Indrella ampulla colour morphs

A new study shows that the Palghat Gap in southern India is the barrier separating the various colour morphs of the endemic gastropod Indrella ampulla. The article by Arathi Menon on Mongabay makes for excellent coverage of this study, which yet again proves the biogeographical mettle of the Palghat Gap!

Read another Green Humour comic on genetic isolation resulting from gaps in the Western Ghats here.

Cartoon for Roundglass Sustain.

(For readers from outside of India: the word ‘Mallu’ is a colloquial term referring to Malayali people from the southern state of Kerala).

Which Gastropod Shell is Your Personality Type

Which gastropod shell is your personality type? Green Humour for Roundglass Sustain.

‘Gastropod personalities’ prints and merch are available on my webstore on Redbubble (shipped worldwide) and Happywagon (for orders within India).

Sexting with a Marine Biologist

Nudibranchs are marine molluscs that shed their shells in the larval stage. They are some of the most ornately coloured organisms of the sea!

George the Hawaiian Tree Snail

George, a Hawaiian tree snail, the last member of the species Achatinella apexfulva, died in captivity last week. Comic from my column with Sunday Mid-day.

How Oystercatchers Propose

Oystercatchers are spectacular pied waders with orange bills, that feed on their namesake, oysters and other molluscs. In India, they visit beaches and mudflats along the coasts in winter months.

The cartoon appears in my Gocomics page.