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An Encounter with the Grey Ghost of Ladakh
What do an eight-year-old and 14-year-old do when a snow leopard takes one of the goats they were herding?
Book
2020: Dark Clouds and Silver Linings
2020 has been like no other year. We are glad you stuck around and took this wild journey with us. Have a safe and hopeful new year
Multimedia
Ladakh Urial: Facts, Habitat, and Population
All you need to know about the ancestor of present-day domestic sheep
Infographic
Pika: Facts, Size, and Habitat
All you need to know about the pika, one of the highest dwelling mammals in the world.
Infographic
A Hidden Life: The Mystery of the Eurasian Otter
This elusive otter managed to stay under the radar of naturalists and wildlife observers in peninsular India for at least seventy years
Species
Least Concerned for the Black-necked Crane
Cartoons and illustrations on wildlife, environment, and conservation
Green Humour
Behind The Lens: An Unusual Encounter With a Snow Leopard
At a time when the relationship between big cats and humans is only spoken of in the context of conflict, Dhritiman Mukherjee shares his unusual, heart-warming exchange with a snow leopard in Ladakh
Multimedia
Agile Mountaineer: The Treacherous Summit of the Ibex
Every winter, as heavy snow envelops the Himalayan mountains, the Ibex descends to the lower slopes in search of food. But the journey is long and arduous, and danger lurks at every bend
Video
Himalayan Marmot: Facts, Diet, Habitat, Lifespan
All you need to know about these cuddly, furry ground squirrels
Infographic
The Trotter of Ladakh’s Stark Mountains
The rocky Changthang plateau is a study in brown, and galloping along its stark landscape are herds of handsome, graceful and spirited, kiangs
Video
The Ladakh Urial’s Life at the Edge
The urial has roamed the high mountains of Asia since the Ice Age, but recent climate changes, new developments, competition with livestock, and other shifts are testing its survival skills. Will this monarch of the mountains survive the challenges we throw at it?
Video
The Fox Trot: The Bushy-tailed Red Fox Goes on a Hunt
Its winter and Ladakh is covered in a blanket of snow, with no signs of life around. But wait, what’s that? Something moves beneath the ground. Will the hungry fox catch its lunch?
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Hop, Skip, Run: The Hardy Pikas of Ladakh
Various species of pikas occupy the meadows and rock-strewn slopes of Ladakh, and they all stockpile enough food to last them through the bitter winter
Species
Black-necked Crane: Facts, Diet, Migration
Everything you need to know about this graceful, winged visitor
Infographic
Tso Kar: A White Lake that Welcomes Birds
Tso Kar is not picture-perfect blue. It is a saline lake with brackish waters. The lake welcomes birds that migrate long distances, in difficult climates, to feed, spend winters and raise their young ones, including the black-necked crane
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The Himalayan Brown Bear’s Life in Snow
It has been a cold and harsh winter in the snow-clad mountains. As the snow melts, a very rare animal wakes up from its long slumber. Meet, one of the most elusive animals of the snow mountains — the Himalayan brown bear
Video
Bar-headed Goose: Facts, Habitat, Migration
All you need to know about the highest migratory bird in the world
Infographic
Snow Leopard: The Ghost of the Brown Mountains
In the summers, the bare, endless mountains of Ladakh stretch as far as the eye can see. But hiding in plain sight, along its rugged, rocky edges, is a feline mountain ghost
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Getting Into a Huddle: The Himalayan Marmot Family
These cute, furry rodents of Ladakh are inadvertent ecosystem engineers
Species
Can the Quick Red Fox Jump Over the Ladakhi Dog?
In the Changthang Plateau of Ladakh, conflict between red foxes and packs of free-ranging dogs intensifies
Conservation
At a Canter: The Kiang of the Changthang
Droves of Tibetan wild ass or kiang are a common sight in the rolling open grasslands and marshy wetlands of Ladakh’s Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary
Species
Kiang: Facts, Habitat, Threats
All you need to know about the wild ass of the cold desert
Infographic
Himalayan Wolf: Facts, Size, and Habitat
The stealthy predator of the Himalayan mountains
Infographic
Deserts Decoded
Everything you need to know about these arid landscapes
Explainer
Snow Leopard: Facts, Diet, and Where it’s Found in India
Everything you need to know about the predator from the high, cold mountains
Infographic
Brooding over the Black-Necked Crane
Encounters and observations of the splendid black-necked cranes at high altitude wetlands
Conservation
Dogs on the Rooftop: Faithful Friends or Fierce Predators?
A dramatic increase in the number of livestock and wildlife being attacked by free-ranging dogs is having an adverse effect on the fragile landscape of the cold desert of Spiti
Conservation
Himalayan Wolf: The Howler of Hanle
Searching for the elusive Tibetan wolf, in the Changthang Plateau of Ladakh
Species
In Fine Feather: Spotting Birds in Ladakh
Over 3OO species of resident and migratory birds can be found in the seemingly inhospitable high-altitude desert of Ladakh
Habitat
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
The Rare Hawkmoths of Ladakh
Rediscovering the sea buckthorn hawkmoth in Ladakh after a hundred years, plus a glimpse of other nocturnal hawkmoths of the region
Species
Perhaps We Made the Mountain God Angry
Nomadic Changpa pastoralists at the high grazing grounds of Ladakh find their yak-related economy in a crisis that is driven by major climatic shifts in their fragile mountainous ecosystems
Conservation