Protected areas only cover about 5.02 percent of India’s total area. Consequently, a large percentage of India’s wildlife live outside protected boundaries. This gives rise to situations spanning ...

Churpi, a variety of hardened cheese, is a popular traditional snack in the Himalayan belt of Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet and parts of northeastern India.Primarily made from yak milk, it can also be made ...

India’s Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) released draft guidelines for the safe management of waste related to solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, panels, and cells. The guidelines, released on ...

A tiger was lynched near Kaziranga National Park in Assam following months of concern after a man and livestock were killed by a tiger. Locals claim the forest department failed to act despite ...

The Asiatic lion population in Gujarat has increased, with 891 lions estimated in the state, according to data released in May 2025. Population estimation of Asiatic lions is carried out once every ...

The coast of Kerala witnessed a second shipping accident within 15 days with the Singapore-registered cargo ship M.V. Wan Hai 503 catching fire 88 nautical miles away from Kozhikode. Even before the ...

India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change notified a new set of regulations on how the benefits arising from the access and use of biological resources should be shared, altering ...

The MSC ELSA-3 shipwreck, off Kerala’s coast, spilled oil and plastic pellets, with potential impacts on marine life, coastal ecosystems and fishing livelihoods. Gaps in maritime law and weak ...

Indian artist and activist Dinesh Holla has been trekking the biodiverse Western Ghats and working with Indigenous communities for more than two decades. Among his efforts are campaigns against hydro ...

Many species of giant flying squirrels are found in South and Southeast Asia, but not much is known about these nocturnal, highly mobile animals that inhabit complex landscapes. Species distribution ...

In the warmer parts of southern India are found many wayside herbs, and small shrubs, such as cat’s claw (Martynia), devil’s trumpet (Datura), touch-me-not (Mimosa), yellow alder (Turnera), periwinkle ...

Environmental reporting in Indian languages is improving climate change reportage in the country. By communicating the message to different communities in their own language, journalists are creating ...