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Baghjan blowout

Report on Baghjan blowout says it may take more than 10 years for even a partial recovery of the destruction caused to the landscape

A report on the impact of the Baghjan blowout in Assam details the all-round loss to people living in the area, and to animal and plant species as a r

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The status of the leopard in India

Although small in size, the leopard, estimated at around 13,000 in India, is a skilled and versatile hunter. But the fact is that there are six leopar

Spider-man of the animal world

Although small in size, the leopard, estimated at around 13,000 in India, is a skilled and versatile hunter. But the fact is that there are six leopar

Baghjan blowout

A gas well explosion that is now an ecological nightmare

An inquiry report lists the massive damage to ecology and wildlife caused by the five-month-long blowout and explosion at OIL’s gas well at Baghjan in

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The Pallas’ cat: A small wildcat found in the high-altitude snowy wilderness habitats of some of the remotest places on the earth

The Pallas’ cat inhabits pristine high-altitude snowy wilderness habitats where it can blend with the landscape. This makes it a challenge for anyone

Text by G. Shaheed,Photographs by Shefiq Basheer Ahammed

Small ghost of the mountain

The Pallas’ cat inhabits pristine high-altitude snowy wilderness habitats where it can blend with the landscape. This makes it a challenge for anyone

Text by G. Shaheed,Photographs by Shefiq Basheer Ahammed

All about leopards

Reflecting a decade’s worth of research, the conservation biologist Sanjay Gubbi’s authoritative book on leopards is at once a handbook on the big cat

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

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Leopards are one of the four big cats of the Panthera lineage that share the ability to roar, the other three being lions, tigers and jaguars.

Conservation biologist Sanjay Gubbi brings out a definitive book on leopards based on years of fieldwork in Karnataka’s forests

Reflecting a decade’s worth of research, the conservation biologist Sanjay Gubbi’s authoritative book on leopards is at once a handbook on the big cat

Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed

Threats to the Deepor Beel

Deepor Beel, a Ramsar site near Guwahati in Assam, known for its fish and bird diversity and rich aquatic vegetation that attracts wild elephants, fac

Sushanta Talukdar,Photographs by Ritu Raj Konwar

Wild Asiatic elephants frolicking and foraging in Deepor Beel on the outskirts of Guwahati.

Deepor Beel, the riverine wetland in lower Brahmaputra valley, on the brink

Deepor Beel, a Ramsar site near Guwahati in Assam, known for its fish and bird diversity and rich aquatic vegetation that attracts wild elephants, fac

Sushanta Talukdar,Photographs by Ritu Raj Konwar

A Tickell’s blue flycatcher.

Where birds come to bathe in the Dandeli forest

The Dandeli forest in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka is a birder’s delight that offers rewarding sightings of a myriad of avian species. Text &

Birds of Dandeli forest

The Dandeli forest in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka is a birder’s delight that offers rewarding sightings of a myriad of avian species.

Sudha Mahalingam,Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam