India is home to two major mountain ranges that shape its geography and climate. Stretching along different coasts, these ...

Bodinayakanur is known as the Cardamom City of India due to its historic role as a major trading centre for cardamom grown in ...

A team of scientists has uncovered a new species of worm-like caecilian from the northern Western Ghats. The new species, ...

Renowned ecologist Madhav Gadgil, whose work reshaped conservation policy and the Western Ghats debate, leaves behind a ...

Despite the report’s fate, Gadgil continued to champion the cause of protecting the fragile mountains from mindless ...

T he Western Ghats are one of India's most iconic landscapes, but most people seem to think of them as lush, evergreen forests dotting the mountains. Actually, this biodiversity hotspot has several ...

The report submitted by Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel, later known as the Gadgil Commission, recommending strict ...

The cordyceps fungus of "The Last of Us" may not pose a real risk of zombie-fying humankind, but can the same be said of our amphibian friends? Indian scientists on a nature walk through the foothills ...

India’s tallest waterfalls aren’t roadside sights - they’re earned. Hidden in rainforests, national parks, and remote ...

Noted ecologist Madhav Gadgil, known for his work on the Western Ghats, has passed away in Pune after a brief illness, family ...

A team of scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has discovered a rare, subterranean amphibian species in the ...