India’s Snow Leopards: The Ghosts of the Himalayas and Their Untold Importance
India is home to one of the most elusive and least-seen species in the wild – the snow leopard, known fondly as the “Ghost of the Himalayas” The elusive large…
India’s First-Ever Snow Leopard Census Finds 718 Cats in the Himalayas
India has completed its first-ever nationwide scientific census of snow leopards, revealing an estimated 718 individuals thriving in the country’s high-altitude Himalayan regions. The survey, a landmark conservation milestone, provides…
Urban Composting Movements: The Local Champions Revolutionizing City Green
Urban composting initiatives are picking pace in India, both spurred by the urgency of urban organic waste overload and by citizens and local authorities taking up the challenge to spearhead…
Bee Conservation Entrepreneurs: Young People Making Buzz for Ecology
Throughout India, a quiet revolution is in the making as young entrepreneurs convert bee-farming into one of the most coveted yet marginalized of nature’s treasures that is the honeybee. Seeing…
India’s Forgotten Salt Pans Beyond Kutch: Stories from the Coastal Heartlands
When most people think of salt in India, the white desert of the Rann of Kutch immediately comes to mind. Its endless sparkling stretches have become an icon, attracting travelers,…
Meghalaya’s Living Root Bridges Are India’s Slowest Infrastructure—and Its Most Enduring Protest
In the saturated silence of Meghalaya’s monsoon forests, where rivers carve ravines and clouds cling to cliffs, bridges do not rise—they grow. The Living Root Bridges of the Khasi and…
The Malabar Pied Hornbill: Guardian of India’s Forests Faces a Fragile Future
In the shadowed canopy of the Western Ghats, a black-and-white silhouette glides past ancient fig trees. Its wingbeats echo like a slow helicopter. Its casque, hollow and regal, catches the…