A wild chase

Based on a 2015 probe that bust a major ivory smuggling racket in india, ‘Poacher’ provides a rare glimpse into the work of forest …

What to read and watch: Tortoise Under the Earth and other new releases

Two new books and two documentaries that caught our attention this week

2022 too short, too far: DTE’s roundup of the year’s top stories

The best of our reportage from 2022 in one place

Review: ‘The Railway Men’ fails to elevate from soggy soap opera to crackling survival thriller on Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Multiple character arcs, unnecessary storylines turn The Railway Men into a YRF drama that thrives on high use of glycerine, misplaced suspense …

Climate disaster movies resonate in ways that news never will

As we face the escalating challenges of climate catastrophe, embracing diverse and emotionally engaging storytelling in mainstream media becomes …

The earliest humans swam 100,000 years ago, but swimming remains a privileged pastime

This year the OECD reported that only one in four people in low-income countries can swim

Bheed: A brave, flimsy take

Bheed is a loud social commentary that falls flat due to the weight of too many half-cooked stories & characters sequenced into a linear …

Journalists reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic relied on research that had yet to be peer reviewed

Journalists need to be supported in verifying and communicating about preprints effectively and ethically; the quality of news depends on it now

Land the size of Central Asia lost since 2015 due to degradation 

At this rate, restoring 1.5 billion hectares of land by 2030 will be necessary to achieve a land-degradation-neutral world

Beyond protected areas: This new book explores how India's conservation scene turned inclusionary

‘At the Feet of Living Things’ journals experiences of ecologists who practise a collaborative and socio-ecologically sensitive …