TL;DR – Pheasant-Tailed Jacanas in Love
Pheasant-tailed Jacanas exhibit polyandry, a reversal of sexual roles in which a female courts and maintains a harem of males
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TL;DR – Black-winged Stilts, helicopter parents
Black-winged Stilts are anxious parents, always patrolling their nesting sites. Predators get a brutal sendoff.
TL;DR: Oriental Skylark, Grassland Songster
Bring the grasslands back, rethink mindless tree-planting projects, and we will begin to hear the skylark again.
Encounter – African Coral-rag Skink
The harsh habitat of the Zanzibar coastline shelters a uniquely adapted reptile, the African Coral-rag Skink
Make Bengaluru’s Saul Kere bird-friendly again
Saul Kere is one of the richest biodiversity areas in urban Bengaluru and a birding hotspot. However, thoughtless development may put an end to that
Song Sung Blue – A Malabar Whistling-thrush broods in Muthirapuzha
Close encounters with a nesting Malabar Whistling-thrush in the violated hill station of Munnar
The trees are dead! Long live the forest!
Dead trees are vital habitats for nourishing life. Then why do we have a problem with them?
Birdsong in Grindelwald – Notes from the Bernese Alps
Ravens, choughs, blackbirds… the stars of the snow-white alpine playground of the Swiss Alps are mostly black. A birding diary from the fabled Jungfrau region
Why so serious? Eavesdropping on dogs and cats at Kabini
Tiger or dhole? What floats your boat? Notes from a safari in Kabini while suffering the company of Serious wildlife photographers
A Sea Snake out of water
Writhing on the beach under the glare of the sun and the heat of the fishermen’s ire, the Hook-nosed Sea Snake had little to choose between the devil and the deep sea
Lockdown Diaries – 100 days of birding
One hundred days of birding. And the last lap in the midst of a lockdown!
Hush! This Magpie-Robin just stole a bulbul’s song!
The Oriental Magpie-Robin is an accomplished songster. But its powers of mimicry are often underrated.
Among the blackbuck of Jayamangali
In Jayamangali, the blackbuck roam free and majestic, but human encroachment around the sanctuary is a cause for concern
Bewitched by butterflies on a Sunday morning in Bangalore
Sunlight and butterflies are a potent combination to chase away the blues
Tender, funny, macabre – three wild tales from a weekend in the Anthropocene
A rabbit-eating tortoise. An ungrateful parakeet. An orphaned baby bat. Three weird, funny and moving tales from the animal kingdom as it knocks heads with the Anthropocene