india.mongabay.comadded August 2026
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar1 Sept 2026
- A recent study found significantly higher caterpillar predation in Kerala’s sacred groves than in nearby multi-storied home gardens, indicating these small forest patches help sustain...
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar31 Aug 2026
- A study of Alappuzha’s coastal aquifers found that around one-third of groundwater samples fell into medium-to-high pollution categories for selected heavy metals, with localised exceedances of...
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon31 Aug 2026
- Researchers have generated high-quality reference genomes for four Asian hornbill species. - The reference generic structure could support future evolutionary and population genomics research on...
Mongabay Indiaby Simrinsirur28 Aug 2026
The Supreme Court ordered the Union Environment Ministry to conduct a fresh survey of India’s elephant corridors and report the reasons for obstructions within them by October 14.
Mongabay Indiaby S. Gopikrishna Warrier28 Aug 2026
- Floods in Nepal were triggered by a glacier collapse and landslide into a river on the Tibet-Nepal border.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon28 Aug 2026
A new study finds that closely-related Western Ghats frogs living together tend to differ in body size, suggesting that competition and species sorting help determine which species can coexist.
Mongabay Indiaby Arathimenon27 Aug 2026
- Social media platforms in India are becoming hubs for content on wildlife hunting and exploitation with a high number of reels reported on Instagram.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon27 Aug 2026
- In Assam, the primary flood management strategy has been to build embankments and other river control structures which have been inadequate so far.
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar26 Aug 2026
Every winter, hundreds of colossal, leathery-shelled reptiles arrive at Galathea Bay on Great Nicobar Island.
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey26 Aug 2026
- A strengthening El Niño has raised concerns over rainfall and agriculture, prompting the government to prioritise farm ponds and other water conservation measures.
Mongabay Indiaby Divya Kilikar25 Aug 2026
- Farmers and other citizens across Kerala are buying the traditional Onam feast from restaurants instead of preparing at home, after massive crop losses this year.
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar25 Aug 2026
- A study from Jharkhand’s Mahuadanr Wolf Sanctuary found that wolf attacks on livestock occurred most likely at night and early morning, during winter and early summer, and near forest edges.
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey24 Aug 2026
- A CAG audit found India’s Green India Mission achieved only around 5% of its afforestation target and missed more than 97% of its ecosystem-restoration goal, citing poor planning and weak...
Mongabay Indiaby Renuka Kulkarni24 Aug 2026
- A survey documents the naturalisation of African Bermuda-grass, native to Central and East Africa, in two Indian biodiversity hotspots, the Himalayas and the Western Ghats.
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey21 Aug 2026
- Indian cities face severe climate risks, such as groundwater depletion, flooding, and cyclones, and are central to India’s 2070 net-zero goal.
Mongabay Indiaby Arathimenon21 Aug 2026
- Indigenous fruits are disappearing from local landscapes and diets, driven by urbanisation, land-use change, changing food preferences and the growing cultivation of commercially profitable...
Mongabay Indiaby Arathimenon20 Aug 2026
- India’s forests provide significant economic and livelihood benefits, particularly for people who depend on forest ecosystems for food, employment and resources.
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar20 Aug 2026
- A recent study finds that humid heat stress during India’s monsoon season will rise sharply as global temperatures increase.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon20 Aug 2026
- The Indian Ocean’s geological history and climate have shaped its unique biodiversity, from microscopic plankton to the largest whales.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon19 Aug 2026
In the forests of northeast India, a series of whoops and hoots rises through the canopy in a melodious crescendo every morning — the unmistakable song of the western hoolock gibbon.
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