Andhra Pradesh

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Lake Life: Pulicat, the Bird Haven
Habitat
Lake Life: Pulicat, the Bird Haven
Aathira Perinchery
This brackish water lagoon just north of Chennai is rich in marine life that has made it an important bird habitat and crucial source of livelihood for hundreds of fisherfolk
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Aathira Perinchery
Habitat
How to Build a Whale Skeleton from Scratch
Conservation
How to Build a Whale Skeleton from Scratch
Swati Sanyal Tarafdar
While researchers try to understand why whales get beached, a scientist constructs a 32-ft skeleton from the remains of stranded blue whales to build a case for the big, friendly giants
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Swati Sanyal Tarafdar
Conservation
Mangrove Coast: The Emerald Forests of Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
Photo Story
Mangrove Coast: The Emerald Forests of Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
Dhritiman Mukherjee
Srikanth Mannepuri
The Godavari estuary is a rare and wonderful ecosystem that hosts a staggering wealth of biodiversity
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Dhritiman Mukherjee
Srikanth Mannepuri
Photo Story
Dwarf Geckos: Life in the Shadows
News
Dwarf Geckos: Life in the Shadows
Shreya Yadav
The discovery of three new species of rock-dwelling dwarf geckos (genus Cnemaspis) from the Mysore Plateau reveals the ancient history of these habitats
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Shreya Yadav
News
Pangolins in Peril: The Illicit Wildlife Trade has Pushed this Mammal to the Brink of Extinction
Species
Pangolins in Peril: The Illicit Wildlife Trade has Pushed this Mammal to the Brink of Extinction
Vikram Aditya
The pangolin has survived millennia on Earth, but can it survive the 21st century?
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Vikram Aditya
Species
Painted Storks: Colouring the Coringa Wetlands
Species
Painted Storks: Colouring the Coringa Wetlands
Anita Rao-Kashi
Srikanth Mannepuri
Though fairly large, painted storks are graceful and elegant birds that prefer shallow wetlands and marshes and nest in large colonies
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Anita Rao-Kashi
Srikanth Mannepuri
Species
Smooth-coated otters: Slick Operators of Coringa
Species
Smooth-coated otters: Slick Operators of Coringa
Anita Rao-Kashi
Srikanth Mannepuri
Beguiling, playful, even comical, smooth-coated otters are the unlikely helpers of Coringa’s keystone species, the fishing cat
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Anita Rao-Kashi
Srikanth Mannepuri
Species
The Fantastic Creatures of Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
Habitat
The Fantastic Creatures of Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
Anita Rao-Kashi
Beyond the famous fishing cat, the Coringa mangroves provide a protective habitat to a variety of other animals, most of them hard to spot
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Anita Rao-Kashi
Habitat
The Guide: Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
Habitat
The Guide: Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
Anita Rao-Kashi
This mangrove forest in the Godavari estuary is both ecologically diverse and very important, not least because of its abundant wildlife
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Anita Rao-Kashi
Habitat
Mangroves: The Coastal Superheroes
Habitat
Mangroves: The Coastal Superheroes
Anita Rao-Kashi
Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary’s mangroves, among the healthiest in the country, are powerhouses. But they are under threat of destruction from the expansion of agriculture and aquaculture farms
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Anita Rao-Kashi
Habitat
The Fishing Cat in Laxmi’s Backyard
Conservation
The Fishing Cat in Laxmi’s Backyard
Paromita Ray
Giridhar Malla
Dr K Sivakumar
A study of the biodiversity of the Godavari delta offers a glimpse into the conservation status of the wetland dependant fishing cat that lives in the mangroves and swamps of this coastal region of Andhra Pradesh
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Paromita Ray
Giridhar Malla
Dr K Sivakumar
Conservation