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Boon of the Curse: Unholy Chambal
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Namma Ankasamudra: Jewel of North Karnataka
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Land of Bears and Boulders: Sloth Bears of Daroji
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The Wilds of Daroji
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Virtual Tour: Eastern Ghats Biodiversity Centre, Visakhapatnam
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Into the Depths
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The Unseen World of Corals
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Spirited Away: In Search of the Deo Haanh
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A Golden Dawn: Raimona National Park
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The Manas Story: From Hunters to Protectors
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Rhizophora Mangroves: Sentinels of our coast
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Mangalajodi: A Village that Guards a Wetland
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Marine Bioacoustics: The Sound of Water
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Filming Munsiyari: Behind the Lens with Director Neha Dixit
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#WomensDaySpecial: The Van Panchayats of Uttarakhand and their Women Leaders
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Mumbai’s Tide Pools: A Secret World
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April Showers Bring May Flowers in Munsiyari
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Echoes of the Swiftlets: Exploring the Hidden World of the Indian Swiftlet
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Flight of Hope: Saving Rajasthan's Chandlai Lake
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Land of the Giants: Rhinos of Jaldapara
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Black Necked Stork: King of the Marshes
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Gateway to the Northeast: Jaldapara National Park
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The Fragile Gori Basin
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The Sal Symphony
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Gurudongmar: A Lake among the Peaks
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Krem Umladaw: The Descent into Darkness
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Wings of Hope: A Bustling Village and their Bird Friends
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City of Lakes at Risk: Why Udaipur’s Wetlands Need Your Attention
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Orans of Rajasthan: A Sacred Oasis at the Cusp of Change
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How Citizens turned this Toxic Waterbody in Gurugram into a Bird Haven
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Jungle Tales: Kumbhalgarh Through the Eyes of a Forest Guard
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Basai Wetland: Why We Must Save Gurgaon’s Bird Paradise
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"If the Aravallis Go, We Go": The Fight for Delhi-NCR's Lifeline
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A Year in the Life of Panna: A Wild Star Cast, Shifting Seasons, and Drama at Every Bend
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In Conversation With Dr MK Ranjitsinh, Architect of India's Wildlife Laws
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Wild, Wild West: Little Rann of Kutch and Velavadar
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Saving the Forgotten Wilds of Koppal: Why This Biodiverse Ecosystem Needs to Be Conserved
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Concrete Jungle: A Wildlife Tracker Reveals the Wild Side of Delhi
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Caves of Meghalaya: A Quest into a Dark, Mystical Underworld
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Great Nicobar: Rare Creatures of a Remote Island
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Understanding Bioacoustics: When the Wild Creatures Sing
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Namdapha National Park: The Last Frontier of the Northeast
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Romulus Whitaker: A Life Less Ordinary
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Challenge and Change in the Changthang
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Dhritiman Mukherjee: Training the Lens on Conservation Photography
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The Orchestra of a Forest Island
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Life Under Monsoon Clouds
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Don’t let Dibang Valley be Damned
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Sundarbans: Nature’s Wall of Defence
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Thar: The Secret Lives of a Harsh Desert
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Tso Kar: A White Lake that Welcomes Birds
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How Kaziranga National Park is Reborn, Every Year
Photo Story
Hiding in Plain Sight: Mumbai’s Tide Pools and the City Beyond the Shore
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Celebrating the Festive Season with an Underwater Christmas Tree
Hero
Anil Mistry: The Ex-Poacher Who Rescues Tigers
Photo Story
Meghalaya’s Caves: The Secret World Beneath the Surface
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A People’s Campaign that Rewrote India’s Environmental Narrative
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Communities and Authorities Clash at Namdapha as Deforestation Escalates
Habitat
Dark Waters: The Disappearing Myristica Swamps
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The Flooding of Kaziranga
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Lessons in Citizen Science and Community Stewardship in Latpanchar
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The Circle of Life in Bharatpur
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Life in a Seagrass Meadow
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Drones Give Wildlife Conservation an Added Edge
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Goan Villagers Stand Against Big, Unsustainable Projects
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The Resonance of Restoration
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How Tea Gardens in Darjeeling and Kalimpong Can Contribute Towards Landscape Conservation
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Secrets of Survival: Struggle and Strife Between the Tides
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A Match Made in Heaven: Traditional Wisdom and Modern Science
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Coral Reefs of India: What Makes them Important Ecosystems
Wild Vault
Wildlife Warriors: The Guardians of Kaziranga Brave On
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How the Bugun Liocichla is Keeping an Indigenous Culture in the Northeast Alive
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Leatherback Sea Turtles: Giants of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Reforesting Arunachala Hill in Tiruvannamalai
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High and Dry: The Cauvery’s Otters Need Their River Back
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What are Wetlands?
