I Love Macaques

Macaque lovers unite! Posters, t-shirts, mugs, laptop skins and wall clocks on my webstore here.

I Love Macaques t-shirt

I Love Macaques I-pad case

I Love Macaques wall clock

(PS- This illustration resulted from meeting the Celebes Black Crested Macaque of Sulawesi, Indonesia, which has a heart-shaped butt!)

Tits of Europe

Birders from Europe, here's something for you all! A poster-cum-song infographic of the twelve species from the continent. The compilation is available as prints and merchandise (wall clocks, t-shirts, dresses, mugs, laptop skins) on my webstore here.

Tits are a family of small passerine birds found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and parts of Africa. Typically inhabiting gardens and forests, they feed on seeds and insects. They are known for a wide range of vocalizations, being among the most vocal of all birds! 

The idea for compiling this poster came when I spotted 6 species of tits on my trip to Germany and France last year, of which the Long-tailed is my top favourite! How many tits have you seen?

The Effect of Monsoons

On monsoon and frogs from my column with Mid-Day today.

Switch to Estrus

Some red humour on Green Humour today, or 'Chai pe charcha' with a squirrel. Sanitary napkins are taxable commodities in India. 

Batesian Mimicry

On Batesian mimicry from my column with BL-ink last weekend. There's an interesting rhyme to distinguish between the Coral and the Milk Snakes, which I came to know of watching The Jeff Corwin Show, and it goes like this- "Red and black, you're okay, Jack; Red and yellow, you're a dead fellow"! (This pertains only to a few species of North American coral snakes).

Hammerhead Sharks of the World

Know your hammerhead sharks with this new poster! There are 9 species of Hammerheads (10, if you include the Whitefin Hammerhead, which is lumped with the Scalloped now). The Great Hammerhead is the largest species while the Scalloped Bonnethead is the smallest. The 'hammer' or 'cephalofoil' is used to locate and immobilize prey (specially rays, which are a favourite food of the larger hammerheads). Widely hunted for their fins, hammerhead populations are on the decline, with three species already endangered.

Buy Hammerhead prints and merchandise from my webstore here. Here are a few samples of the goodies available-

For orders within India, mail me on rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com. The range of merchandise for Indian orders is listed below-

A1 Posters (loose)- Rs. 3000 each

A2 Posters (loose)- Rs. 1200 each

Mounted Posters (A3- Individual species and compilation)- Rs. 2000

Loose Posters (A3- Individual species and compilation)- Rs. 500 for the first copy and Rs. 200 for the second copy onwards

Fridge Magnets (65 x 65 mm, Printed in sets of 4)- Any 4 shark caricatures for Rs. 1200

Coasters (3.5" x 3.5", Printed in sets of 6)- Any 6 shark caricatures for Rs. 800

Coffee Mug (Compilation)- Rs. 850

Cuckoo Fathers Day Greeting

Meet the Pied Cuckoo, the harbinger of monsoons and a sneaky nest parasite! The comic appears in my column with Sunday Mid-Day today.

A happy Fathers' Day to all fathers (and foster fathers) tame and wild! Prints are available as posters and greetings on my webstore here. Orders within India are available as A3 and A2 size prints, which can be placed by emailing me on rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com.

The Leatherback Sea Turtle

A series of cartoons on the Leatherback Sea Turtle, on the occasion of Sea Turtle Day. The series appears on Nature in Focus here.

Buy the poster on my webstore here. For orders within India, mail me on rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com.

Adani Carmichael Coal Mine and the Great Barrier Reef

Despite tremendous protest and uproar from environment activists, Queensland's Premier Anastasia Palaszczuk officially announced the go-ahead for Adani's mining operations in the Galilee Basin (Queensland, Australia). Environmentalists both in Australia and around the world fear that this might be the death knell for the Great Barrier Reef, that has barely managed to survive a mass bleaching episode.

The comic appears in my column with Mid-Day today.

Baleen Whales

This World Oceans Day, know your Baleen Whale species with this poster! The 14 species are distributed throughout the marine waters of the world. Baleen whales are called so because of the presence of baleen plates in their mouths instead of teeth, that enable filter feeding. The largest baleen whale is the Blue Whale, while the smallest, the Pygmy Right Whale. Most baleen whales are threatened by whaling, collisions with ships, entanglement in fishing gear, and climate change; the Omura's and the North Pacific Right Whale being the most endangered.

The compilation is available as prints and a wide range of merchandise (t-shirts, laptop skins, tote bags etc) on my webstore here.

For orders within India, e-mail me on rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com. The range of products for Indian orders is as follows-

A1 Posters (loose)- Rs. 3000 each

A2 Posters (loose)- Rs. 1200 each

Mounted Posters (A3- Individual species and compilation)- Rs. 2000

Loose Posters (A3- Individual species and compilation)- Rs. 500 for the first copy and Rs. 200 for the second copy onwards

Tshirts (Cotton Roundneck)- Rs. 1200 each

Coffee Mug (Compilation)- Rs. 850

A Field Biologist Hits the Dance Floor

The comic appears in my column with Saevus magazine this month. (The comic is best read by performing the steps simultaneously)

Have a field biologist friend? Gift him/her a copy of this poster! Order from my webstore herehttps://www.redbubble.com/people/rohanchak/works/26665087-a-field-biologist-hits-the-dance-floor?asc=u (for orders within India, mail me on rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com)

The Mangrove Janta Party

As World Environment Day approaches (5th June), Mumbai is all set to lose vast stretches of mangrove forests to the upcoming metro. Despite being the lifeline of Mumbai's coasts, mangroves have always either been ignored, flattened for 'development' or used as dumpyards. Mumbai, you owe your existence to mangroves more that any political party! Can you let this happen?

From my column with Sunday Mid-Day today.

Peacocks and Sex

In an absurd statement issued by a judge from the Rajasthan High Court, peacocks are supposedly 'celibate' birds, that are eligible to be India's National Bird species because the male does not have sex with the hen. This is far from true. Like all of us, peacocks are horny creatures whose lives revolve around sexual selection. The judge went on to say that fact-checking is needless as this is the "voice of his soul". Well, here's a quickie to tell you what the voice of the peacock's soul is!