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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
A kaleidoscope of blue tiger butterflies.

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

Amazing ants

Omnipresent, with a unique social organisation and the ability to adapt to different environments, ants have often been compared to human society. An
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Army ants (Aenictus artipus) are highly effective predators, armed as they are with large mandibles and a painful sting.

Amazing ants

Omnipresent, with a unique social organisation and the ability to adapt to different environments, ants have often been compared to human society. An
Dr Vaithianathan Kannan
The tiger’s survival depends on a healthy, balanced and biodiverse habitat.

Saving the tiger in Sathyamangalam

The unique location of the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, straddling the valley where the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats meet, holds great potenti
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Lime shell mining activities carried out in and around Pulicat Lake are destroying the wetland’s mudflat habitats

Precious Pulicat

To ensure that the unique fragile ecosystem of Pulicat Lake gets the protection it deserves, the Centre and the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh governme
Dr Vaithianathan Kannan,Photographs by Dr Vaithianathan Kannan
Lime shell mining activities carried out in and around Pulicat Lake are destroying the wetland’s mudflat habitats

The importance of protecting Pulicat Lake

To ensure that the unique fragile ecosystem of Pulicat Lake gets the protection it deserves, the Centre and the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh governme
Dr Vaithianathan Kannan,Photographs by Dr Vaithianathan Kannan
Brown-headed gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus).

Wings of hope: How India’s coasts and estuaries sustain shorebird and seabird populations

While climate change has already affected both shorebird and seabird species the world over, the legal protection of the ecosystem holds out hope that
Dr Vaithianathan Kannan,Photographs by Abhishek Mimani

Wings of hope

While climate change has already affected both shorebird and seabird species the world over, the legal protection of the ecosystem holds out hope that
Dr Vaithianathan Kannan,Photographs by Abishek Mimani
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