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 ...

Vaishali Shroff’s Submerged Worlds and Other Amazing Stories of India’s Mighty Rivers is a deeply moving exploration of India’s rivers. Well-researched and readable stories take you through their ...

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 ...

Flowers speak a universal language. They symbolise love, celebration, special moments, and sometimes even grief. That is why fresh flowers are a popular gift or decoration item for occasions. The ...

India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change notified a new set of regulations on how the benefits arising from the access and use of biological resources should be shared, altering ...

A lot of the credit for providing the baseline data on the distribution of birds in India goes to the British ornithologists and naturalists such as A.O. Hume, T.C. Jerdon, Edward Blyth, Brian Hodgson ...

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 ...

Environmental reporting in Indian languages is improving climate change reportage in the country. By communicating the message to different communities in their own language, journalists are creating ...

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 ...

For the past week, parts of Northeast India have experienced unprecedented rainfall, causing floods and landslides, with several villages submerged and roads cut off. As of June 5, 46 people had lost ...

In 2009, Panna Tiger Reserve reintroduced tigers after extensive poaching wiped them out locally. Researchers began tracking how these big cats would adapt and interact in a shared space. Over 10 ...