Sanctuary Asia

The Sanctuary Nature Foundation’s flagship Sanctuary Asia magazine founded and edited by Bittu Sahgal has been in continuous publication since 1981 and remains India's leading and best-loved magazine in its genre. Browse through select articles from our past issues.
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A Day at the Museum.
As an ecologist studying grassland birds, Sutirtha visited the Natural History Museum at Tring to explore the lives avians through the stored specimens.

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Spaceship Earth September 2023
Space facts, jokes and more!

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Wildlife Hero Abdul Rehman Mir
Joanna Van Gruisen fondly remembers the brave and staunch wildlife defender of Dachigam, in Jammu & Kashmir.

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I Finally Saw Brown Bears
Himalayan bears eluded Mahmood Ahmed Shah for a decade, until fortune finally favoured him with a glimpse of a female with cubs, in the Ladakh Himalaya.

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Wildlife Photographers Speak - th...
Seven wildlife photographers speak their mind on emerging trends, and the importance of wildlife photography today.

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The Brugmansia's New Home
What happens if a species has no natural home to return to? Soham Kacker writes about the intriguing Brugmansia, and how it survives through human cultivation.

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The Sanctuary Papers - August 202...
Oddments of natural history with a smattering of scientific discoveries thrown in for good measure.

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Loving Birds in the Midst of a Pa...
Cooped up in his home during the COVID19 pandemic lockdown, Shubhobroto Ghosh takes up birdwatching, and find solace in the beauty of birds all around them.

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Book Review: Marginlands
Shatakshi Gawade reviews Marginlands: Indian Landscapes on the Brink by Arati Kumar-Rao.

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Memories of MAPS (M.A. Partha Sar...
Vance Martin and Mimi Partha Sarathy write about the late M.A. Partha Sarathy, champion of biodiversity conservation.

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Of Lesser-Known Stripes Among Tan...
Tiasa Adhya and Justin Jones write about the first fishing cat population estimation in West Bengal, and the vital need to safeguard the species’ future.

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Meet Ruth Sophia Padel
The great-great-grandchild of Charles Darwin, Ruth Padel is a British writer, poet, singer, viola player, academician and conservationist.

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