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Nature’s Layers Unravelled – Encounters with birds, beasts, and relatives

Tag: spiders

Urban Bestiary: Discover the Hidden Wildlife of Bengaluru

Urban Bestiary: Discover the Hidden Wildlife of Bengaluru

Raghuram AnnadanaMarch 20, 2025November 6, 2025

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.

Reclaiming the Nature Fix – In Pursuit of Biophilia

Reclaiming the Nature Fix – In Pursuit of Biophilia

Bijoy VenugopalSeptember 11, 2024December 28, 2024

The human craving for a “Nature Fix” is an ancient instinct blunted by generations of abuse. Biophilia is the word for it…

Life Around Black-Eyed Susan

Life Around Black-Eyed Susan

Nagesh ManayJune 2, 2015January 31, 2024

‘Stop and smell the roses,’ they say. But they are not talking about the garden. And when they talk about the garden, they are talking merely of flowers. Life, unseen, thrives among the clefts between observed and unobserved. A versified photo-essay by Nagesh Manay

Download the November wallpaper

Download the November wallpaper

Green OgreNovember 2, 2011May 9, 2012

A misty morning in Dandeli revealed this surreal spiderscape. Bring it alive on your desktop. Yours, with our compliments. Happy November! DOWNLOAD THIS WALLPAPER FOR YOUR DESKTOP >> Photo: Sandeep Somasekharan in Dandeli, Karnataka

Arachnography: A photo essay from Dandeli

Arachnography: A photo essay from Dandeli

Sandeep SomasekharanOctober 25, 2011June 3, 2012

As a child they were the stuff of nightmares. My spider sense still tingles, but no longer in fear I remember having always kept my distance from Arachnids as a child. Quite often have tarantulas turned up in the toilet, and quite often have I persuaded my parents to smash…

Green Ogre Autumn Conclave Dandeli – Trip Report

Green Ogre Autumn Conclave Dandeli – Trip Report

Anand YegnaswamiOctober 20, 2011June 3, 2012

Dandeli, post-monsoon, is a completely different forest. Quieter, darker, denser, and offering a whole new birding experience that left us unsatisfied A misty morning welcomed us as we got down at the VRL bus stand at Dandeli and through the veil of vapor we could see three Malabar Pied Hornbills…

We don’t need no thought control!

We don’t need no thought control!

Anand YegnaswamiJuly 14, 2011February 13, 2025

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…

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