india.mongabay.comadded August 2026
Mongabay Indiaby Arathimenon27d ago
- The proposed Hebbal tunnel is intended to ease one of north Bengaluru’s major traffic bottlenecks, but its long-term congestion benefits remain uncertain.
Mongabay Indiaby Shailesh Shrivastava27d ago
- The union government takes control over mineral-bearing land, restricting states’ power to tax it. - Mining states like Jharkhand and Odisha fear revenue loss.
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey28d ago
Krishna AchutaRao, the renowned climate scientist and a professor at IIT Delhi’s Centre for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS), died on September 4, aged 62.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon28d ago
- Exotic pet trade creates multiple opportunities for zoonotic spillover, from capture and transport to sale, handling and public display of the animals.
Mongabay Indiaby Mongabay Editor28d ago
- The August 26 flash floods on the Nepal-China border wiped out or badly damaged 281 MW of installed capacity and 388 MW under construction in Nepal, with significant financial losses.
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar29d ago
A 2026 survey counted 1,364 Nilgiri tahr in Tamil Nadu, nearly 5% more than the last year. Southern India’s only mountain ungulate, the Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius), is Tamil Nadu’s state...
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar29d ago
- A new study of red-naped ibises in Udaipur found diverse bacteria in their faeces, including multidrug-resistant strains.
Mongabay Indiaby Renuka Kulkarni8 Sept 2026
- Drawing on two decades of field research and extraordinary encounters, scientist Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi’s book The Ghost of the Mountains is a fascinating look into the world of snow...
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey8 Sept 2026
- Glacier retreat, expanding glacial lakes, thawing permafrost and unstable slopes are increasing the risk of disasters in the Himalayas.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon8 Sept 2026
- Linear infrastructure cuts off tiger corridors in Telangana making it hard for tigers, particularly females, to reach Kawal Tiger Reserve, leaving the reserve without a breeding population.
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey7 Sept 2026
- An unjust approach to bauxite mining in Sijimali, Odisha, raises fears of repeat of long-standing conflicts witnessed in Eastern India since the 1980s.
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar7 Sept 2026
- The Kashmir flycatcher is a migratory songbird that arrives in Kashmir during late April and early May, and flies south to the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka for the winter.
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey4 Sept 2026
- Livestock in drought-prone Bundelkhand bears the earliest and sharpest impact of weather extremes.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon4 Sept 2026
The gender of elected representatives can influence forest-cover growth, indicates a study that examines the causal impact of female elected representatives on forest conservation in India.
Mongabay Indiaby Priyanka Shankar3 Sept 2026
- Cases of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, and asthma, have been rising in the last two decades.
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey3 Sept 2026
- India’s 2016 drought manual uses a multi-step, multi-indicator process to declare droughts, but inconsistent implementation, staffing gaps, and regional differences mean many drought-hit areas go...
Mongabay Indiaby Arathimenon3 Sept 2026
- A new study finds that crop-residue burning contributes substantially to black carbon levels in North India, especially during the post-monsoon season.
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon2 Sept 2026
Given the sowing data and the possibility of persistent El Niño conditions, the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), in its monthly economic review released on August 31, said particular attention...
Mongabay Indiaby Divya Kilikar2 Sept 2026
A recent report from Arunachal Pradesh noted the surprising presence of an animal at the high altitude of 3,266 metres — the Indian elephant.
Mongabay Indiaby Renuka Kulkarni1 Sept 2026
- Polychaete worms, also known as bristle worms, occur in almost all marine habitats, with some even adapting to low-salinity and inland water environments.
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