A study from Arunachal Pradesh found that flying and ground-dwelling insects shift to lower elevations in winter and insect-eating birds closely mirror these seasonal changes. Leaf-dwelling insects ...

Jharkhand has received below-normal monsoon rainfall this season so far, impacting the sowing and transplanting of kharif crops. Insufficient rainfall could lead to a decline in the production of ...

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. Dipti Dheeraj Bhandari, a fisherwoman from Mumbai’s Charkop village, has been worried for weeks. In mid-December 2025, the Bombay High Court ...

The population of Asiatic lions in Gujarat has grown from 674 individuals to 891 between 2020 and 2025, according to the Gujarat Forest Department. From these, 394 were found in Gir National Park, Gir ...

Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthan was once a degraded grassland with its blackbuck population having to be fed food and water by the forest department. Restoration efforts in the grasslands, ...

The Ganga river is experiencing its most severe drought ever recorded, with the steepest decline in streamflow in over 1,300 years. Reduced monsoon precipitation, global warming, and groundwater ...

On August 5, Dharali, a village in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, was hit by a flash flood in the Himalayan stream Kheer Gad, leaving at least 68 people missing and one dead. Rapid construction over the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Goodman, a British writer and professor, initially wanted to tell the story of people who dedicate their lives to protecting their surrounding ...

Initiated in the early 1970s, the Mandal dam remains unfinished, displacing hundreds of families without full compensation. Despite fresh clearances and reduced reservoir levels, locals say jobs, land ...

A recent report on the world’s largest carbon offset projects found that over 47.7 million carbon credits in 2024 were “problematic,” meaning they are unlikely to deliver real emission reductions.

Cotton is one of India’s top agricultural exports and between 2011-12 and 2020-21, the country’s cotton exports consumed roughly 40 trillion litres of water. Top cotton-producing districts in ...