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Watching the birds come to bathe in the Dandeli forest

The Dandeli forest in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka is a birder’s delight that offers rewarding sightings of a myriad of avian species.

Sudha Mahalingam,Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam

Gujarat Power Corporation gets notice on violations at lignite mining site in Bhavnagar district that are blamed for tremors and upheaval of agricultural land

In November 2020, the residents of Badi-Hoidad villages in Ghogha tehsil of Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, were greeted by a disorienting sight.

Searching for the elusive western tragopan in the Great Himalayan National Park

Braving the cold and hostile terrain of the Himalayan heights, determined birders go in search of the colourful and ground-dwelling western tragopan,

Text by G. Shaheed ,Photographs by Jainy Maria Kuriakose

The elusive western tragopan of the Himalaya

Braving the cold and hostile terrain of the Himalayan heights, determined birders go in search of the colourful and ground-dwelling western tragopan,

Text by G. Shaheed ,Photographs by Jainy Maria Kuriakose

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Maharashtra has the second-highest number of air pollution–related deaths in the country

With rural and semi-rural areas in the State lacking waste management programmes, the burning of mixed wastes is common. And an ICMR report released i

Botswana is home to more than 33 per cent of Africa’s savanna elephants

The excellent field protection that Botswana provides elephants has led to a steady movement of the animal into that country from neighbouring countri

A.J.T. Johnsingh ,S. Murali

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SANDRP report points to increasing violence by illegal sand miners and calls for urgent need to regulate riverbed mining

SANDRP’s report on deaths caused by incidents relating to illegal sand mining and attacks on law enforcement agencies exposes the devastating impact o

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The hillock that rose overnight at Badi-Hoidad village. Environmentalists attribute it to mining-stimulated tectonic activity.

Lignite mining triggers tremors in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat

Even as lignite mining operations in the seismically unstable region of Bhavnagar district in Gujarat cause mild tremors and sudden elevations in patc

By Lyla Bavadam

The lion-tailed macaques of Valparai

A shy, exclusively fruit-eating, arboreal primate endemic to the Western Ghats, the lion-tailed macaque has been classified by the International Union

Sudha Mahalingam,Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam

A lion-tailed macaque on its perch at the tea estate at Puthuthottam, in Valparai.

Shrinking tree cover and increasing tourist arrivals create an existential crisis for the lion-tailed macaque and other denizens of the forest in Valparai

A shy, exclusively fruit-eating, arboreal primate endemic to the Western Ghats, the lion-tailed macaque has been classified by the International Union

Sudha Mahalingam,Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam

Captive-bred white-rumped vultures released into the wild in Haryana

Six of the released adult white-rumped vultures were hatched and reared as chicks at the Jatayu Centre while the other two vultures were guide birds w

A white-rumped vulture at the Jatayu Breeding Centre in Pinjore, northern Haryana.

Researchers find that vultures in India are still in danger from the NSAID diclofenac

An investigation carried out from 2012 to 2017 by a team of international researchers finds that the drug, which is banned for veterinary use because