Continuous rainfall, stormwater runoff, wastewater treatment plants and littering zones transport microplastics to urban ...

The Ganga river is experiencing its most severe drought ever recorded, with the steepest decline in streamflow in over 1,300 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. For Banyllashisha Wankhar, caves are not just geological wonders, they are landscapes of culture, memory, and personal discovery. “I belong to a ...

Manish Chandra Mishra is an Assistant Editor at Mongabay India, currently based in Delhi. A multimedia journalist with over a decade of experience in mainstream media, he has established himself as a ...

A new study shows that groundwater, not glaciers, is the lifeline of the Ganga river. Groundwater discharge increases the Ganga river’s volume by about 120% in the Gangetic Plains compared to its ...

Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and ...

A new study by Nagaland University has raised concerns over the health of Manipur’s Loktak lake, one of India’s most important freshwater ecosystems and the only floating national park in the world.

Climate change could shift the range of India’s Big Four venomous snakes towards human-dominated areas, increasing snakebite risks in northern and northeastern states. The study links climate, ...

One of the most elusive small cats, Pallas’s cat, was photographed for the first time as part of a survey in Arunachal Pradesh. The survey also recorded the presence of five other wild cats at heights ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. This one example highlights the co-benefits of tiger conservation efforts. Though India’s tiger conservation strategy focuses on recovering the ...

The Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka supports a healthy population of 150 tigers out of around 3,600 nationally, according to the 2022 tiger census report. “The survival of the tiger is closely ...