Batagur kachuga turtles have been translocated and released in the Ganga river and tagged with sonic devices to monitor them.

A new climate study predicts a 43% rise in the intensity of extreme rainfall events, alongside a 2.5-fold increase in the heat wave days in India. Titled Weathering the Storm, the study by the ...

Submerged Worlds and Other Amazing Stories of India’s Mighty Rivers by Vaishali Shroff brings together well-researched stories of the ecology, mythology, politics, history and culture of India’s ...

India has notified new rules on benefit-sharing from biological resources, linking payments to a business’s annual turnover and exempting smaller entities and certain AYUSH practitioners from these ...

A new generation of innovators is transforming flower waste into vegan leather, biodegradable packaging material and sustainable fragrances.

Unexpected extreme rainfall across Northeast India has killed at least 46 people and caused severe flooding and landslides. Cities have broken rainfall records, and several people are displaced across ...

Nagaland is the first state in India to insure its entire geography against heavy rainfall. The scheme was revised to include a more accurate threshold based on localised meteorological data, and ...

Share this article Filled with fascinating stories of elusive birds, The Search For India’s Rarest Birds is an ode to some of India’s extinct and endangered bird life, and the birders who studied them ...

The MSC ELSA-3 shipwreck, off Kerala’s coast, spilled oil and plastic pellets, with potential impacts on marine life, coastal ecosystems and fishing livelihoods. Gaps in maritime law and weak ...

Pole-and-line fishing is a traditional fishing method recognised as an important sustainable fishing practice. Unlike destructive fishing practices such as trawling, pole-and-line fishing is ...

Journalism in any Indian language has a great responsibility and an opportunity to increase the reach of environmental issues and solutions. Striking the right balance between scientific rigour and ...

A mithun farmer from Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, made churpi (cheese made from yak milk) from mithun milk, for the first time.