Common Ants of Karnataka: Part 2

June 01, 2017

Read the first of this two-part series on the common ants of Karnataka, here:  ­­­Common Ants of Karnataka: Part 1 The Harvesters On a hot afternoon, when all appears silent […]

Every Tree Counts!

June 01, 2017

In the last few decades, rapid urbanisation and unplanned construction have caused the loss of several trees in the city. Residents of Bengaluru from the 1980s and 1990s would have […]

Bengaluru: the culture and tradition of the open well

May 15, 2017

For Mr. Balasubramanian ‘Baloo’ Sastry, it is a ritual that cannot be missed. With his grand-daughter for company, the 81-year-old walks to his open well and measures the increase or […]

Dung Beetle

May 15, 2017

Puff, pant, puff, pant… is what you are very likely to hear when any human being is asked to roll an object many times his size and weight. But I […]

A Tale of Two Safaris

May 15, 2017

I gripped the railing of the safari jeep a little tighter, as it whizzed past the villages and fields of Kabini on a crisp February morning. Sadly, it was almost […]

The Plant Whisperer – Ganesh Babu

May 01, 2017

Ganesh Babu calls himself a gardener, of a garden so special that it hosts over 1500 species of medicinal plants from all over India. He literally talks to plants and […]

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