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Wildlife
Every hour, six people die of snake bite in India: Herpetologist Sumanth Bindumadhav
Snakebites claim more lives in India than all other animal-related deaths combined, yet this crisis remains largely invisible.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Wildlife
‘Every hour, six people die of snake bite in India’: Herpetologist Sumanth Bindumadhav
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Wildlife
Snakebites kill more Indians than all other wildlife combined
Karnataka’s groundbreaking move to track snakebites reveals the true scale of a crisis that has been slithering under the radar for decades.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Environment
The Great Nicobar Betrayal
Frontline News Desk
Books
Caracal: The mystery cat
A redolently illustrated, rigorously scientific, and richly historical book tells the story of one of India’s most elusive cats.
Divya Gandhi
News
Much ado about a logo
How a logo on a T-shirt in an old photograph of a former employee has put WCS-India into a nervous flutter.
Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed
Environment
How a hydropower project threatens the wildlife of Arunachal Pradesh
With its renewed clearances, the project raises red flags as the eco-sensitive region is home to at least two species of critically endangered birds.
Rishika Pardikar
More stories from Wildlife
India’s cheetah project: A costly diversion from more pressing priorities
The project, hailed as a saviour for abused ecosystems and endangered species, now faces scrutiny over its suitability, transparency and feasibility.
Ravi Chellam
How tigers in Uttarakhand’s Thano range are under threat from an airport project
A WWF-Uttarakhand Forest Department study found new evidence of a breeding, thriving population of tigers at the Shivalik Elephant Reserve.
Rishika Pardikar
Click, click, hoot, hoot: How one man photographed all species of owls in India
The Indian subcontinent is home to about 38 species of owls. One fine day, Dhiraj Singh set out to click them all. Here’s what happened.
Dhiraj Singh
Jumbo ties: Bhutan, Assam share a long history of joint domestication of elephants
An initiative by the first king of Bhutan fostered cross-border relations between different cultures.
Tshering Tashi
Listing of Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary as Ramsar site means little
The conservation exercise will be in vain if the place’s dynamic ecology is sought to be controlled.
T. Ganesh,
M. Mathivanan
Where the wild things are...
There are innumerable parallel universes in each plant, bush, and tree.
Subash Jeyan
When the night comes alive
Come monsoon, head to Amboli in the Western Ghats.
Emmanual Yogini
Trek to Amboli: When the night comes alive
Come monsoon, head to the Western Ghats, if amphibians and reptiles are the stuff of your dreams.
Emmanual Yogini
Nature’s early warning system
Butterfly species need to be conserved in real landscapes, not only because they deserve it in their own right but also because of their usefulness as
Vaithianathan Kannan
Butterflies as nature’s early warning system
Butterfly species need to be conserved in real landscapes, not only because they deserve it in their own right but also because of their usefulness as
Vaithianathan Kannan
Monarchs of the mountains
While one side of the Kajinag National Park is home to the markhor, the elusive wild goat with spiralling horns, the other side boasts a variety of bi
Text by G. Shaheed
,
Photographs by Dr Jainy Maria Kuriakose
The monarchs of Kashmir's mountains
While one side of the Kajinag National Park is home to the markhor, the elusive wild goat with spiralling horns, the other side boasts a variety of bi
Text by G. Shaheed
,
Photographs by Dr Jainy Maria Kuriakose
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