Women undertake most of the menial labour in traditional paddy cultivation, bearing the brunt of climate change while also unwittingly contributing to emissions. Studies highlight that women paddy ...

Climate change could shift the range of India’s Big Four venomous snakes towards human-dominated areas, increasing snakebite risks in northern and northeastern states. The study links climate, ...

People living in informal settlements and outdoor workers experience heat impacts far more severely than others. Heat Action Plans must account for the lived experiences of the people, and incorporate ...

Manish Chandra Mishra is an Assistant Editor at Mongabay India, currently based in Delhi. A multimedia journalist with over a decade of experience in mainstream media, he has established himself as 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 ...

One of the most elusive small cats, Pallas’s cat, was photographed for the first time as part of a survey in Arunachal Pradesh. The survey also recorded the presence of five other wild cats at heights ...

Jane Goodall, primatologist, conservationist, and messenger of hope, has died at the age of 91. During the first part of her career, studying the behaviour of chimpanzees in the forests of Gombe in ...

The second state-wide snow leopard survey in Himachal Pradesh has estimated 83 individuals, with the true number likely between 67 and 103. This marks an increase from 51 snow leopards recorded in ...

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

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