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The hot, dry, wonderful savannahs of India: a photo-essay

An insight into the understudied, little-known hot savannahs of India that are home to unique organisms adapted to the region.

Courting leopards chased by wild dogs in central India

A goosebump-inducing experience where a pair of courting leopards were chased up a tree by a pack of Asiatic wild dogs in Central India

Some interesting Indian invertebrates

Explore the incredible world of the invertebrates in your backyard; step-calculating ants, wily caterpillars, stronger-than-steel spiders!

The Wild Western Ghats: the discovery of 1 new genus, 11 new species and 1 rediscovery of crabs

This study yielded 11 new species, 1 new genus and a rediscovery of freshwater crabs after over 100 years, all from the Western Ghats!

Tales from the terai: the field

A typical day on the field in the scorching terai at the peak of summer. Here are the fauna that we, the tiger-monitoring team would meet

Purple berries of fire- Mishmi Hills

What should you eat if you are dehydrated in the remote Mishmi Hills of Arunachal Pradesh? I found out the hard way with the help of a local

Tales from the terai: the field station

A brief glimpse into the fauna that was thriving around our field station, and the tranquility of life in the terai.

The sea, snakes and our shore

The life of a sea snake

Newly discovered purple, pink and orange crabs of the Western Ghats 2016

The journey to discovering these incredible species; such as the largely arboreal purple tree crabs and the electric pink crabs

How humans and leopards live alongside each other in Mumbai

Mumbai has one of the highest densities of leopards in the world ~21/100 sq km. How they coexist with humans in this densely-populated city?

Monsoon fauna of the Western Ghats Part I

Photo-essay of the unique microfauna found on the monsoon hit slopes of the Western Ghats.