Indian Bullfrog and Purple Heron
Photo: Partha Sarathi Mitra A Purple Heron makes a meal of an Indian bullfrog. Frogs are secondary predators and in their tadpole stage, play a key role in recy Read More
Malabar Gliding Frog Rhacophorus Malabaricus
Photo: Shailesh Gupta Frogs aren’t fussy about their diet. Neither are they driven by the evolutionary instinct to care for their off spring, save for a few exc Read More
Indian Bullfrog Hoplobatrachus Tigerinus
Photo: Shashi Bhushan Mishra Frogs are often called “generalist” carnivores. Though their primary diet may comprise insects, frogs such as this Indian bullfrog Read More
Ant
Ants are social insects, living in complex communal colonies; each ant is an indelible part of the colony, and has its own highly specific role. In this mult Read More
Andaman Redwood seed
The branched veins on the leaf-like seed of an Andaman redwood tree Pterocarpus dalbergioides possessively protect the seed spore in its clasp resulting in this Read More
Compound Eye of a Fly
When observed under a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and magnified over 300 times, this compound eye of an unidentified fly reveals a stunning fractal patte Read More
Vein Skeleton of a Leaf
The softer tissues of a Ficus religiosa leaf have decomposed leaving behind this skeleton depicting a striking, reticulate-venation design with repeating units Read More
Snake scales
This is a close up of the geometric arrangement of scales or scutes on the body of an Andaman bronzeback. Ruthlessly functional, the scales are made from kerati Read More
Spider Web
Every micrometre of spider silk is vital to the web structure, which is both, a work of art and a precision-engineering feat. Tougher than steel of the same wei Read More
Fern leaf and spores
There is beauty in symmetry. The neat, geometrical arrangement of the sporangia or spore sacs on the undersides of the compound ‘leaves’ of the fern and the ‘le Read More
