A new study shows that groundwater, not glaciers, is the lifeline of the Ganga river. Groundwater discharge increases the Ganga river’s volume by about 120% in the Gangetic Plains compared to its ...

One of the most elusive small cats, Pallas’s cat, was photographed for the first time as part of a survey in Arunachal Pradesh. The survey also recorded the presence of five other wild cats at heights ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. This one example highlights the co-benefits of tiger conservation efforts. Though India’s tiger conservation strategy focuses on recovering the ...

A 2,200 megawatt hydroelectric power project has been cleared for construction in Arunachal Pradesh, on the condition that project developers integrate simulations of glacial lake outburst flood ...

Manish Chandra Mishra is an Assistant Editor at Mongabay India, currently based in Delhi. A multimedia journalist with over a decade of experience in mainstream media, he has established himself as a ...

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 ...

A new species of fungi, Bridgeoporus kanadii, was discovered in West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, according to a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The United Nations has declared 2021-2030 as the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global call to revive the planet’s degraded landscapes. The aim ...

A new study from Assam reports that even dead and decapitated snakes can inject venom causing injuries if timely treatment is not provided. Envenomation by a dead snake can possibly be because of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A sweeping new executive order from the government has exempted the mining of critical and atomic minerals from public review, citing the role they ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Around the same time, in July, the Delhi government stopped fuel access to petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles older than 10 ...

Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley has been designated as India’s first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme, a move that puts the trans-Himalayan landscape ...