The Sangtam Naga community has passed a resolution banning pangolin hunting to address wildlife trafficking along the India-Myanmar border. Nagaland is a critical wildlife corridor for the illegal ...

In Himachal Pradesh, sacred groves, long protected by faith, are increasingly being threatened by development and cultural change. These groves play an important role in the environment: absorbing ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Across India’s cities, the consequences of poor urban services are all too familiar: overflowing garbage, erratic water supply, potholed roads, and ...

A systematic survey of dung beetles recorded 20,927 beetles across 29 species on a barrier island in Kerala. Despite heavy urbanisation, the islands supported an unexpectedly high dung beetle ...

Aditi Tandon is a Senior Production Editor at Mongabay India.

Illegal wildlife trade across eight countries in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region has more than doubled from 2019, finds a study. Carnivores, elephants, and pangolins are among the most trafficked ...

Species File: Exploring India’s biodiversity, one species at a time. Three Amur falcons tagged in Manipur were recently seen wintering in Africa. The birds covered thousands of kilometres, across land ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Five years after the 2021 floods in Uttarakhand, known as the Chamoli disaster, that resulted in the death of more than 200 people, a new study ...

A new study finds high land-based and human-activity related plastic litter at four key olive ridley mass nesting beaches in ...

Traditional healers among the Andaman and Nicobar Islands’ Karen community have declined sharply, and efforts to revive plant-based healing are struggling due to limited interest and documentation.

The Maharashtra government has temporarily halted an iron ore mining project in Chandrapur amid concerns over deforestation, ecological damage, and increased human–tiger conflict. The proposed site ...