Plastics may be affordable and convenient but their production burdens people living near the refineries. Fossil fuel extraction and the manufacture of polymers, the source of plastics, are associated ...

Wild edible plants enhance food security and climate resilience in Kashmir, finds study ...

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 ...

New research from 141 Indian cities reveals that seasonal climate and geography lead to contrasting regional signatures of ...

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 ...

Your Environment This Week: Dung beetles, City dwelling urban jackals and Frogs in fields ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. As entomologists, we spend countless hours in the field, meticulously observing and collecting data on insects. Yet, every so often, nature rewards ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In a world saturated with digitally altered images, the pressure to conform to manufactured standards of beauty is relentless. The pursuit of ...

Between the late 1980s and early 2000s, civil unrest impacted wildlife in Assam’s Manas National Park. Twenty years after the conflict, researchers have found that elephant, wild buffalo, and tiger ...

A new study notes that among vulnerable populations, people with disabilities (PWDs) are often disproportionately affected during disasters, yet their needs are often overlooked. PWDs are rarely ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In the village of Pachdongri in Maharashtra’s Melghat region, Pantti Dhande has just one task that takes up her entire day — fetching water for her ...

Uttar Pradesh (UP) has set an ambitious target for rooftop solar under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli (PMSG) scheme. Across many districts in UP however, inflated or incorrect bills are the biggest ...