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Mangroves: Forests, Coast Guards, Threats
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Cherish the Grove: A Foray into the Forests of the Coromandel Coast
Urban Jungle
Kharghar’s Hills are Alive with the Sound of Birdsong
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Future in Jeopardy: The Wild Water Buffalo in Assam
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In Our Filth: When Wild Animals Forage in Polluted Habitats
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Removal of Invasive Prosopis May Affect Livelihoods in Banni Grasslands, Says Study
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Rajasthan’s Desert Ecology Impacted by Unusually Heavy Rains
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Untreated Legacy Waste is Harming Deepor Beel Wetland
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Olive Ridley Turtles Threatened by Upcoming Port in Karnataka
Urban Jungle
Mumbai’s Mangroves: Forests of Breathing Roots
Urban Jungle
Mangar Bani: Delhi NCR’s Wild and Wonderful Neighbour
Urban Jungle
On a Wing: Dhanauri Wetland, a Birdwatcher’s Wonderland
Urban Jungle
Pallikaranai Marshland: An Urban Wetland on the Brink
Urban Jungle
Aarey: The Wild Heart of Mumbai
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Save Thano: Dehradun’s Green Lung
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Caracal in Crisis: From a Life among Royals, to Fighting for Survival
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Beyond Borders: Tiger Movement Between India and Nepal Increasingly Restricted
Green Humour
Wildlife Photography Exhibitions: Then and Now
Green Humour
The Plastic in My Belly
Green Humour
Save Dibang! Listen to Mishmi Takin
Green Humour
Cheer Pheasant Clears the Air on Uttarakhand Fires
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What is Biodiversity?
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Migratory Birds: How Far Do They Travel?
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What is Habitat Fragmentation?
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Deserts Decoded
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What are Wildlife Corridors?
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How the Coastal Road Threatens Mumbai’s Secret Marine World
Photo Story
When the Big Flood Came to Kaziranga
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Why We Need to Save Amboli from Ourselves
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All in a Day’s Work: A Ringside View of Kumbhalgarh’s Wildlife
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Lakshadweep Islands: Radiant Speckles in the Sea
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The Last Frontier: Hills, Herons, and the Habitat of Namdapha National Park
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Sharavathi: Lament of a River
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Saving Cranes: Why We Need to Protect These Tall Wading Birds
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Life and Livelihoods along Coringa’s Mangrove Forest
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Tulasi Gowda: How She Brings Forests to Life
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Puja Mitra: Changing the Tide for Goa’s Marine Life
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Painting a Canvas: Vijay Dhasmana, The Rewilder
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N Badusha: Crusader for Wayanad’s Wilds
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Vasanth Bosco: Choosing the Promise of the Present
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Island Fever: A Lifelong Obsession with the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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The Blue Mountains: Love and Longing for the Shola Grasslands
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The swimming camels of Kutch
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Rising Mining Activities Threaten Tiger Habitats
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Gurugram, Faridabad at Risk from Illegal Mining in Aravallis
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Proposed Hydropower Project Threatens the Bodh Fish
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India’s Only Wolf Sanctuary Threatened by Mining
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Chhattisgarh's Next Tiger Reserve – Bhoramdeo or Guru Ghasidas?
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Forest Fires Raise Questions Over Management of Similipal National Park
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A Spotlight on the Scorpions of the Western Ghats
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Two Lakh Trees Face Axe for Diamond Mine in Buxwaha
Wild Vault
High and Dry: The Gradual Erosion of Ladakh’s ‘Dry Toilet’ Culture
Wild Vault
Delhi’s Unlikely Stopover: Finding Everything in the Middle of Nothing
Wild Vault
Droughts Mitigated at Lamkani through Grassland Restoration
Urban Jungle
A Date with Mumbai’s Marine Wildlife
Urban Jungle
Hesaraghatta Lake and the Savannah of Silicon City
Urban Jungle
Building Nests to Save Delhi’s Sparrows
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The Fellowship of the Grove
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Najafgarh – Wetland or Wasteland?
