A new book by Ashok Swain, Professor and Head of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, draws links between climate change and conflict. Framing climate change as a ...

Increasing livestock populations in Kashmir’s alpine and sub-alpine areas are restricting the movement and feeding of the Kashmir markhor. This could potentially push the wild goat into suboptimal ...

Byrnihat, an industrial town on the Assam-Meghalaya border, has been declared the most polluted metropolitan area in the world by the 2024 IQAir World Air Quality Report. Byrnihat recorded an annual ...

Karnataka forest department moots a soft release centre in Bhadra tiger reserve as a humane and sustainable solution to human-elephant conflict in the state. The location has been chosen for its ...

Mongabay India collaborated with BaiManus to tell stories about the impact of climate change on women in Maharashtra. The stories in English and Marathi showcased how traditional knowledge, lived ...

Leaf warblers are tiny, difficult-to-identify birds in the genus Phylloscopus, which literally means leaf-seekers in Greek. A study used open-database records of the birds and an emerging method, Zeta ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Cities across India are bracing for an intense summer, with forecasts warning of prolonged heat waves and above-normal temperatures. Yet, even as ...

Farmers in Burj village, a few hundred meters from the India-Pakistan border, have farmlands straddling both countries and face constant challenges due to the proximity of conflict. The farmers ...

Mongabay-India's Climate Connections project aims to raise awareness about the nuances of India’s climate actions. India is one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and among the world’s biggest ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. As the sun dipped lower, the last boats set off into Sinquerim Bay in North Goa. We were a group of 14 tourists on a fibreglass boat, strapped with ...

A study has linked deforestation with malaria mortality in India, finding that losing one square kilometre of forest may result in 0.16 additional deaths per 100,000 people. However, malaria ...

Many tribal communities used to participate in ritualistic hunting festivals known as Shikar Utsav, especially in West Bengal’s Jungle Mahal area. In 2023, the Calcutta High Court ordered the ...