A Web of Life
A rhinoceros beetle Dynastinae trundles across a tree trunk in Banarhat, West Bengal. Spiders control insect and pest populations across varied ecos Read More
Return of the Deer
The eastern swamp deer Rucervus duvaucelii ranjitsinhi, or barasingha, once boasted a healthy population in Protected Areas in Assam, but p Read More
Hope is the Thing with Feathers
The devastating crash in Gyps vulture populations in the 1990s owing to the veterinary use of diclofenac is well-recorded, with the once-ubiquitous birds bec Read More
Leaping into an Unknown Future
The Panna Tiger Reserve lost its roar in 2009, when its population of around 40 tigers were virtually wiped out. This followed closely on the heels of Sarisk Read More
Rainforests of the Sea
With climate change heating up the oceans, the mass bleaching events of coral reefs are heartbreakingly common. This makes the restoration of coral reefs an Read More
Rewilding the Ocean Floor One Seagrass Meadow
Seagrass beds that occur along coastal India are threatened by crude bottom trawling that destroys the substrate upon which the grasses grow. Seagrasses trap Read More
Gazella Scape
Text by Prachi Galange
From mighty snow-clad mountains to sand-strewn coasts, from moist wa Read More
Sidewinder Side-Eye
A diamond-patterned Sochurek’s saw-scaled viper Echis carinatus sochureki, subspecies of the saw-scaled viper, is seen coiled on the sand dune Read More
Prickly Portrait
A silhouetted hedgehog, of the family Erinaceidae, highlights its spiky outline on the sands of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. This mammal rolls into a ball when thre Read More
Shake It Off
The Laungwala toad-headed agama Bufoniceps laungwalaensis can be seen in the process of burying itself in the sand dunes of Sam, Jaisalmer. It liter Read More