Nature Narrative

India's double whammy: After coronavirus, could bird flu too have migrated from China?

At a time, when India is fighting Covid-19 on a war footing, an outbreak of bird flu - commonly known…

4 years ago

Indian roller: Farmers’ friend and India's auspicious bird

It was early morning in Tal Chapar blackbuck sanctuary in Rajasthan. “Pull over” I shouted in excitement and my friend,…

4 years ago

Drongo: the kotwal among birds who plays with fire

A glossy black bird with a distinctive forked tail and perched on a bare branch was looking for something when…

4 years ago

Hunting and habitat loss reducing numbers of the elusive black francolin

The partridge, well-known as a game bird is also hunted for meat. Called the partridge or English Partridge, it is…

4 years ago

Sholay replay at Ranthambore as tigers fight and kill for space

An alert was sounded after camera traps in the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan captured images of a tiger with…

4 years ago

Bar-headed geese: Winter guests come honking and flying over the Everest

They come from far north every year, flying non-stop over Mount Everest—almost nine km up in the air, settling down…

4 years ago

Is the Najafgarh lake a wetland, a lake or a drain?

Local calls it Najafgarh “nallah”—a drain. Ornithologists and bird watchers call it the Najafgarh jheel—a lake. They love this place…

4 years ago

How wet are our wetlands?

Last Sunday, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted: ‘Happy to note that India has added two more Ramsar sites. Lonar…

4 years ago

India’s badlands turn perfect perch for Indian skimmers

"The Ganga and Yamuna are holy but there’s a lot of pollution,’’ says my guide Dinesh of Mela Kothi, adding,…

4 years ago

'Let us live,' say the gharials and muggers of Chambal

'Chapak'... there was sound of water splashing and we turned our heads in that direction. A huge mugger crocodile jumped…

4 years ago