Dolphin Flower
Delphinium malabaricum is the only representative species of its genus in the Western Ghats, with all the remaining species in India distributed in Read More
The Petal Lip
The winter ephemeral Eulophia andamanensis (Eu and lephos together mean ‘beautiful plume’ (lip petal) and ‘Andam Read More
Hello There
Eulophia pratensis or meadow eulophia is a ground orchid endemic to the Western Ghats. Found in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the Read More
Amidst The Leaves
Zeuxine longilabris or long-lipped zeuxine is a ground orchid found in the leaf litter of semi-evergreen forests at elevations of 600-900 m. Read More
Call of the (Re)Wild:
Rewilding is eponymous with the name Pradip Krishen in India. His seminal work of 12 years is the stunning ecological restoration of the Rao Jodha Desert Roc Read More
A Desert Showcase
The same landscape, now restored (previous page), bears scant resemblance to its original, degraded (above) avatar eight years ago. Kishan Bagh is a sprawlin Read More
Phoenix from the Ashes
What does it take to bring back a unicorn? Caught in the crossfire of human strife, the last one-horned rhino Rhinoceros unicornis disappeared from Read More
Going the Whole Hog
A tiny suid trundles through the dense grass, a symbol of international collaboration to preserve a species. The critically endangered pygmy hog Porcula Read More
This Bos Needs Protection
The largest extant bovid species in the world, the gaur Bos gaurus inhabits evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests in India. Despite Read More
A Web of Life
A strategically-fabricated giant wood spider Nephila pilipes web stretches between foliage in the Bandipur National Park. Spiders control insect and Read More