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Bringing a Forest Back from the Brink
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Offtrack in Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary
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The Women Who Walk with Rhinos
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Flight of the Magnificent Hornbills
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With its Habitat in Danger, the Grizzled Giant Squirrel Struggles to Survive
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Not Wastelands: Non-forest Habitats of the Western Ghats
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The Guest in My Paddy Field: The Return of the Sarus Crane
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Out of Place: Invasive Species in the Western Ghats
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Restoring the Rainforest around Pakke, One Tree at a Time
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How a Colonial Hunter Inspired Conservation Efforts
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Guardians of the Sundari: Reviving the Mangroves in the Sundarbans
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Stepping Stones to Tiger Security: The Need for Inclusive Conservation Models
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Writing On the Wall: Heed the Message from this Pandemic
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Dhangars of Saswad: How Traditional Livelihoods Conserve Unique Ecosystems
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The New Tribe of Warriors of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
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Amphan Aftermath: A Resilient Mangrove Forest Struggles to Survive
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Vembanad Lake: A Chance of Revival for the Dying Lake
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How Protecting Small Forest Patches Can Make a Big Difference
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Art for Dehing Patkai: Amazon of the East
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Cheaper Modes to Transport Coal are Environmental Threats
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A Flood and a Forest: When Brahma’s Son Engulfs Kaziranga
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Lives in the Balance: Unravelling Koppal’s Shared Spaces
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Death Knell for the Sharavathi?
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Tribal Districts in Odisha Lead the Way in Coexistence with Environment
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Fighting a Race Against Extinction: India’s Only Pitcher Plant
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Magical Mollem: The Fight to Save Goa’s Largest Wildlife Sanctuary
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Gujarat’s Wildlife Habitats Call for Protection
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Mount Abu’s Sloth Bears Tread on Thin Line
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Gulf of Mannar’s Corals Endangered by Marine Debris
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Including Local Community in Protecting Forests Costs Less than Excluding them: Report
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Choosing Between Elephants and Humans in the Nilgiris
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Brahmaputra’s River Islands Threatened by Burning and Clearing of Grasslands
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Last Stand: The Kolar Leaf-nosed Bat and its Forgotten Cave
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The Vanishing Grasslands and Wetlands of India
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Economy or Ecology? Eucalyptus Plantations in Coastal Andhra Raises Concern
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Sindhudurg’s Cashew Nut Plantations Offer Refuge to Wild Mammals
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Alien Fish Proliferate as Extreme Climate Events Rise
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The Mangroves of Andaman Islands and Tamil Nadu
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Keoladeo Ghana National Park: Floating Laboratory of Bharatpur
Urban Jungle
When Flamingos Frolic and Feed in the Talawe Wetlands
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Deforestation Threatens Western Ghats' Amphibians
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Protecting Land and Life: Dibang Valley’s First Community Conserved Area
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Between the Global and Local: Making Sense of Climate Change in the Lakshadweep Archipelago
Urban Jungle
Basai Wetlands Thrive Just a Short Hop From Gurugram’s Glitzy Malls
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From Poachers to Protectors in Birding Hotspot Mangalajodi
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Plastic
Urban Jungle
Longwood Shola, the Only Urban Shola Forest in the Nilgiris
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Safeguarding Mangrove Plantations in the Sundarbans
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Turbines Taking the Wind Out of Wildlife’s Sails
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Friends in Low Places: Connecting with the Ocean
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The Living Root Bridges of Meghalaya
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Counting Wolves Through Their Calls
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190 Dolphins Recorded in Mahananda Face Survival Challenges
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New Conservation Reserve Offers Glimmer of Hope for Dugongs
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All That is Green is Not Forest
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Unchecked Tree Planting in Grasslands Threatens Native Biodiversity, Warns Ecologist
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Disturbed by Mining, Chattisgarh’s Elephants Move to Gadchiroli
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Over-exploitation of Groundwater Threatens Gondwana Fishes
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Canopy Bridge Comes to Gibbons’ Rescue
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Coal Mining Hazard Looms Over Hasdeo Arand
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Addressing the Human-wildlife Conflict Challenge
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Troubled Waters: Alien Plants and Water Stress in the Nilgiris
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Gone Rogue: The Golden Shower Turns Invasive in the Western Ghats
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Coast Guards: How Women are Protecting Sindhudurg’s Mangroves
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Kole’s waterman: Protecting a wetland through paddy cultivation
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Anant Shankar: Saving the Mangroves of the Godavari Delta
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Abhinav Bharti: Guardian Angel of Todgarh-Raoli Wildlife Sanctuary
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Why Woodpeckers Peck the Largest Trees
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