Thirupudaimaruthur, on the banks of the river Thamirabarani in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district, emerged as a model village for using a hyper-local approach for river restoration. Waste from rituals ...

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 ...

Court submission challenges ‘confidential’ report on the Great Nicobar Island plan ...

On September 23, Kolkata received one-eighth of its annual rainfall in only six hours. At least eight people died due to accidental electrocution. It led to severe waterlogging in many parts of the ...

Marathwada, a historically dry region, is seeing unusually high rains this year causing floods and loss of lives, livelihoods and crops. Farmers say the compensation is not sufficient for the ...

The detainment of environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk under anti-terror laws has drawn national condemnation, seen as part of a broader pattern of suppressing ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Around the same time, in July, the Delhi government stopped fuel access to petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Ladakh’s cold desert climate is marked by low rainfall, thin air, intense solar radiation, and harsh winters. Amidst this barrenness, wild edible ...

Jane Goodall, primatologist, conservationist, and messenger of hope, has died at the age of 91. During the first part of her career, studying the behaviour of chimpanzees in the forests of Gombe in ...

Harmful algal blooms, driven by untreated sewage, urban runoff, and solid waste, are appearing in Deepor Beel, a wetland in Assam. Algal blooms threaten biodiversity in the wetland and its ability to ...

Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley has been designated as India’s first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme, a move that puts the trans-Himalayan landscape ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The lead author of the paper, Honnavalli N. Kumara, principal scientist at the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, informs ...