Showing posts with label social media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social media. Show all posts

Monday, 26 December 2022

The Paradise Flycatcher on Twitter


The Paradise Flycatcher on Twitter. Cartoon from my column with Roundglass Sustain. Does that make the Black-naped Monarch the monarch of puns? Sorry!

Monday, 5 September 2022

Andaman Day Gecko


Here's some #MondayMotivation from the Andaman Day Gecko, a rare example of an endemic species that has benefitted from anthropological disturbances. Cartoon from my column with Roundglass Sustain

Sunday, 19 July 2020

Inaturalist and Skink


I'm celebrating my 200th observation on Inaturalist.org with this comic! For the uninitiated, Inaturalist is an online social network of naturalists, which helps you identify your observations and doubles up as a citizen science and biodiversity mapping project, with over a million users! From my column with The Hindu.

Monday, 27 April 2020

Wildlife Quarantine Webinar Recommendations

Some wildlife skill-sharing webinar recommendations for you during quarantine, from my column with Sunday Mid-Day. 

Monday, 20 April 2020

USA and Exotic Wild Pets


The exotic pet industry, which the USA simply cannot do without, has not just been driving poaching and illegal wildlife trade. Wild pets are also known to carry diseases like Herpes, Monkey Pox and Salmonellosis, all communicable to their human owners. Comic from my column with The Hindu.

Sunday, 5 April 2020

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.





Tuesday, 21 January 2020

The Cheetah's Race with Extinction


Cheetahs already face a lot of conservation threats, and now there's social media to add to that. Comic from my column with The Hindu.

Sunday, 29 December 2019

Puffer Fish Best 9


Pufferfish make elaborate patterns in sandy ocean floors to attract mates. A Puffer does a 'Best 9' in my column with Roundglass Sustain.

Thursday, 19 December 2019

Wild Buffaloes and Hybridization

Hybridization is one of the biggest threats to the endangered Asiatic Wild Buffalo. Comic from my column with Roundglass Sustain.

Tuesday, 17 December 2019

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. 

Thursday, 7 November 2019

Tuesday, 15 October 2019

21st Century Problems and the Vaquita

Numbering barely over 20, the Vaquita, found in the Gulf of California, is the world's most endangered marine mammal, threatened by gillnets used for fishing Totoaba. Comic from my column with The Hindu Sunday Magazine. 

Monday, 29 July 2019

A Celebrity's Guide to Handling the Paparazzi by the Tiger


Some quick tips for all you celebrities here by the superstar of India's forests. From my column with Sunday Mid-Day. Happy World Tiger Day!

Tuesday, 11 June 2019

Ask me Anything with Red Panda


A Red Panda does an Instagram AMA in my column with Saevus magazine this month! Nicknamed the Firefox, the Red Panda is Sikkim's State Animal.

Filmmaker Gunjan Menon's award-winning documentary 'The Firefox Guardian' is about a female forest guard in Nepal dedicated to saving the Red Panda. Prints of the comic are available on my webstore here. For orders within India, email me on rohanchakcartoonist@gmail.com.