Building bridges for India’s wildlife
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- October 16, 2026
A male western Hoolock gibbon hangs from the lower branches of a tree in the Hoollangapar Gibbon Sanctuary. | Photo Credit: Krunal Desai (CC BY-SA) The Hoolock gibbon is India’s…
Mining project threatens future of rare Jeypore ground gecko
- October 14, 2026
In the crevices of boulders and beneath the rustle of leaf litter in the hills of the Eastern Ghats in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh lives a tiny population of the…
India’s water plants are failing to catch elusive ‘forever chemicals’
- October 14, 2026
PFASs have been have been around for 60 years. India has no PFAS-specific drinking-water limit under the current IS 10500:2012 standard, although this could change. | Photo Credit: AFP Polyfluoroalkyl…
Invasive species may be the wrong enemy in a changing subcontinent
- October 12, 2026
Across India, campaigns against invasive alien species (IAS) are gathering administrative and judicial force. Authorities now identify, map, classify, and remove species deemed ecological threats. In the last year alone,…
Global warming is turning frogs’ sex reversal into an extinction risk
- October 12, 2026
Some fish can switch sex more than once over a lifetime. In lizards, genetically male hatchlings can be born looking and functioning as females. In some frogs, genetically female individuals…
India’s formidable cement footprint stands in its way to net-zero
- October 8, 2026
By 2047, India plans to become an economically developed country. By 2070, it aims to become a net-zero emissions economy. Achieving both of these targets requires the Indian government to…
Tamil Nadu may encounter El Niño differently from rest of India
- October 7, 2026
A view of the Kothapatnam beach. In an El Niño year, India has recorded deficient rainfall and more incidence of droughts, on average. However, Tamil Nadu has reported a strikingly…
Explained | What is relative humidity and why does it matter on a hot day?
- October 5, 2026
Relative humidity is a simple concept as weather phenomena go – but it has significant, far-reaching consequences for how we must take care of ourselves on a hot or wet…
Tuvalu: Barely above water
- October 4, 2026
Thanks to rising sea levels, scientists fear the entire archipelago could be unliveable by the end of the century
India’s river interlinks may carry invasive species farther
- September 30, 2026
The National River-Linking Project is the world’s most ambitious project of its kind to date, proposing to link 37 major river basins across India using 30 links, potentially redistributing around…