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Drowning in its home

Drowning in its home

Anupam Chakravartty

03 Jan 2026

3 min read

Where myth meets muscle

Where myth meets muscle

Ambika Aiyadurai

03 Jan 2026

3 min read

Conservationists name ultra-rare leopard colour morph as ‘Sandalwood Leopard’; it is the first record from Karnataka and only the second from India

Conservationists name ultra-rare leopard colour morph in Karnataka as ‘Sandalwood Leopard’

02 Jan 2026

2 min read

News

Drowning in its home

Drowning in its home

Anupam Chakravartty

03 Jan 2026

3 min read

Where myth meets muscle

Where myth meets muscle

Ambika Aiyadurai

03 Jan 2026

3 min read

Conservationists name ultra-rare leopard colour morph as ‘Sandalwood Leopard’; it is the first record from Karnataka and only the second from India

Conservationists name ultra-rare leopard colour morph in Karnataka as ‘Sandalwood Leopard’

02 Jan 2026

2 min read

Amazonian stingless bees first insects to get legal rights in the world

Amazonian stingless bees first insects to get legal rights in the world

31 Dec 2025

2 min read

‘Gaushalas’ in Rajasthan have stopped using veterinary drugs toxic to vultures: BNHS

‘Gaushalas’ in Rajasthan have stopped using veterinary drugs toxic to vultures: BNHS

31 Dec 2025

2 min read

GEF clears $372 million for environment projects, biodiversity in sharp focus

GEF clears $372 million for environment projects, biodiversity in sharp focus

Suhani Bhardwaj

30 Dec 2025

3 min read

Can two (or three) apex felines share the Himalayas? The jury is still out

Can two (or three) apex felines share the Himalayas? The jury is still out

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi

27 Dec 2025

4 min read

Recap 2025: The most important biodiversity developments of the year

Recap 2025: The most important biodiversity developments of the year

26 Dec 2025

2 min read

Recap 2025: The year in environmental literature

Recap 2025: The year in environmental literature

26 Dec 2025

2 min read

Wild lions in Europe? New paper examines archaeological mound to show young man living in Copper Age Bulgaria being attacked by feline

Wild lions in Europe? New paper examines archaeological mound to show young man living in Copper Age Bulgaria was attacked by feline

22 Dec 2025

2 min read

Supreme Court tightens Great Indian Bustard safeguards, redraws clean energy and Green Energy Corridor map in Rajasthan and Gujarat

Supreme Court tightens Great Indian Bustard safeguards, redraws Green Energy Corridor map in Rajasthan and Gujarat

21 Dec 2025

3 min read

Speeding Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express mows down seven elephants in Assam’s Kampur

Speeding Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express mows down seven elephants in Assam’s Kampur

Anupam Chakravartty

20 Dec 2025

5 min read

Blogs

Global rules, local gaps: Why CITES can’t help curb India’s domestic wildlife trade

Global rules, local gaps: Why CITES can’t help curb India’s domestic wildlife trade

29 Dec 2025

6 min read

A ‘festival’ at Rajasthan’s Sambhar Lake is costing the wetland’s birds their sky

A ‘festival’ at Rajasthan’s Sambhar Lake is costing the wetland’s birds their sky

Abhishek Vaishnav

29 Dec 2025

3 min read

With every extinction, we lose not just a species but a treasure trove of knowledge

With every extinction, we lose not just a species but a treasure trove of knowledge

Johannes M Luetz

29 Dec 2025

4 min read

India’s wildlife and biodiversity need more share in CSR allocations

India’s wildlife and biodiversity need more share in CSR allocations

24 Dec 2025

7 min read

Part of the problem is that great apes are hugely popular with visitors; figures like Snowflake, the white gorilla at Barcelona Zoo, even became global celebrities.

Great apes are humans’ closest relatives, but many are endangered by illegal trading. Here’s what needs to be done

Matyas Liptovszky

23 Dec 2025

5 min read

Mainstream conservation is a capitalist approach, deeply rooted in the politics-nature relationship

Mainstream conservation is a capitalist approach, deeply rooted in the politics-nature relationship

22 Dec 2025

4 min read

An elephant calf’s ‘rescue’ in Kalahandi raises uncomfortable questions about the geometry of compassion

An elephant calf’s ‘rescue’ in Kalahandi raises uncomfortable questions about the geometry of compassion

Chitta Ranjan Pani

19 Dec 2025

8 min read

A shivering elephant calf in Kalahandi is a powerful metaphor for India’s urgent conservation challenge

A shivering elephant calf in Kalahandi is a powerful metaphor for India’s urgent conservation challenge

Chitta Ranjan Pani

17 Dec 2025

6 min read

Videos

Stingless bees: World’s first insects with legal rights

Stingless bees: World’s first insects with legal rights

Facing threats from climate change, deforestation, pesticides, and invasive honeybees, their decline had gone largely unnoticed — until now

01 Jan 2026

1 min read

AAD 2025: Pranav Chanchani on human-wildlife conflict in India

AAD 2025: Pranav Chanchani on human-wildlife conflict in India

28 Feb 2025

1 min read

Climate Conflicts: What is the role of climate change in the India-Sri Lanka fisheries conflict?

Climate Conflicts: What is the role of climate change in the India-Sri Lanka fisheries conflict?

06 Feb 2025

1 min read

Tragic surge in Olive Ridley turtle deaths sparks concern

Tragic surge in Olive Ridley turtle deaths sparks concern

30 Jan 2025

2 min read

Centre clears oil & gas exploratory drilling in Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary

Centre clears oil & gas exploratory drilling in Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary

14 Jan 2025

2 min read

Humpback whale completes epic 13,000 km migration across oceans, driven by climate change?

Humpback whale completes epic 13,000 km migration across oceans, driven by climate change?

20 Dec 2024

1 min read

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