Encounter: Common Sand Boa
True to its name the Common Sand Boa spends most of its life under the sand or in loose earth, and its tough skin offers protection while burrowing. I’m glad we didn’t run over this fine snake.
Year: 2011
Encounter: The Nilgiri Flycatcher
In the dark, mysteriously beautiful shola forests the little Nilgiri Flycatcher will drive your blues away.
Wordless Wednesday: Drongos on a date
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Encounter: Bombay Caecilian, an amphibian epiphany
Its serpentine structure and moist, clammy skin gives the caecilian the appearance of a frog masquerading as a snake. Chances are you’ve seen this intriguing amphibian before but never taken a second look at it!
Encounter: Golden Frog
Our very own Golden Frog, a Western Ghats endemic, gave us the cherished privilege of a long and uninterrupted audience
Meeting Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in the rainforest
The two faces of a forest stream are so unlike each other
All’s not well in the bat-cave
If we as a people so revere nature, why do we go to so much trouble to disfigure it? The view from Kavala Caves, Dandeli Is there a legit word ending in “phobia” for the fear of being ripped off? Whatever it is, it was on our minds when we…
We don’t need no thought control!
Anand Yegnaswami witnesses a bizarre encounter between a spider and a wasp and stumbles into a freakish discovery of manipulation in animals Mind manipulation is not new to many of us, considering we have watched Jedi Mind Tricks, read about suicide bombers, and seen cricket-playing teams sledge players to get…
Wordless Wednesday – Who said three’s a crowd?
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Encounter: Malabar Pit Viper
Little did we know that we were being watched by a silent and mysterious presence on a wooden beam behind us
Odisha Diary – Birds and rewards in Jeypore
Birds and spirited village women invite Jennifer Nandi’s careless attention as she enjoys Odisha’s pastoral countryside in Jeypore
The Green Ogre Weekend Update July 10
If you’ve missed anything this week, the weekend edition of The Green Ogre should sort you out… I’ve been away on a family vacation most of last week, soaking up the monsoon in south Goa. Rain-washed Goa is refreshing. The Western Ghats slope down in a verdant riot that skids to a…
Encounter: Monster Leeches
Pardon me for exaggerating the danger posed by leeches, for experience has not been kind to me
Encounter: Whining for a Vine Snake
For three days we roamed Agumbe despairing that no snake had slithered across our path. And then we had a stroke of Last Day’s Luck!
Encounter: The Dung Beetle’s Crappy Life
For the dung beetle, crap doesn’t just happen. It’s very happening!