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Arachnophobia: Untangling the Web of Dislike
Wild Vault
Arachnophobia: Untangling the Web of Dislike
Samuel John
Labonie Roy
Is our fear of spiders a phobia or an unfamiliarity with nature? Is getting creeped out or feeling disgust with them shaped by experience and social learning?
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Samuel John
Labonie Roy
Wild Vault
Quiz: Small Carnivores
Interactive
Quiz: Small Carnivores
Sustain Team
Small carnivores play an important role in the regulation of ecosystems. Take this quiz and find out how many of these little-known predators you know!
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Sustain Team
Interactive
Common Kingfisher: The Bolt of Blue
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Common Kingfisher: The Bolt of Blue
Shashank Birla
Its vivid electric blue and orange colouring has led to a timeless fascination with its beauty, but this little bird is also an excellent hunter
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Shashank Birla
Species
The Art and Benefits of Pack-Hunting
Green Humour
The Art and Benefits of Pack-Hunting
Rohan Chakravarty
Cartoons and illustrations on wildlife, environment, and conservation
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Rohan Chakravarty
Green Humour
The Tiger Knows How to Pose for Cameras!
Green Humour
The Tiger Knows How to Pose for Cameras!
Rohan Chakravarty
Cartoons and illustrations on wildlife, environment and conservation
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Rohan Chakravarty
Green Humour
Bollywood and the Bad Romance of Water Striders
Green Humour
Bollywood and the Bad Romance of Water Striders
Rohan Chakravarty
Cartoons and illustrations on wildlife, environment and conservation
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Rohan Chakravarty
Green Humour
Assassin Bugs: Bad Boys of the Insect World
Green Humour
Assassin Bugs: Bad Boys of the Insect World
Rohan Chakravarty
Cartoons and illustrations on wildlife, environment and conservation
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Rohan Chakravarty
Green Humour
Indian Rat Snake: Nature’s Own Pest Control
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Indian Rat Snake: Nature’s Own Pest Control
Gerry Martin
An active, adaptable predator that keeps a check on many of the pests that thrive around us, this common snake also becomes prey for cobras, mongooses and raptors
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Gerry Martin
Species
Leopards of Saswad: On the Edge of a Concrete Jungle
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Leopards of Saswad: On the Edge of a Concrete Jungle
Mihir Godbole
Wolves have ruled the Saswad grasslands for years, but recently an uninvited guest has taken over– the leopard. Now, the city threatens to take over these grasslands. Will the leopard survive the onslaught of the urban?
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Mihir Godbole
Video
Disappearing Predators: Wolves of the Deccan
Conservation
Disappearing Predators: Wolves of the Deccan
Iravatee Majgaonkar
Indian grey wolves have a long history of living in human-dominated landscapes, but their survival is now challenged by the rapid, unsustainable change taking place in these traditional habitats
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Iravatee Majgaonkar
Conservation
A Reign at Risk: The Indian Grey Wolf and the Grasslands of Saswad
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A Reign at Risk: The Indian Grey Wolf and the Grasslands of Saswad
Mihir Godbole
The Indian grey wolf is the apex predator of Saswad's grasslands, but defending its territory is not easy. It must chase away hyenas and aggressive packs of dogs. And now, a new challenger has shown up. Can the grey ghost of the grasslands retain its dominance?
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Mihir Godbole
Video
Love thy Neighbour: The Villagers of Paddapukur and the Fishing Cat
Video
Love thy Neighbour: The Villagers of Paddapukur and the Fishing Cat
Biont
In Paddapukur, a small village in West Bengal, fishermen and farmers are finding harmonious ways of living with their fellow fish-loving neighbour — the endangered fishing cat
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Biont
Video
Mugger: River Monster or Peaceful Giant?
Species
Mugger: River Monster or Peaceful Giant?
