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EnvironmentIn a signed commentary, Wildlife Trust of India chief ecologist Samir Kumar Sinha argues that the move of tigress T138 from Bihar's Valmiki reserve to Buxa in West Bengal shows how a restored reserve can restock another, if prey, corridors and local communities are looked after.
CropsFarmers across the Kashmir Valley are turning rice fields into high-density apple orchards that earn several times more, but the shift has made the region more dependent on rice from Punjab and Haryana and may reduce groundwater recharge and flood storage.
EnvironmentA month of underwater recordings in the tidal Rupnarayan river found dolphin clicks peaked at 4-6 am and 6-8 pm and at water levels of 1.5-2 metres, findings that could change how surveys are timed.
FisheriesUnder the PMMSY scheme India approved 392 subsidised deep-sea vessels for traditional fishers in 2020-25, but only 131 have been ordered by September 2026, and early owners in Kerala report defective boats, delayed subsidies and mounting debt, a Mongabay-India investigation finds.
HealthDoctors and researchers tell Mongabay-India that extreme rain, heat and drought are changing when and where cholera, hepatitis, leptospirosis, dengue and malaria appear, while old drains and water systems amplify the risk.
EnvironmentAssam rarely meets the India Meteorological Department's temperature-only heatwave criteria, yet high humidity has pushed feels-like temperatures past 50°C in Guwahati, and the state still has no Heat Action Plan.
A PNAS perspective warns that about 24% of the wild relatives of 79 major vegetables are at risk of extinction, while Indian seed savers, chefs and school meal schemes try to bring lost varieties back.
EnvironmentA climate model of the rare Himalayan river bird finds suitable conditions may expand along mid-elevation rivers, but scientists warn that boulder and sand mining, garbage and dogs are degrading its breeding grounds.
EnvironmentOfficial estimates of villages at risk from the Godavari irrigation project's backwaters range from eight to 18, protective embankments have not been built, and residents say no one can tell them whether they will be displaced.
From 2 October Maharashtra begins issuing Women Farmers Certificates that recognise women in farming as farmers without land titles; Soumya Swaminathan says joint land titles must follow.
Duttaphrynus phawngpui lives in leaf litter above 2,000 metres in Phawngpui National Park and, like its relatives, depends on cool, humid sky-island habitat that is shrinking.
EnvironmentMore than 40,000 Indians declared exotic pets in 2020, and as red-eared sliders, iguanas and snakes are released or escape, experts warn of invasive species and call for rescue centres and a national surrender policy.
OpinionIn a Mongabay India commentary, fisheries researcher John Kurien explains why fishers near Thiruvananthapuram felt a colder sea this July despite El Nino: local monsoon-driven upwelling, not the Pacific, cools the coast.
