

Shubhadeep Mondal

23 Apr 2026

5 min read

Edible orchids are being overharvested in the Mediterranean — how to protect these astonishing blooms

Edible orchids are being overharvested in the Mediterranean — how to protect these astonishing blooms

Susanne Masters

23 Apr 2026

4 min read

40 years on from the disaster, why there are foxes, bears and bison again around Chernobyl

40 years on from the disaster, why there are foxes, bears and bison again around Chernobyl

23 Apr 2026

4 min read

Coral reefs are secretly connected across vast oceans — and that’s crucial for their survival

Coral reefs are secretly connected across vast oceans — and that’s crucial for their survival

Kate Marie Quigley

22 Apr 2026

4 min read

Don’t just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future

Don’t just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future

21 Apr 2026

4 min read

Vanishing Shadows: Why conserving the Himalayan wolf in Kashmir is crucial for ecosystem balance

Vanishing shadows: Why conserving the Himalayan wolf in Kashmir is crucial for ecosystem balance

20 Apr 2026

5 min read

When snow quietly blooms

When snow quietly blooms

Swasti Pachauri

20 Apr 2026

4 min read

When biodiversity science speaks to business, who speaks for the forest and the sea?

When biodiversity science speaks to business, who speaks for the forest and the sea?

Deepanjana Saha

17 Apr 2026

6 min read

Videos

The Sunita Narain Show: What are the complexities of human-wildlife conflicts?

The Sunita Narain Show: What are the complexities of human-wildlife conflicts?

Wild animals are destroying crops and adding massively to the economic losses of farmers; the desperate plight of farmers cannot simply be dismissed

07 Apr 2026

1 min read

Poisoned, buried, covered up: Tigress death sparks outrage in MP

Poisoned, buried, covered up: Tigress death sparks outrage in MP

02 Apr 2026

1 min read

AAD 2026: Sajan John on the health of coral reefs along the Indian coastline

AAD 2026: Sajan John on health of coral reefs along Indian coastline

27 Feb 2026

1 min read

AAD 2026: In conversation with Qamar Qureshi on protecting India’s biodiversity

AAD 2026: In conversation with Qamar Qureshi on protecting India’s biodiversity

26 Feb 2026

1 min read

Maharashtra’s Ujani Reservoir sees 12.2 million native fish release

Maharashtra’s Ujani Reservoir sees 12.2 million native fish release

24 Feb 2026

1 min read

Why Kerala fishers cut their own nets to save whale sharks

Why Kerala fishers cut their own nets to save whale sharks

18 Feb 2026

1 min read

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