Jayanthi Kallam: healing a city’s wild denizens

June 01, 2021

A nest full of fledgling crows landed on our car one rainy morning a few years ago, when a branch from the large Rain Tree by our compound broke off. […]

Narayanagiri: The monolith hidden in plain sight

May 15, 2021

After five months of cocooning during the pandemic, we finally gathered some courage to venture out and spend a day watching birds. I had recently come across a photograph of […]

The Many Moods of River Kabini

May 15, 2021

Perhaps the most revered river in peninsular India is the Cauvery, known as ‘the Ganges of the south’. River Cauvery originates in the lush green forests of Kodagu (Coorg), Karnataka, […]

Pigeons of Karnataka

May 01, 2021

Karnataka is home to seven species of pigeons, ranging from the widespread to the endemics of the Western Ghats.   Grey-fronted Green-Pigeon or the Pompadour Green-Pigeon (Treron affinis) The pitter-patter […]

The Private Lives of Butterflies

April 15, 2021

My association with butterflies goes way back; it began with observing fluttering butterflies in my backyard in Bombay. Many butterflies such as Common Crow (Euploea core), Common Grass Yellow (Eurema […]

Leopard Diaries – The Rosette in India

April 05, 2021

Leopard Diaries – The Rosette in India Written by Sanjay Gubbi ‘Evolution is an exquisite artist, even if an unconscious one.’ – Eric Dinerstein The leopard is perhaps one of the […]

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