Nature’s Layers Unravelled – Encounters with birds, beasts, and relatives
Discovering wildlife in Bengaluru doesn’t require venturing far. A walk in your garden or a peek under a leaf reveals a world of tiny architects, hunters, and builders. Meet the city’s most fascinating and rare fauna.
For the first time since 1803, two broods of cicadas synchronised their emergence. The next time this takes place, who knows if the human race will be around?
Most visitors to Bangalore’s Kaikondrahalli and Kasavanahalli lakes celebrate their avian life, but Vedant Sapra takes a closer peek at the biodiversity that often goes unnoticed
Sunlight and butterflies are a potent combination to chase away the blues
In Rishi Valley, where trees and rocks are teachers, watching butterflies is a highly enjoyable part of the education. Here are field notes from wandering around the school grounds spotting butterflies on the last morning of 2017.
What is Onam without its leitmotif — the Onathumbi or Picture Wing Dragonfly?
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov might have feted the Bumblebee in music but it is the domestic life of the Carpenter Bee that inspires a fitting paean. How about one by the Carpenters? My wife and I had seen the Carpenter Bee buzz past us as we stole a furtive smoke on the…
Not the cuddliest tiger around but certainly the safest to introduce your kids to, this one is best chased with a camera on a sunny spring morning. If your intentions are evil, back off or you’ll be left with a bad taste in the mouth! The Plain Tiger Butterfly (Danaus…
With the menacing looks and businesslike patience of an assassin, the Robber Fly captures its prey on the wing
A day of tired wandering in a forest ends with an intimate rendezvous with a stunning damselfly – the Stream Glory. It’s often the little things in life that give you the biggest highs
Antlions are far more menacing as larvae: their pits are death traps for ants and small insects and can offer kids many hours of macabre entertainment
