1+ day, 11+ min ago  (297+ words) The white-bellied heron is listed in the first schedule of the Wildlife Protection Act, granting it the strictest protections under the law. While it was never found in abundance, its distribution and population have shrunk sharply in recent decades. The…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (754+ words) The annual two-week Bonn climate conference ended on June 18, exposing familiar fault lines over climate finance, trade and ambition while also highlighting a new push to accelerate the energy transition through electrification. The mid-year meeting is an annual affair under…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (546+ words) As Bengaluru's temperatures peaked at 38. 5 C in April this year, natural landscape architect Akshay Vidhate stood in his terrace garden among 30 varieties of flowering plants. The air was eerily quiet. He noticed the absence of the familiar buzz of wild…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (995+ words) Almost two years after a massive landslide ripped through her home, Bushara Mujeeb still feels at sea. Between the grief of losing two dozen family members in the disaster and the struggle of supporting those of them who survived, she…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (345+ words) Species File: Exploring India's biodiversity, one species at a time. Imagine five cars parked behind one another. That's approximately how long this fish is. Growing up to 18 metres in length, it is considered as the world's largest fish. It has…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (280+ words) Fifty-year-old Sadhani Kalita who resides in Nagaon district of Assam, says, "I face constant pain in my body, and my feet get swollen. I also have fever, high pressure, and diabetes, for which I have to take medicines." Kalita lives…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (224+ words) For environmental knowledge to become the premise of adaptive planning, integration of hazard and ecological information from both technological monitoring and community experience is necessary. Stories of frontline communities resisting disasters with cooperation and prompt action tell us that resilience…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (875+ words) This is a regular day at Caspro Metal Industries Private Limited, a company that manufactures 30, 000 tonnes of metal castings annually from its base in Kolhapur. Of this, 15-20% is shipped to the European Union (EU). The company has enjoyed a two-decade-long…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (947+ words) While importing technology serves as a necessary jumpstart, relying on it as a permanent strategy creates a fragile foundation. In an era defined by geopolitical volatility, trade barriers, and fractured supply chains, the strategy of continuous imports is no longer…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (206+ words) Mandar Pingle, the assistant director of the Satpuda Foundation, a non-profit focused on wildlife and landscape conservation in central India informs Mongabay-India that the proposed mining site falls on an active elephant corridor. "Many megafauna use these corridors for movement…...