Official issue warning on worsening crisis in local landscape: 'Spreads very rapidly'

Residents across Belfast are voicing concern over the rampant spread of Himalayan balsam, an invasive plant threatening ...

Rare Himalayan serow photographed for first time in Uttarkashi’s Kuthnaur range

Uttarkashi: The rare Himalayan serow has been sighted for the first time in Uttarkashi district, with forest officials ...
Odisha Diary

Second state-wide assessment confirms robust snow leopard population in Himachal Pradesh, sets new benchmark for wildlife monitoring: Report

Himachal Pradesh, with 44 unique adults detected in six representative sites First official record of Pallas’s cat in Kinnaur and rediscovery of woolly flying ...

Wild herbs, once central to Ladakh’s cuisine and life, are fading from memory and the landscape

Some local initiatives and residents are striving to preserve these plants and the traditional knowledge on how to use them.

This place in Himachal Pradesh has become India’s first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve

Spiti, India's first high-altitude Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, now joins UNESCO's World Network. This designation elevates ...

Wildlife conservation in India: time to look beyond the tiger

While the tiger remains of conservation significance across the country, at the state level, we need a greater political and ...

How India’s unplanned hydropower dams and tunnels are disrupting Himalayan landscapes

Hydropower infrastructure may bring economic and geopolitical advantages, but India risks undermining the mountains that protect its people, wildlife and borders.