himalayas
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Filming Munsiyari: Behind the Lens with Director Neha Dixit
Listen to filmmaker Neha Dixit talk about filming the rarest wild creatures, meeting inspiring women, and collecting mountain melodies. Watch her in a candid conversation with Roundglass Sustain's Video Lead Samreen Farooqui.
Video
The Fragile Gori Basin
Uttarakhand is at the cusp of a manmade crisis, amplified by climate change. Landslides in the region have escalated by 2900 per cent, and more than three million people have left their homes in the last 2 decades. In this short film, we take you to Uttarakhand's Gori Basin, one of the state's most ecologically rich but fragile regions, to introduce you to its diverse natural world, and the threats it faces.
Video
Roadkill Instances on the Rise in Jammu and Kashmir
Felids and canids are noted to be the most common victims of roadkill, among other nocturnal vertebrates on roads constructed in northwestern Himalayas.
Conservation
Wildlife Puzzle: Woodpecker
Put together this jigsaw to see a beautiful brown fronted woodpecker chasing a rufous sibia in Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary
Interactive
Yellow-throated Marten: Facts, Diet, Habitat
Learn everything you need to know about this feisty little hunter
Infographic
Red Alert: Celebrating Reds with the Rhododendrons
Cartoons and illustrations on wildlife, environment, and conservation
Green Humour
River Recluse: The White-bellied Heron of Namdapha National Park
A small population of these critically endangered birds live a quiet, secluded life in the wilderness of Arunachal Pradesh
Photo Story
The Giving Tree: A Mighty Oak Ecosystem
How a gnarly, shabby, knotty old oak provides food and protection to a huge host of creatures
Photo Story
Red Fox: Facts, Habitat, Diet, and Sub-species
All you need to know about the most widely spread carnivore on the planet
Infographic
Western Tragopan: Facts, Diet, Habitat
All you need to know about this attractive and vulnerable pheasant
Infographic
Behind the Lens: An Elusive Bear and Lessons in Wildlife Photography
Dhritiman Mukherjee talks about his 15-year-long quest to photograph the Himalayan brown bear, and how not getting the perfect picture taught him valuable lessons
Multimedia
In Search of a Panacea: Herb Collection in the Himalayas
Himalayan medicinal plants and herbs play an important role in the ecosystem, and in the lives of the humans and animals that live in the region
Wild Vault
Yellow-throated Marten: Feisty, Fearless Predator of the Himalayas
This carnivore’s small size belies its hunting skills and predatory tactics — which include the ability to bring down prey larger than itself
Species
Thriving in Thin Air: Pikas of the Himalayan Talus
Tiny, cute, and highly adaptable, the pika survives freezing temperatures and a host of predators
Species
Myths, Folklore and the Blood Pheasant of Kanchenjunga
In ‘Wild Himalaya’, author Stephen Alter weaves folklore with flora and fauna to tell stories of the greatest mountain range on Earth
Book
Cliff Hanger: The Blue Sheep That Isn’t
Although the fleet-footed and agile bharal of the Himalayas has evolved mountaineering skills to escape predation, its pastures need our protection
Species
Woolly Wolf: An Ancient Lineage in the Himalayas
Himalayan wolves are versatile beings that are well adapted to the cold high-altitude desert. These wild canines share an environment with snow leopards and are known to roam great distances
Species
In the Pink: Health and Herding in the Himalayas
Fostering human-wildlife coexistence in the high mountains. Can disease-free pastoral herds translate to healthy wildlife populations?
Conservation
Masters of Disguise: Snow Leopard
Quietly concealing itself in rocky crevices, the snow leopard merges perfectly with its surroundings in the high-altitudes of the Himalayas
Wild Vault