Batagur kachuga turtles have been translocated and released in the Ganga river and tagged with sonic devices to monitor them.

The primary cause for mass fish deaths in India's water bodies is water pollution, most often stemming from anthropogenic activities.

Kyasanur Forest Disease, a tick-borne viral illness, continues to wreak havoc in the Malenadu region of Karnataka, spreading to neighbouring states along the Western Ghats at an alarming rate.

Dam construction is one of the oldest, most preferred tools to manage freshwater for various uses. The practice reached a peak internationally in the 1960s and ’70s, but in recent years dam ...

The Sherpa Indigenous community in Nepal has lived in the lap of the world’s tallest mountains for centuries. Ever since Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay and New Zealand climber Edmund Hillary became ...

India’s biodiversity hotspots are being increasingly fragmented by roads, dams, plantations, and urbanisation, which disrupt the complex interdependent relationships among species. This fragmentation ...

The pressing issue of soil degradation in India needs immediate attention. Otherwise, it will have devastating impacts on agriculture and the environment.

The Save Silent Valley movement gained momentum as an altruistic people's campaign, involving students, scientists, and citizens.

India is not only a major source, but also a transit, and destination country for trafficked wildlife and wildlife products.

Where precisely is the threshold of environmental change that biodiversity can withstand before it is destabilised and collapses planetwide?

India is one of the most flood-prone countries in the world. Concretisation and development in the country’s floodplains reduce the carrying capacity of rivers and streams, which exacerbates urban ...

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