On August 5, a flash flood in river Kheer Gad flowing through Dharali, Uttarakhand, left 68 missing and one dead. Rescue ...

The book, My Head for a Tree, documents the past and present status of environmental activism by the Bishnoi community in Rajasthan. Using narrative nonfiction, it combines retelling of historical ...

Using high resolution satellite imagery and an artificial intelligence (AI) model, researchers have developed a new dataset that shows global drivers of deforestation at a one kilometre spatial ...

Groundwater resources in the drought-prone Bundelkhand region are mostly “safe,” according to an assessment done by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) in 2024. The Bundelkhand region comprises 14 ...

The 38th International Ethological Congress, Behaviour 2025, is being held at the end of August in Kolkata. Over the past 25 years, from the 26th Congress, also held in India, to the current Congress, ...

Simrin is a Staff Writer for Mongabay India, where she writes about climate change, national environmental policy, energy transitions, as well as the impacts of pollution on humans and nature. Before ...

Kundan Pandey is a journalist who writes on energy transition, environment, agriculture, land rights, tribes and natural resources.

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 ...

Arathi Menon is a senior staff writer. She is based in Mysore, Karnataka.

State governments and organisations are increasingly experimenting with parametric insurance to cope with losses from natural disasters.

Cricket has deep roots in Kashmir, with a bat manufacturing legacy from the 19th century. Challenges like identifying true cricket bat willow and government support are crucial for industry ...

Ambikapur, a city in Chhattisgarh, created its own decentralised waste management plan that not only minimises waste that reaches a landfill site, but also generates revenue for the local municipal ...