Changing climes
Climate change is a very slow process, notoriously difficult to understand. Is it happening in India? Residents of some Himalayan towns, where …
The vanishing lakes
There is more water than land in north Bihar. The rivers that ramble down from the Himalaya feed numerous depressions scattered all over the …
Flying on the edge
Population of bar-headed geese is at risk due to loss of its natural habitat, degradation of wetlands and large-scale hunting
The environment needs painters, too
The modern onslaught: talus being pulled down. They are earthen walls surrounding plots of land, and have trees planted on them
Wild foods
Wild fruits in the Himalayas could well be an answer to the nutrition and energy requirements of the region
Beetles for breakfast !
George Brossard is a man on a crusad. To inform the world that the insects hold the key to a global food security
Of large carnivores and humans
How does a civilisation relate to the environment? To find out, study its attitude towards large carnivores. Europeans have tried to dominate …
Life, again
A story about the return of the orangutans from the concrete jungle to the wild woods to be what they were meant and named to be -- each a man of …
Did life evolve more than once? Researchers are closing in on an answer
Has all of life on Earth evolved only once, or are different living beings cut from different cloths?
The Cherry Blossoms of Japan
Green is the all pervading colour of nature. Beatiful and breathtaking. But not can stir the soul and the mind as the dazziling white of sakura, …
Dying on the edge
To reduce human-animal conflict, a 14-km-long wall will be built along the southern border of Corbett Tiger Reserve. But wall will cost Rs 4.5 …
A new home
A tale of four rhinos from Nepal's Royal Chitwan National Park to bardia, 600 kilometres away, the rhinos are forced to live in a new place for …
Tracking Tigers
The pugmark method of counting tigers in the wild is a tedious exercise. But this method really works amidst all modern criticism and technology
Fishing in truobled water
Does India need to import exotic fish species, when the experience with them has not been particularly good? Besides, the country already boasts …
Disappearing with the forest
Survival is not easy for an endangered species of gibbons when its habitat is being destroyed, says Kashmira Kakati
Deserted Delicacies
Abundant, nutritious and tasty. Yet, traditional desert food is gradually losing out to commercially grown crops
Unhearthed
Human encroachment has created imbalance in the avian ecology. Better management practices are needed for the conservation of species diversity
Rat chronicles
The tiny rodents that most people link only to pestilence and crop destruction have fascinated Ishwar Prakash -- one of that rare breed: a rat …
The lotus effect
Water doesn't stick to lotus leaves. Nature has given the plant a self-cleaning mechanism. Crack the science of it, and you have the formula for …
Disappearing Act
Only special breeding programmes and creation of corridors can save the lion-tailed macaque from extinction
Traditional wisdom
Researchers in Gujarat use rural expertise to predict weather when modern methods fail to make accurate forecast
Blood on the beach
Fisherfolk on the coast of Saurashtra kill whale sharks to make a living. If this is replaced by an ecotourism scheme the people and the fish …
Hornbills in peril
Hornbills, also known as avian farmers for their unique role in disseminating seeds and regenerating forest trees, are threatened by changing …
Wings Of Change
Migratory birds stage a comeback after a long hiatus as Kashmir wetlands get a fresh lease of life
Monkey business
Coping with the nuisanceof urban monkeys may be beyond human patience. But shooting or declaring them pests will not serve the problem. Only a …