The chinkara’s future may be less secure than its conservation status suggests ...

Sneha Mahale is a Mumbai-based journalist and editor who covers climate change, wildlife, health, technology, and culture. Her work has been published in Hindustan Times, Moneycontrol, New Indian ...

Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Banni grasslands of Kachchh represent one of the most unique, complex, and fragile ecological mosaics in the Indian subcontinent. For centuries ...

Climate-driven warming and shifting monsoon patterns are projected to alter the water chemistry, threatening fish habitat and the ecological balance of Manipur’s Loktak lake. A new study finds that ...

A study of the Indian Ocean humpback dolphins off Goa’s coast found that the dolphins socialised and foraged less when tourist boats were around and the probability of foraging increased around ...

India’s Carbon Credit Trading Scheme includes a voluntary offset mechanism, with agriculture and forestry proposed for phased inclusion. India has an opportunity to learn from the weaknesses exposed ...

Many Indo-Pacific finless porpoises die each year along Goa’s coast, but without a population baseline, their conservation status remains unknown. A new study found acoustic surveys detect finless ...

A new study finds that simply increasing tree cover does not always make cities cooler. In humid urban areas, dense tree canopies can even raise the Heat Index by trapping moisture. The cooling ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Cicadas (Cicadoidea) are insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, known for their loud, distinctive calls and long underground life cycles. It is ...

Bengaluru’s record-breaking plantation drive has renewed debate over whether mass tree planting is the most effective way to restore urban ecosystems. The Miyawaki method can rapidly create dense ...

Excess aquatic plants removed from Dal lake can be converted into liquid fertilisers, according to a new study. The test samples of fertilisers with essential plant nutrients, improved seed ...