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Gharial: Facts, Habitat, Threats
All you need to know about one of the largest crocodile species
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Sun and Sand: Spiny-Tailed Lizard’s Day Out
The sun is up in the Thar desert, and cold-blooded spiny-tailed lizards need to step out of their burrow to warm up. But hungry predators lurk just around the corner. Will the alert spiny get away?
Video
Croc Talk: Of Salt, Scales, and Swamps
The estuarine or saltwater crocodile is a mighty beast with a long lifespan and formidable reputation
Species
Tactical Tails: Life Moves in Slow Motion for the Spiny-tailed Lizard
With a fat tail that is both a boon and bane, this herbivorous reptile has adapted well to a hot, arid habitat
Species
Petite but Deadly: Secrets of the Saw-scaled Viper
A relatively tiny snake with extremely potent venom and the ability to make loud, raspy warning sounds, make this one of the most enigmatic of the big four dangerous snakes of India
Species
The Ultimate Survivor: The Swagger of the Bengal Monitor
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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Of Forked Tongues and Scaling Fort Walls: Story of the Bengal Monitor Lizard
The Bengal monitor lizard could be a useful ally in human dominated landscapes, if only its population wasn’t being decimated as a result of baseless beliefs and myths
Species
Meet Spiny, the Only Herbivorous Lizard Species in India
How the spiny-tailed lizard copes with its habitat in the desert and its many predators
Species
Secret Serpent: The Life and Times of the Malabar Pit Viper
Though it is the most common and widespread of pit vipers in south India, the Malabar pit viper is only seen in the wet season, disappearing mysteriously in dry weather
Conservation
On the Hunt for the Semi-aquatic Anacondas of Brazil
Scouring the slow-moving waters of the Brazilian Pantanal to observe the super-sized green anaconda.
Photo Story
Giants of the Caribbean: Face-to-face with American Crocodiles
The shallow lagoons and mangrove forests of the Banco Chinchorro atoll reef, off the coast of Mexico, host one of the most genetically pure populations of the reptiles
Photo Story