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From snakes to skins, monsoon is prime time for reptile sightings. These simple, eco-friendly tips will help keep your home and garden reptile-free.

This month, swap crowded cities for cobbled lanes and colonial charm. Puducherry offers a slice of France — with a South Indian twist. Think bougainvillaea-draped villas, cycling cafés, Creole cuisine, and calm you can carry home in 24 hours.

Anirudha and Sucheta Ambekar, both IT professionals, turned their longing for rural life into reality. Their sustainable home, ‘Anant Farms’, near Pune, is built using stones and antique teakwood, emulating traditional architecture while incorporating modern sustainability practices, including rainwater harvesting and solar power.

Frederick Walter Champion is considered the 'Father of Camera Trap Photography'. Conservationists today use this method to calculate tiger census and monitor their movements.

Bibi Fatima Women’s Self-Help Group from Dharwad’s Teertha village wins UNDP’s Equator Initiative Award for pioneering sustainable farming practices, millet revival initiatives, and unwavering commitment to food and nutritional security.

What if waste could earn you money, feed your soil, and bring jobs to your village? That’s what Mohammad Aamir Khan is proving with Green Wave and Waste to Health in South Kashmir.

Amid India’s growing water crisis, meet five inspiring water warriors who are restoring ponds, building check dams, and bringing clean water to millions. This September, The Better India Showcase 2025 is honouring their impact.

Turn your kitchen into a mini science lab with these five easy and safe experiments for kids. From bubbling volcanoes to dancing raisins and stretchy slime, each activity uses everyday items to spark curiosity, explain simple science concepts, and create joyful, hands-on learning moments for the whole family.

Diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) at the age of 15, Varun Anand found his calling in sports. This is a case in point for the power of transplants and how they can transform a life.

Rani Sunny from Idukki developed a range of innovative products from Jackfruit— including dried jackfruit, dried jackfruit powder, frozen tender jackfruit, wholesome jackfruit powder, dried jackfruit seed, dried jackfruit seed powder, and jackfruit pulp -- All from a small room near her house.