Gerry Martin
Seen as dangerous predators and banished from most of their original habitats, marsh crocodiles suffer a perilous existence in India today
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Gerry Martin
Species
Feared, Loved, Worshipped: The Enigma of the Sundarbans Tiger
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Feared, Loved, Worshipped: The Enigma of the Sundarbans Tiger
Biont
The Sundarbans is the single largest habitat of the tiger in Asia and the only mangrove forest in the world to shelter it. Watch how it rules the tidal forests, and the lives of the 4.5 million people who share its habitat
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Biont
Video
Marsh Crocodile: Facts, Size, Lifespan
Infographic
Marsh Crocodile: Facts, Size, Lifespan
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
Learn all you need to know about the mugger, an opportunistic feeder and apex predator
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
Infographic
Striped Hyena: Facts, Diet, Habitat
Infographic
Striped Hyena: Facts, Diet, Habitat
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about this intelligent but misunderstood predator of the grasslands
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
Infographic
Indian Wolf: Facts, Size, Weight, Habitat
Infographic
Indian Wolf: Facts, Size, Weight, Habitat
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about this social inhabitant of semi-arid and arid areas
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
Infographic
Water Monitor Lizard: Facts, Strength, Habitat
Infographic
Water Monitor Lizard: Facts, Strength, Habitat
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about the second-largest lizard in the world
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
Infographic
Bengal Tiger: Facts, Teeth, Habitat, Threats
Infographic
Bengal Tiger: Facts, Teeth, Habitat, Threats
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about India's national animal
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
Infographic
Spot-tailed Pit Viper: The Covert Operator of Coringa
Video
Spot-tailed Pit Viper: The Covert Operator of Coringa
Pooja Gupta
Behind the opaque mangrove curtain of Coringa, a covert operator waits, silently for days on end, for unsuspecting prey to show up. Meet the mangrove forest's ambush predator — the spot-tailed pit viper
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Pooja Gupta
Video
Great Barracuda: Facts, Size, Dangers
Infographic
Great Barracuda: Facts, Size, Dangers
Mahima Jaini
Diviya Mehra
All you need to know about these adept marine hunters
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Mahima Jaini
Diviya Mehra
Infographic
Hunter Among the Mangroves: The Fishing Cat of Coringa
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Hunter Among the Mangroves: The Fishing Cat of Coringa
Anita Rao-Kashi
Dhritiman Mukherjee
Relatively unknown, elusive, and utterly beautiful, the fishing cat is among the mangroves’ most spectacular animals
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Anita Rao-Kashi
Dhritiman Mukherjee
Species
Spider Hunting Spider: Portia and the Art of Problem Solving
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Spider Hunting Spider: Portia and the Art of Problem Solving
Samuel John
A peanut-sized jumping spider called Portia concocts complex strategies to catch its prey
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Samuel John
Species
Out of Favour: Prayer for a Mantis
Species
Out of Favour: Prayer for a Mantis
Sanjay Sondhi
This farmer’s aide is a voracious eater that has helped keep insect populations in check. Unfortunately, excessive spraying of chemical insecticides is destroying this natural pest controller
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Sanjay Sondhi
Species
Clash of the Titans: When the King Cobra Meets a Rock Python
Species
Clash of the Titans: When the King Cobra Meets a Rock Python
Dr Seshadri KS
In the world of reptiles, boundaries between predator and prey are sometimes blurred
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Dr Seshadri KS
Species
Snow Leopard: The Ghost of the Brown Mountains
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Snow Leopard: The Ghost of the Brown Mountains
Gautam Pandey
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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Gautam Pandey
Video
Living Dragons: Weapons, Defences and the Water Monitor Lizard
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Living Dragons: Weapons, Defences and the Water Monitor Lizard
Gerry Martin
Though this predator is the second-largest lizard in the world, and very well adapted to the tropical environment it lives in, it is not at the top of the food chain
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Gerry Martin
Species
The Ultimate Survivor: The Swagger of the Bengal Monitor
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The Ultimate Survivor: The Swagger of the Bengal Monitor
Sustain Team
The Bengal monitor lizard is an extraordinary survivor. It has roamed the planet for over 50 million years, battling storms, floods, droughts. Watch the scaly, cold-blooded predator swagger across India’s forests
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Sustain Team
Video
Dental Arsenal: Getting to the Teeth of the Matter
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Dental Arsenal: Getting to the Teeth of the Matter
Janaki Lenin
On exploring the proposition that losing canine teeth turns carnivorous predators into man-eaters
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Janaki Lenin
Column
Himalayan Brown Bear: Facts, Weight, and Population
Infographic
Himalayan Brown Bear: Facts, Weight, and Population
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
Everything you need to know about the grizzly bear from the snow mountains
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
Infographic
Silent Knight: How the Malabar Pit Viper Hunts in the Dark
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Silent Knight: How the Malabar Pit Viper Hunts in the Dark
Sustain Team
The Malabar pit viper is a study in stillness. It remains motionless, waiting for its prey for hours, even days. But when the time is right, it strikes with lightning speed
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Sustain Team
Video
Snow Leopard: Facts, Diet, and Where it’s Found in India
Infographic
Snow Leopard: Facts, Diet, and Where it’s Found in India
Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
Everything you need to know about the predator from the high, cold mountains
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Nisarg Prakash
Diviya Mehra
Infographic
Dogs on the Rooftop: Faithful Friends or Fierce Predators?
Conservation
Dogs on the Rooftop: Faithful Friends or Fierce Predators?
Chandrima Home
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
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Chandrima Home
Conservation
Masters of Disguise: Snow Leopard
Wild Vault
Masters of Disguise: Snow Leopard
Malavika Bhattacharya
Quietly concealing itself in rocky crevices, the snow leopard merges perfectly with its surroundings in the high-altitudes of the Himalayas
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Malavika Bhattacharya
Wild Vault
King Cobra: The World’s Longest Venomous Snake
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King Cobra: The World’s Longest Venomous Snake
Gowri Shankar
Sharmila Shankar
How does the cannibalistic, snake-eating king cobra manage to multiply and survive?
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Gowri Shankar
Sharmila Shankar
Species
Malabar Pit Viper: Ambush in the Well of Life and Death
Species
Malabar Pit Viper: Ambush in the Well of Life and Death
Anirudh Nair
Occurring in an array of different colours, the nocturnal Malabar pit viper is a keen hunter that is endemic to the rainforests of the Western Ghats
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Anirudh Nair
Species
Moray Eels: Delightful or Deadly?
Wild Vault
Moray Eels: Delightful or Deadly?
Umeed Mistry
Lightning fast moray eels with their razor sharp teeth look scarier than they are
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Umeed Mistry
Wild Vault