If you liked this story, share it with other people. Ladakh’s cold desert climate is marked by low rainfall, thin air, intense solar radiation, and harsh winters. Amidst this barrenness, wild edible ...

The detainment of environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk under anti-terror laws has drawn national condemnation, seen as part of a broader pattern of suppressing ...

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 ...

In a perhaps first of its kind documentation, a fishing cat in the Sundarbans was photographed while preying on a monitor ...

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

New research comparing 141 cities across India reveals that seasonal climate and geography lead to contrasting regional signatures of aerosol pollution. Cities in northern India have cleaner air ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Each morning, Laxman Shankar Dalvi, a 53-year-old Warli indigenous resident, begins his day at six in the morning, working on his field in Gaondevi ...

In Arunachal Pradesh, endangered dholes are attacking mithuns, sacred bovines vital to tribal livelihoods, leading to retaliatory killings. Since the beginning of 2025, more than 50 mithuns have been ...

Across the world, grasslands support unique biodiversity, provide ecosystem services and are a source of livelihood for nomadic and pastoral communities dependent on them. Grasslands also face ...

Aditi Tandon is a Senior Production Editor at Mongabay India.