While India has expanded legal protections for sharks and rays, key breeding, nursery, and feeding habitats remain vulnerable. A new study has identified 11 Important Shark and Ray Areas in the Indian ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. India’s development story, like much of the world, continues to be told through a single number: Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Every quarter, GDP ...

India’s environment ministry has proposed extending environmental clearance validity for ports and harbours, citing long project gestation periods. The decision was shaped by two expert committees ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. Neelavathi (37), an Irula woman from Vazhaithottam village in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris district, has had several reasons to celebrate over the past ...

Climate-driven warming and shifting monsoon patterns are projected to alter the water chemistry, threatening fish habitat and the ecological balance of Manipur’s Loktak lake. A new study finds that ...

More than half of the habitat suitable for muggers falls outside the existing protected areas, leaving much of the species’ potential habitat exposed to human pressures. Smaller, concentrated wetland ...

Heavy monsoon rains have led to flash floods and landslides across India’s northeast states, leaving at least three people dead in Arunachal Pradesh, inundating villages in Assam, damaging ...