The Saga of the Saiga Antelope

If you too have had a long face reading about the decimation of the Saiga Antelope's populations from hunting and disease over the years, there's some news that might bring a smile to your face too! Efforts by the Kazakh government, NGOs and people have paid off enough to bring the Saiga from critically endangered to near-threatened on the IUCN Red List. In these times, that's a long jump, even for an antelope!

Not-so-fun-fact: The bird in the comic strip, a Sociable Lapwing, is a critically endangered steppe species too.

Comic for DW Envronment.

COVID Resurgence and the Government of India

COVID resurgence and the Indian government's environmental response to a zoonotic disease. Comic from my column with Sunday Mid-Day. Completing 5 years of publishing Green Humour on Sunday Mid-day today.

Bird Flu 2021

On the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak from my column with Roundglass Sustain. Sadly, numerous migratory birds like the Bar-headed Geese have already succumbed to the disease.

Learn Physical Isolation and Solitude from the Masters

Learn physical distancing and solitude from the masters, and keep safe from the epidemic. Comic from my column with The Hindu.

Coronavirus and Bats

Bats don't give us Coronavirus. Our ill-treatment of bats gives us various diseases. Comic from my column with RoundGlass Sustain, and a humble attempt at dispelling a myth that may be potentially harmful to bats, by this exasperated Flying Fox.

I have also translated this comic into Hindi here:

The comic in Spanish (translation by Farah Carrasco)

The comic in Bengali (translation by Swarupa Chakraborty)-

Bahasa Indonesian translation courtesy of Susan Tsang and Sheherazade

Tamil translation courtesy of P. Jeganathan

Marathi translation courtesy of Pooja Pawar.

Coronavirus and Governance

A bat and a pangolin discuss Coronavirus and governance, in my column with Sunday Mid-Day.

Arctic Diseases and Climate Change

Arctic diseases are on the rise, with pathogens like the seal distemper virus spreading a lot easier because of melting ice caps. Comic from my column with The Hindu.

And before one of you smartypants tells me that penguins aren't found in the Arctic: that bird is a Common Murre. 

Fruit Bats and the Nipah Virus

Bats always make news for the wrong reasons. But have you cared to look at the other side?

The WHO has stated that the emergence of viral disease outbreaks linked to bats, can be traced to habitat loss and urbanization. The Kerala Government has appealed against the culling of bats resulting from the Nipah outbreak. There are several ways to avoid contracting Nipah, and culling of bats is not one of them.

Please equip yourself with correct information, and do not rely on WhatsApp forwards!

My sincerest condolences to the precious human lives lost to the virus.
http://www.searo.who.int/entity/emerging_diseases/links/CDS_Nipah_Virus.pdf?ua=1
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/heres-how-you-can-protect-yourself-from-the-deadly-nipah-virus/articleshow/64271448.cms
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/nipah-virus-kerala-govt-warns-against-culling-of-fruit-bats-as-fear-grips-state-1238687-2018-05-22