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

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadri or “benevolent mountains,” form a majestic 1,600-kilometre-long chain running parallel to the western ...

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 ...

People living in informal settlements and outdoor workers experience heat impacts far more severely than others. Heat Action Plans must account for the lived experiences of the people, and incorporate ...

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, ...

Kartik Chandramouli is a Mumbai-based multimedia editor and journalist. As the Senior Digital Editor at Mongabay India, he leads audio and visual reporting on the environment, collaborating with ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trees outside forests play a critical role in rural agroforestry systems. They provide wood, fruits, fodder, improve soil fertility, regulate microclimates, and contribute to environmental and public ...

Srinagar’s Achan landfill, holding more than a million tonnes of untreated waste, is polluting Anchar lake and other wetlands through toxic leachate and methane emissions. People who live next to the ...

The second state-wide snow leopard survey in Himachal Pradesh has estimated 83 individuals, with the true number likely between 67 and 103. This marks an increase from 51 snow leopards recorded in ...

Jane Goodall, primatologist, conservationist, and messenger of hope, has died at the age of 91. During the first part of her career, studying the behaviour of chimpanzees in the forests of Gombe in ...