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Showing posts with label Western Ghats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Western Ghats. Show all posts
Wednesday, 20 March 2024

World Frog Day with the Purple Frog

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Join the endemic Purple Frogs for some underground JOMO this World Frog Day ! Comic for my RoundGlass Sustain column.
Thursday, 22 February 2024

Indrella ampulla colour morphs

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A new study shows that the Palghat Gap in southern India is the barrier separating the various colour morphs of the endemic gastropod Indrel...
Thursday, 25 January 2024

Who Wore It Better

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Amitabh Bachhan's legendary light-bulb fitter costume from Yaarana has close competition- the bright polka dotted Starry Dwarf Frog, end...
Thursday, 12 October 2023

Kaveri or Cauvery

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Is it ‘Kaveri’or ‘Cauvery’? The South Indian river’s Smooth-coated Otters discuss, in my column with Roundglass Sustain . The river is threa...
Sunday, 8 October 2023

Armageddon Reedtail

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Meet the newest Indian damselfly discovered from Kerala's Western Ghats, named the 'Armageddon Reedtail' after the Ecological Ar...
Tuesday, 6 June 2023

The Wildlife Map of Goa

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To the tourist, Goa is probably just a checklist of beaches and forts on a week's itinerary, but to a wildlife enthusiast, Goa is an ent...
Monday, 20 March 2023

Ranveer Singh and the Fungoid Frog

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A World Frog Day special starring fashion guru Fungoid Frog. Oh, and also Ranveer Singh! Cartoon from my column with Roundglass Sustain . 
Monday, 16 January 2023

Sholas and the Sholakili

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The Sholas, montane grassland-forests of the Western Ghats are an endangered ecosystem. The Sholakili tells you why. Comic from my column wi...
Sunday, 15 January 2023

Life Lessons from Leeches

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Dedicated to my wife Rithika who absolutely adores leeches! From my column with Roundglass Sustain (which later also appeared in The Hindu S...
Monday, 28 March 2022

Miss Kerala Fish

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This beauty pageant winner from the Western Ghats is an endangered species, thanks to the aquarium trade, invasive species and habitat loss....
Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Humpback Mahseer in Kaveri

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Kaveri's Humpback Mahseers are critically endangered, but with efforts like that of river ecologist Neeti Mahesh, there is hope. Comic s...
Sunday, 2 May 2021

COVID Resurgence and the Government of India

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COVID resurgence and the Indian government's environmental response to a zoonotic disease. Comic from my column with Sunday Mid-Day. Com...
Monday, 15 March 2021

Five New Shrub Frogs from Western Ghats

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Even as the Western Ghats continue to face assault from linear intrusion, scientists have discovered five new shrub frogs! Congratulations t...
Sunday, 14 March 2021

Hump-nosed Pit Viper

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Meet the Hump-nosed Pit Viper. Comic from my column with The Hindu .
Tuesday, 8 December 2020

Frogs like Big Girls

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Ah well. On frog mating from my column with Roundglass Sustain .
Sunday, 6 December 2020

Grizzled Giant Squirrel and Kaveri Dam

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A dam proposal at Mekedatu in the Kaveri Wildlife Sanctuary threatens one of the last strongholds and populations of the near-threatened Gri...
Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Southwestern Railway Doubletracking

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On the double-tracking of the Southwestern Railways in Goa for facilitating coal transport. Comic from my column with Sunday Mid-Day.
Thursday, 3 September 2020

Grey Slender Loris

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Meet the Grey Slender Loris from my column with Roundglass Sustain , threatened by habitat loss.
Wednesday, 19 August 2020

Kottigehar Dancing Frog

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An infographic done for ATREE PhD scholar and EDGE fellow Madhushri Mudke's study species, the endemic and endangered Kottigehar Dancing...
Tuesday, 11 August 2020

World Elephant Day and the Draft EIA

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Dear MoEFCC, launching greenwashing publications on elephant conflict management on World Elephant Day makes no sense when you're all se...